Chapter 3- In the Beginning there was a Great SURGE
What are the three truth statements that define the Cosmological Argument?
Everything that had a beginning had a cause
The universe had a beginning
Therefore the universe had a cause
What is the Anthropic Principle?
A term for the evidence that the universe is extremely fine-tuned (designed) to support human life on Earth.
Fill in the blanks:
Macroevolution: From the __ to the __ via the __.
What has Natural Selection NEVER been observed to do?
Create new types
How can we detect injustice and evil in the world?
There is an unchanging standard of justice written on our hearts. (The Moral Law)
What mistake in Einstein's formulas for the Theory of General Relativity did Russian Mathematician Alexander Friemann discover that exposed Einstein's universal constant as an algebraic error?
Einstein had divided by zero in his equations
Which argument is this?
1. Every design had a designer
2. The universe has a highly complex design
3. Therefore, the universe had a Designer
The Teleological Argument
The message from the DNA of the cell nucleus of an amoeba is complex enough to fill how many sets of encyclopedias?
1000 complete sets of an encyclopedia, or more than all 30 volumes of Encyclopedia Britanica combined
What should have been found by now if the fossil record were to support the Darwinian Theory of macroevolution?
Thousands of transitional fossils
How do we know Moral Law exists?
We can feel what objective right (or wrong) is
OR
We just know it.
OR
Without an objective right or wrong, everything is just a matter of opinion
What do the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics tell us about the origin of the universe?
If the universe has been around for infinitely long, it would have run out of energy by now. However, it has not yet run out of energy, and so has not been infinitely running, and so had a beginning.
Approximately how many narrowly defined constants allowing our life to exist that strongly point to an Intelligent Designer are there?
A. >10
B. >100
C. >200
D. >1000
B. >100
What does the Principle of Uniformity state?
The world worked in the past just likes it works today, especially when it comes to causes.
Causes in the past were similar to causes we observe today
Why will breeding dogs always result in a dog, and breeding fruit flies always result in more fruit flies?
Genetic Limits built into basic types
How did the Allied forces have grounds to convict the Nazis of violating basic human rights even though they were under the protection of the laws of the secular German government?
An international morality that transcended the laws of secular government. (The Moral Law)
Which Law states that everything that had a beginning must have had a cause or catalyst, and is the fundamental principle of science?
The Law of Causality
Name 4 of the 5 Anthropic Constants that were part of Apollo 13's failed Moon mission and return home.
1. Oxygen Level
2. Atmospheric Transparency
3. Moon-Earth Gravitational Interaction
4. Carbon Dioxide Level
5. Gravity
What is the evolutionist theory that suggest aliens are the ones who first deposited life on Earth?
Panspermia
How does Irreducible Complexity disprove Darwinian marcoevolution through Natural Selection?
Living things are irreducibly complex, with numerous functions in the body, such as blood clotting, cilia, and vision requiring irreducibly complex systems that could not have developed in the gradual Darwinian fashion
How does Moral Law relate to 9/11?
Moral Law is not the standard by which we treat others, but it is nearly always the standard by which we expect others to treat us.
What do all the letters in the SURGE acronym stand for?
Second Law of Thermodynamics, Universe is expanding, radiation from the Big Bang, Great Galaxy Seeds, Einstein's theory of General Relativity
What is one problem with the Multiple Universe Theory?
There is no evidence for it.
An infinite number of finite things is impossible.
If other universes did exist, they would still need to be fine-tuned to allow the Big Bang to happen in them, multiplying the need for a designer.
The theory is so broad anything can be explained away by it.
Why wouldn't Mount Rushmore (or life on Earth) have formed spontaneously if given enough time, say millions of years?
Nature disorders, it does not organize things (Second Law of Thermodynamics)
What does Cyclical Change tell us about Natural Selection's effects on an animal?
Changes are not directional toward the development of new lifeforms, as macroevolutionary theory requires, but they simply shift back and forth within a limited range.
What changed from the time of the Salem Witch Trials that stops us from burning witches?
Perception of facts
Murder was always wrong, but we now don't believe "witches" can murder people with "curses".