Evolution Oh No!
the belief that only the natural world exists
What is Materialism?
An ancient Greek philosopher. Believed in a supreme “god”, but that god was a force of nature.
Who is Aristotle?
Conducted an experiment that put an end to the idea of spontaneous generation by proving that not even the simplest organisms develop from nonliving matter (worked with bacteria).
Who is Louis Pasteur?
the belief that the world and everything in it were created by a supernatural act of God
What is (Biblical) Creation?
A sudden, permanent, random changes in an organism’s DNA.
What is a mutation?
The idea that evolution occurs through BOTH natural selection and mutations
What is the Mutation Hypothesis?
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Called the Father of Anatomy - Performed autopsies on cadavers to study anatomy.
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
British naturalist who published the books On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection and Descent of Man
Who is Charles Darwin?
What we can learn about God through nature and creation.
What is General Revelation?
Similarities of structures (Ex: Five Fingers and Five Toes in many vertebrates)
What is homology?
The development of all life from a common ancestor
What is evolution (macroevolution)?
Published Natural Theology (1802)
Who is William Paley?
Known for his study of the circulatory system and how blood moves through the body
Who is William Harvey?
Information that has both meaning and cannot occur by chance has...
What is Specified (Specific) Complexity?
Science put to practical use
What is technology?
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Organs that were labelled as “useless” organs. Supposedly left over from evolution.
What are vestigial organs?
Performed the first experiments that disproved spontaneous generation (Worked with meat and maggots)
Who is Francesco Redi?
Wrote the book Principles of Geology that inspired Darwin
Who is Charles Lyell?
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An organism that has more favorable traits to survive in its environment is more likely to reproduce and pass on those traits to its offspring
What is Natural Selection?
The view of life that states all animals descended from their original species with no variation. Species aren’t related.
What is the Lawn View?
A materialistic notion that the present is the only key to understanding what the past was like
What is uniformitarianism?
A Puritan clergyman who helped form the Philosophical College and the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge.
Who is John Wilkins
Wrote Opera Botanica – About Plants
Wrote Historiae Animalium (Five Volumes!!) – About Animals
Who is Konrad Gesner
This historical movement led to a boom in scientific discovery as people began to want to study God’s creation through a Biblical perspective.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
Scientific society that was supported by Huguenots and Jansenists
What is the The French Academy of Sciences