The Theory of Evolution
A slow, gradual change in organisms from one kind to another.
Biological evolution
What does the Intelligent Design (ID) movement claim?
That there is design in nature that had to come from an intelligent source, but have different ideas about who the designer is and how old the earth is.
What is speciation?
The process by which new species are formed via mutations and natural selection
Which view does Scripture support?
A literal 6 day Creation
Darwin proposed what concept after observing species in the Galapagos Islands?
Natural Selection
Which view claims that God did not create the world in the literal order described in Genesis?
The framework view
This claims that the order was given to represent a literary structure pairing days 1&4, 2&5, and 3&6
What are index fossils and radiometric dating used for?
To determine the age of rock layers and/or fossils in the geologic time scale
In order for any non-literal interpretation of Genesis 1 to be true, what would have to be true of death in relation to the fall?
Death would have to pre-date the fall, as death is a necessary mechanism for evolution to occur
Evolutionary theory incorporates ideas from what other specific sciences?
Paleontology, Molecular Biology, Population Genetics
What is progressive creationism?
The idea that the days in Genesis are very long periods of time and that God initiated the Big Bang. This view also claims that God intervenes many times in the course of Earth's history to directly create each species that exists today
In the fossil record, deeper layers should contain organisms that are (a) more or (b) less complex than shallower layers?
Less
T/F: All claims of evolutionary science are false
False, for example the process of natural selection and speciation is accurate
Structures that evolutionists believe were inherited from ancestors but now how limited or no purpose or function
Vestigial structures
What is theistic evolution?
The belief that evolutionary science is correct in it's narrative or Earth's origins and the development of life, but that God initially started the process
What is the difference between chemical evolution and molecular evolution?
Chemical = creation of elements (e.g. Carbon, Oxygen)
Molecular = creation of various molecules necessary for life (e.g. Amino Acids, RNA, fats)
Baraminology organizes organism groups into what?
Kinds
What is the difference between a homologous structure and an analogous structure?
Analogous structures share a common function but not structure. Anatomical structures look alike but are used for different purposes.
What would a theistic evolutionist believe about the origin of the world?
They would support the theory of evolution, but that God is providentially at work in the world.
Which is more accurate model for the idea of speciation?
An orchard of life
How does evolution of man along with the other species of creation fit in with Scripture?
It contradicts what we are told, specifically that we have been created in the Imago Dei, in God's image