BJU Space and Earth Science

the belief that scientific inquiry is the only path to truth

the notion that the universe began in a gigantic explosion-like event about 15 billion years ago

scientists that theorize about the beginning of the universe (cosmology

the notion that the universe began in a gigantic explosion-like event about 15 billion years ago.

the belief that scientific inquiry is the only path to truth.

confident belief in the authority or reliability of something.

scientists that theorize about the beginning of the universe (cosmology)

in order to realize how Christianity affects out understanding of science, we first need to understand the christian "World View" itself.

everything God created was originally good; this concept is called creational goodness.

God gave a command that would enable man to act like him in some ways.

all of their descendants, all of mankind, are now born in total depravity.

reading something into the Bible rather than merely reading what is in the Bible.

the principal that natural laws and processes today are essentially the same as they have always been.

any person or idea that relies on human values and does not take into account spiritual things, especially the truth of the Bible.

(the belief that only material things are real) or uniformitarianism.

an error in reasoning.

an error in reasoning. occurs when a person makes conclusions that are not really typical of the whole group.

assuming what you are trying to prove.

attacking the other person involved in the argument instead of attacking the argument its self.

one of the most common types of logical error, for it assumes that something is the cause of an event because it happened before that event.

committed by people claiming to have no presuppositions.

an idea that a person take for granted, something that is believed to be true without proof.

when we use reasoning to work from a general truth to a more specific truth.

working from specific observations to a general truth.

another major tool for understanding the universe through science.

states that the combined total of matter and energy in the universe through science.

referred to when the new testament speaks of the earth as "wax[ing] old as doth a garment."

energy can not be created nor destroyed in any process but only changed from one form to another.

the verses describe the process of degeneration, or running down, which is something we can observe even today.

scientists speak of a property of systems of matter called entropy, which describes the disorder of the system.

a more accurate way to think about a scientists work.

scientific observations with detailed descriptions and measurements.

a working representation of what the scientist thinks is going on.

a belief that a person holds based on his experience or knowledge of the subject.

the total collection of knowledge gained through man's observations of the physical world.