Scientific Explanation and Its Challenge to Christianity (AQA A-Level Religious Studies): Quizzes
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What does the 'God of the gaps' argument suggest happens as scientific understanding expands?
What does the 'God of the gaps' argument suggest happens as scientific understanding expands?
There is less need to invoke God
Which phenomenon was once attributed to divine action but is now understood through natural laws?
Which phenomenon was once attributed to divine action but is now understood through natural laws?
Planetary motion governed by gravity
What is the key point of Flew's parable of the gardener?
What is the key point of Flew's parable of the gardener?
Religious claims die by qualification
How did Paul Tillich argue God should be described to avoid the 'God of the gaps' problem?
How did Paul Tillich argue God should be described to avoid the 'God of the gaps' problem?
As Being-itself, ground of existence
According to Polkinghorne, where does God influence the world?
According to Polkinghorne, where does God influence the world?
At the quantum level
How did most liberal Anglicans respond to Darwin's theory of evolution?
How did most liberal Anglicans respond to Darwin's theory of evolution?
They embraced it as God's method
What is the probability against all cosmological constants being correct by chance for intelligent life?
What is the probability against all cosmological constants being correct by chance for intelligent life?
10^180 against
How old do young earth creationists believe the universe is?
How old do young earth creationists believe the universe is?
Between 5,700 and 10,000 years old
Why does the scientific community reject intelligent design as pseudoscience?
Why does the scientific community reject intelligent design as pseudoscience?
Its claims are not testable
What did St Augustine argue about biblical interpretation in the 4th century?
What did St Augustine argue about biblical interpretation in the 4th century?
Parts require interpretation vs facts