Non-Religious Understanding of Creation (Junior Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Definition of myth
Definition of myth
Story used to explain why things happened before science was available
Meaning of philosophy
Meaning of philosophy
Love of wisdom
When/where philosophy emerged
When/where philosophy emerged
Ancient Greece, 6th century BCE
Question type science asks about creation
Question type science asks about creation
How was the world created?
Question type religion asks about creation
Question type religion asks about creation
Why was the world created?
Who was Galileo Galilei
Who was Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer (1564-1642)
What Galileo discovered about Jupiter
What Galileo discovered about Jupiter
Jupiter had four moons orbiting it
Who was Charles Darwin
Who was Charles Darwin
British scientist (1809-1882)
Darwin's theory name
Darwin's theory name
Evolution by natural selection
When was the Enlightenment
When was the Enlightenment
Late 17th and early 18th centuries
Modern scientific theory of universe origin
Modern scientific theory of universe origin
Big Bang theory
Who developed Big Bang theory
Who developed Big Bang theory
Georges Lemaître
Definition of humanism
Definition of humanism
Non-religious approach using power of human reason