Science and religion

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Facts that indicate whether something is true
Evidence
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A hypothesis that explains facts that are widely accepted or well tested
Theory
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Scientific truth is one of these
objective
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religious and historic truths are this
subjective
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Explanation for the origin of the universe
Big Bang
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People who believe that genesis is the direct word of God
Fundamentalist
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people who believe the authors of genesis have added there own personality and interpretations of god's word
Non literal
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Something that contains a religious or moral truth but is not intended to be taken as a scientific account
Myth
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A view that the earth is at the centre of the universe
geocentric
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A view that the sun is at the centre of the universe
heliocentric
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An era where the attitude to learning changed and ideas were no longer accepted because that's the way it had always been.
Cosmological revolution
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Philosopher that observed sunspots to prove that the heavens were not unchanging
galileo
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Philosopher that proved it was a heliocentric universe
copernicus
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One challenge to the cosmological revolution
god of the gaps
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name of the theory that life forms have changed over time, developing from simple to complex creatures
evolution
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Name of the scientist who believed that organism change to meet the needs of the changing environment
Lamarck
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Name of the scientist who believed in natural selection
Darwin
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One challenge to Darwin's theory
rejects god
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One reason to reject Darwin
Genesis
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Fixed unalterable facts
Absolute truth
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truths that vary depending on the knowledge of the time
Evolving truth
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Something or someone accepted as having the power or right to expect obedience
Authority
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the theory that religion is just filling the gaps that science doesn't yet have the answers to
God of the gaps
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A belief that god set things going and then left
Clockwork universe
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Philosopher that thought that religion would have died out by now
Laplace
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Person who thought religion was more prominent now than ever
Polkinghorne
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