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Genesis Mid-Term
The details and study of Genesis and science
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Bible Studies
Undergraduate 2
10/12/2011

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Charles Lyell
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Believer in Uniformitarianism . Everything we see is how it has always been. "the present is the key to the past." He was a student of Buckland (1830)
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Gap Theory
Definition
The theory that there is a time gap between v.1 and v.2 in Genesis. the gap could be millions of years.
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Progressive Creationism
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Days refer to ages. The six days of creation was not 24 hours (probs millions of years). -similar to creation but time is the issue.
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Theistic Evolution
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Bible Genesis is pre-scientific. Evolution: time, mutations, death. T.E.= Time, Mutations, Death+ God. They think that the creation in six days could be a myth. Evolution is the natural process that God used to create the Earth
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Richard Dawkins
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(born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an atheist and he introduced the idea that phenotype effects of a gene can effect not just the body but the enviorment and even other bodies.
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Ken Ham
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The president/CEO and founder of Answers in Genesis. Christian speaker in North America. Is the author of numerous books on the book of Genesis, the accuracy and authority of the Bible, dinosaurs, and the destructive fruits of evolutionary thinking.He is also the president and founder of the creation Museum. He hosts a radio station. 
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John Whitcomb and Henry Morris
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They wrote Genesis Flood which brought us back to a biblical Genesis
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Stratigraphy
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A branch of geology that emphasis rock layering and layers
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Merism
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That word in which totality is expressed by contrasting parts
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Superposition
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The order in which sedimentary strata are deposited in a time sequence. Oldest on the bottom, youngest on the top.
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Intelligent Design
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Trying to explain the complexity of the universe through a higher power but not necesarily the Christian God.
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What were the judgments on Adam and Eve?
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The roles of men and women (1 tim and titus). Sinentered the world, and there was death.
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Judgement of the Flood
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All men were corrupt and the flood was the judgement on man
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Judgement of Babel
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They were trying to acheive wealth, power, and things without God.  
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Cain's offer was not accepted, why not??
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1.) He disobyed the way that it was suppose to be given (not blood scarifice)

2.)He did not have the right motivation in why he was giving his sacrifice.

3.) Quality of offering

What was the faithfulness of the offering and what was the commnad given?

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What was the sin of Ham?
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1.) He just saw Noah naked

2.)He actually slept with his father

3.)He just humiliated his father witht the fact that he was naked

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Was Adam a real person? Support this scripturally...

 

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Romans 5:14, 1 Cor 15:22, Luke 3 (is the geneology of Christ) Yes he was a real person.
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Ramifications to theology for the literalness of Adam
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authority/inspiration of scripture
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Why do people think that Adam is not a real person?
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Creation accounts; Science
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Why do people believe in 6 day creation in the light of modern scientific thinking?
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evidence is interpreted through worldveiw
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How significant is believing in literal 6 day creation? What if I don't believe it?
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Logical consistency, biblical consistency. You will still go to Heaven regaurdless what you think about creation time.
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How do you support biblically that the flood was literally universal?
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2 Peter 3:6
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What are the presuppositions of evolution?
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Natruralism/credibility of scripture. Science > God/ Uniformitarianism
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What are some good arguments against evolution?
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Strata and the geological time clock
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Richard Dawkins
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Crazy Atheist
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Temper Longman III
Definition
Disputes historically Adam
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Bruce Waltke
Definition
Theistic evolution (Not 6 day creation)
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Michael Behe
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Intelligent design, Irreducible complexity (if you take one thing away it won't work the same).
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Pierre Laplace
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(1749-1827)"Nuclear Hypothesis", His idea was the foundation for the big bang theory.
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Jean Lamarck
Definition
Proposed biological evolution before Darwin
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William Smith
Definition
Geological Maps. His goal was to produce a complete geologic map of England and Wales, using the principles of fossil succession.(he learned geometry, surveying, and mapping; at the age of eighteen he became an assistant surveyor)
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James Ussher
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He set the date of creation at Oct. 23 4004
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Toledot
Definition
Means geneology or generations of.
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Similarities between Genesis and other ancient near eastern myths
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They all start with water
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Thomas Chalmers
Definition
 Gap theory originates with him. He combines scripture with some science stuff. He preached scripture with old earth.
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What are the issues with the Nephilim?
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Son of God daughters of man. Its when the demons possesed humans and got together with regular women to produce the Nephilim.
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Documentary Hypothesis
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J.P.E.D

Jehovah, Priestly,Elohim, Dueteronomic

People that didn't believe that moses composed the torah believed that the J.P.E.D.

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