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Here are 3 ideas about how religion and science can/cannot relate to each other:
1. Religion and science ask different questions - Religion asks questions about meaning and purpose, science asks questions about how things work. They are two different domains.
2. They don't necessarily contradict - The creation stories in religion don't have to be taken literally. They can be compatible with scientific explanations like evolution if interpreted non-literally.
3. They can inform each other - Findings in science like the vastness of the universe can enhance religious understanding of God. And religious/ethical perspectives can guide how science is applied for human benefit.
Here are 3 ideas about how religion and science can/cannot relate to each other:
1. Religion and science ask different questions - Religion asks questions about meaning and purpose, science asks questions about how things work. They are two different domains.
2. They don't necessarily contradict - The creation stories in religion don't have to be taken literally. They can be compatible with scientific explanations like evolution if interpreted non-literally.
3. They can inform each other - Findings in science like the vastness of the universe can enhance religious understanding of God. And religious/ethical perspectives can guide how science is applied for human benefit.
Here are 3 ideas about how religion and science can/cannot relate to each other:
1. Religion and science ask different questions - Religion asks questions about meaning and purpose, science asks questions about how things work. They are two different domains.
2. They don't necessarily contradict - The creation stories in religion don't have to be taken literally. They can be compatible with scientific explanations like evolution if interpreted non-literally.
3. They can inform each other - Findings in science like the vastness of the universe can enhance religious understanding of God. And religious/ethical perspectives can guide how science is applied for human benefit.
The Origins and Value of the World Objectives: To understand religious and non- religious ideas about the creation of and value of our world. GCSE Religious Studies – progress so far…
• Paper 1 (14th May 2018): Beliefs and Teachings
– Christianity: Beliefs – Christianity: Practices – Islam: Beliefs – Islam: Practices • Paper 2 (16th May 2018): Thematic Studies – The existence of God and revelation – Peace and conflict – Religion and life – Relationships and families Religion and Life – Key Questions • How did the universe come to exist? (creation vs. Big Bang theory) • Why does the world matter and how should we care for it? – Use and abuse of the environment – Pollution – Use of animals • How did humans get here? (creation vs. evolution) • Why do humans matter and how should we look after them? – When does human life begin? – Issues around abortion – Is it ever right to take a human life? (issues around euthanasia) – Death and the afterlife (beliefs about heaven and hell) What have we already studied through other topics? How did we get here? • Big bang? • We were created? • Something else…?
• What do you believe?
Keywords • Creation – The act by which God brought the universe into being • Fundamentalist Christians – Christians who believe that the statements in the Bible are literally true • Liberal Christians – Christians who believe that the authors of the Bible were guided by God but that not everything they wrote is a literal account of what actually happened Recap – The Christian way Recap - Creationism • The world was created in 7 days. • Some translations of the Bible call this 7 ‘periods of time’ (or “yom” in the original Hebrew). • God created the earth, then separated the land from the sea. He then made plants, and lit the sky with the sun and moon. He created animals of the air and sea, followed by animals of the land. He saw all this and said it was good. • Lastly he created humans. He breathed the breath of God in to them, and called them ‘very good’.
• What would a Fundamental Christian say about this story?
• What would a liberal Christian say?
A fundamental Christian would say that the creation story…
However, a liberal Christian would say that the creation story… One reason for this difference is… The World has the ‘Wow’ Factor
Awe: a feeling of devout respect
and Wonder: marvelling at the beauty of the world Stewardship and Dominion Then God said, ‘Let us make Stewardship humankind in our image, Taking according to our likeness; responsibility for and let them have the welfare of dominion over the fish of others. the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the The Bible teaches cattle, and over all the wild that humans should be ‘stewards’ of animals of the earth, and creation. over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ Dominion (Genesis 1:26) To have authority over something Stewardship and Dominion • What makes humans special? Task • Dominion – Humans have Draw an outline of a human being in authority over God’s creation to use it for the good of mankind your book. • God gave Adam the authority to name his creation and to look Inside your drawing, explain what after it makes human beings special according • Made in God’s image to Christian belief. • Breath of God living within them • God saw that they were “very good” • They have a soul, which will live Extension: if you have finished, respond on after death. to the following statement underneath • John 3:16 – ‘For God so loved your drawing… the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever It is big-headed to think that human believes in him shall not die but have eternal life.’ beings are special. Do you agree? Religion vs. Science – really? Religion vs. Science – really?
Is there another way to view the relationship
between religion and science?
Watch the video and note down 3 different
ideas about how religion and science can/cannot relate to each other.
The Re-Creation of Planet Earth and the Real Account of Life’S Beginnings: A Compelling Analysis of Creation, Evolution, the Big Bang, God, Jesus, and Heaven