Geology
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How does science Impact the understanding of Divine action? (what increases and what decreases)
Increase in understanding of natural mechanisms Decreases God of the Gaps Decrease in Cosmological Intervention Increase in Cosmological Providentionism
How does science Impact the interpretation of Genesis 6–9?
Increase in understanding natural mechanisms Decrease in scientific concordism Decrease in the interpretation that the flood is worldwide (global) Increase in the interpretation that the flood is local (regional)
What is the pattern and process in science?
Pattern (observation) are discovered first Processes (mechanisms) are discovered afterwards
Who is St. Augustine? What are some important theories he had?
354–430 AD/CE One of the most important theologian Roman Catholics call him "THE theologian" • Augustine uses intellectual tool box • Doctorine of Original Sin • Seed Principle Theories
Who is Charles Lyell?
A diest and anti-evoutionist • Had a huge impact on Darwins • Uses Principle of Uniformitarianism
What is Charles Lyell’s most famous book? What year?
Principles of Geology
What is the principle of uniformitarianism? Who uses it?
Charles Lyell The history of the earth is understood using the same forces and same intensities
By 1850, what did geological mapping look like? What are the layers?
Like the basic outline we have today Top: Cenozoic Era (Age of Mammals) Mesozoic Era (Age of Reptiles) Bottom: Paleozoic Era (Age of Invertebrates)
What is the Gap theory? What does Genesis 1:1–3 represent?
Geological Time is put in “gap” between Genesis 1:1 and 1:3 Gen 1:1 -Initial Creation Gen 1:2 -deterioration of the earth (A period of millions of years) Gen 1:3 -Second Creation (Re-creation in 6 literal days) FLOOD IS GLOBAL
What is the Day-Age Theory?
Days of Genesis 1 are geological periods • Life from simple to more complex (seen in gen 1 and fossil record) FLOOD IS LOCAL - Mesopotamian Plain
What was the understanding of the Genesis flood in the beginning of the 1800s?
Beginning of 1800: Global Flood is explained only surface features End of 1800s: Geology makes no reference to Flood
What happens to Divine Action as time goes on?
From Interventionism to Providentialism to None
What happens to Hermenuetics as time goes on?
Hermeneutical competence increases
What happens to Scientific and Historical Concordism as time progresses?
Decreases Global flood to local flood to Gap and Day-Age theories to none
What is the date of the Young Earth Creationists Flood>
2344 BC/E
What is the date of the Young Earth Creationists Flood?
2344 BC/E • Determined by adding up biblical genealogies
What are the six stages of the origins of the biblical flood account?
• real destructive floods • Ancient Historiography • Israel appears late in ANE and Inherits Flood Motif • Israel recycles and reinterprets flood motif • Isreal Becomes Literate and Writes Down at least TWO flood accounts • J & P Accounts edited together by a redactor (R) to form Gen 6–9
Where do the Two sources of flood accounts come from? What time periods were they from? How were they put together?
• J author (Gen 2: Jawhist Creation account) –Around 1000 BC/E • P author (Gen 1: Priestly Creation account) – Around 500 BC/E Intertwined by a reactor (R) using alternating verses from J and P accounts
What is the Firament?
A solid structure above the earth, NOT outer space
What is the Firmament?
A solid structure above the earth, NOT outer space