Life%20and%20Science

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Life and Science

• Chapter 1
• Open Textbook to page 3

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Science

• the total collection of knowledge gained through
  man's observations of the physical world

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Science

• man's observations of the world God created and
  man's use of those observations to make decisions

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Life Science

• The study of living things

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Science is NOT wicked

• Observations are not sinful.

• What man does with these facts may be
  unacceptable

• Man may interpret observations in a wrong way or
  he may use them to sin.

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Three Basic Ways of Knowing What is True or False

• Historical Facts
• Scientific Facts
• Biblical Truth

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Historical Fact

• a statement about the existence of something or
  about a past event

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Our knowledge of history is limited how?

• Our age

• Where weve been

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How to Judge Historical Facts

• By Physical Evidence
• By Recorded Evidence

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Physical Evidence

• Normally a good method of determining something
  existed.
• Deciding what the physical evidence means is more
  difficult.

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Recorded Evidence

• evidence which men have written or recorded in
  some way

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Problems with Recorded Evidence

1. people may record things that they believe to
   true but that are actually false
2. people may intentionally write things to deceive
   others
3. people often interpret recorded evidence in ways
   that suit them best

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Scientific Fact

• Key words observablemeasurable repeatable

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Observations

• what we can tell about our surroundings by using
  our senses

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Good Scientific Observations

• measurable
• repeatable

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Types of Scientific Facts

• direct observations
• indirect observations

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Limitations of Scientific Facts

• They must be measurable.
• They must be repeatable.
• They cannot be universal statements.
• They cannot make value judgments.

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Universal Statement

• either excludes or includes everything

All cats have tails.
Uses words like all or none.
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Universal Negative

• a blanket statement of denial

There are no aliens.
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Value Judgment

• deciding whether something is right or wrong,
  good or bad, valuable or worthless

This painting will look great in your living room.
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Biblical Truth
Only one that is true ALL the time.
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Types of Biblical Truth

• record of history
• prophecy of the future
• revelation of spiritual and moral truth

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Limitations of Biblical Truth

• Is NOT limited by inaccuracy
• Does not deal with all physical things.

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How We Know that the Bible is the Infallible,
Inerrant Word of God

1. Faith (a position of belief)
2. Fulfilled Prophecy
3. Accurate record of history
4. Accurate description of the physical world
5. Inner testimony of the Holy Spirit