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m&m 7.1
Creation: The Foundation of Modern Science
Question | Answer |
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Purpose of science | To carefully observe nature in order to discover the laws of creation so these laws could be put to work for the benefit of mankind |
Myths | Stories to explain how the universe came into being and how nature operates |
Pantheists | People who believe that God is a part of nature and that nature is God, became servants of nature rather than masters of nature |
Materialism | The belief that everything is material and nothing is spiritual, Greek philosophers |
Spontaneous generation | The belief that living things can arise from nonliving things |
Biological evolution | Nonliving things produced living things and living things give rise to other forms of living things |
Protestant Reformation | The time when modern science began. Began in 1517 |
solomon | most famous early naturalist |
Aristotle | believed nature is a force and we are connected to it, caused people to worship nature |