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m&m 7.1
Creation: The Foundation of Modern Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |