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ORIGINS universe/humans KNOWLEDGE TEST 1
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11 What is meant by ex nihilo and which quality does it show God possesses
- ATo create out of nothing - showing God is omnibenevolent
- BTo create out of nothing - showing God is omnipotent
- CTo create from existing materials showing God can order things in creation
- DThe Big Bang showing God does not exist
22 What is meant by evolution?
- AThat things adapted and changed over time - the things most able to adapt survived to reproduce.
- BThat the Genesis creation story shows that things are 'fixed' and do not change
33 What is meant by ‘imago Dei?’
- AThat all living things are made in the image of God
- BThat humans are made in the image of God and therefore God will look like us
- CThat humans have the ability to know and appreciate goodness and therefore share a likeness with God
4Complete this quote from the Catechism of the Catholic church about God's role in creation of the world.
'God [blank_start]alone[blank_end] created the [blank_start]universe[blank_end]; freely, [blank_start]directly[blank_end] and [blank_start]without[blank_end] any help'- Adirectly
- Bwithout
- Cuniverse
- Dalone
5Choose all the statements that reflect a fundamental Christian attitude towards the roles of science, religion and the Bible
- AEvolution is the best explanation that we currently have for the existence of our species. Evolution does not rule our the role of God
- BEvolution cannot be true. The Bible is inerrant and contains the complete truth. There is a fixity of species.
- CScience and religion are not necessarily opposed. It is possible to believe in the big bang and the Genesis creation stories
- DGod created the universe by his very word. The Big Bang cannot be true.
- EThe Bible is literally the word of God. If it is contained in the Bible it is historically, scientifically and theologically true.
- FThe Bible is a collection of books from many different genres. It requires careful, scholarly interpretation to arrive at the truth.
- GAdam and Eve were the first 2 people on earth. We are physical descendants of Adam and Eve
- HAdam and Eve represent humanity and the creation stories are myths - containing theological not scientific truths.
6Complete the following paragraph:
Genesis 1 deals with the [blank_start]7 days of creation[blank_end]. Genesis 2 deals with the creation of [blank_start]Adam and Eve[blank_end]. Both these stories reveal [blank_start]theological truths[blank_end] (truths about God). For example, both show God creating ex nihilo; this shows that God is [blank_start]omnipotent[blank_end]. God is also [blank_start]omnibenevolent[blank_end] because he makes human beings in his image and likeness. The theological term for this is '[blank_start]Imago Dei[blank_end].'- A7 days of creation
- BAdam and Eve
- Ctheological truths
- Domnipotent
- Eomnibenevolent
- FImago Dei
- GEx Nihilo
- HStephen and Charles
- ITheory of Evolution
- Jscientific truths
- Komniscient
7Which of the following statements would be RELEVANT to include in an answer to the following statement:
Evolution is the best explanation for the origin of the universe.- APeter Singer accuses human beings of speciesism
- BCharles Darwin's work on the 'origin of species' suggested that things adapted over time
- CFundamental Christians point to the idea that in the Bible there is a fixity of species
- DStephen Hawking, in his work on Big Bang, shows that the universe can create itself ex nihilo
- EThe Bible suggests that God is the origin of the universe since God created by his word 'Let there be..' and 'It was so'
- FPope John Paul II said that 'evolution is more than a hypothesis'
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