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Scientific Theories Homework 21/03/23 - Coggle Diagram
Scientific Theories Homework 21/03/23
Compare responses to the Big Bang
Christianity
Church of England ridiculed the theory
They claimed it was just a way to simply turn humans into beasts
'Fine Tuning Argument'
Suggests to Christians that God caused it to happen
If this is the only universe, then God must have made it
God has 'fine tuned' the constants because the odds of purely being by chance is 10^180 against
Multiverse Theory
Idea that holds that there are many universes
Suggests that there may be a colossal number of universes of which began with a Big Bang
Catholic Church
Pope declared that the Big Bang theory was uncaused/self-caused where Catholics argue that it was caused by the will of God
- Francis Collins - 'The big bang cries out for a divine explanation'
'I cannot see how nature could have created itself
How can natural selection be applied to a British Bulldog?
Breeders where then later bred with specific characteristics e.g. exaggerated features such as a short skull, heavy build , deep facial folds, protruding lower jaw because they were deemed to be show animals
Bull dogs evolved the stocky bodies enormous heads, strong jaw alongside a fierce disposition
This then caused a number of health issues e.g. heart problems
Rarely live longer than 6 humans years - 42 dog years
Karl Rahner
Catholic Theologian
Argued that human beings are made wholly by evolution - but also from a religious pov - wholly by God
God + evolution = compatible explanations for human origin
Bishop Wilberforce
Church leader who rejected the concept of evolution
Member of the Royal Society
In a debate - he opposed evolution largely on philosophical + scientific grounds
Darwin later admitted that Wilberforce had addressed the less secure aspects of his theory
Richard Dawkin
Biologist + Athiest
Supports evolution - if the world had been 'designed' then who designed the designer?
Darwin's natural selection theory solves this questions of where humans then come from
Because he does not believe in God, evolution does not need help from a higher being