Life & Death
creation of the universe
origin of humans
religious
scientific
religious
scientific
Day 4: made sun, moon & stars // days, seasons & years // it was good
Day 5: "let the sea be filled with living creatures" --> created all creatures big & small --> birds & fish
Day 3: "let dry ground appear" --> created land and seas // "let there be grass" --> created growth, grass, plants & trees // God was pleased
Day 6: "be fruitful, multiply" --> fill the sky // live stock created, circle of life --> creation was good // God formed man out of the dust of the earth --> Adam was given dominion over all creatures
Day 2: "let there be divide in the waters" // water --> sky
Day 7: God rested
Day 1: God created the heavens & earth // he commanded "let there me light" - light and darkness was separated
Gensis 1: seven days of creation
5. gravity
6. expansion
4. radiation & energy
7. matter
3. massive explosion
8. galaxies & stars
2. all in tiny dense space
9. planets
1. 13.7 billion years ago
similarities
differences
earth was made first in biblical account & last in scientific
Christians think a higher power was involved
Christians see humans as very important
both created in stages
both unproven
both start with a big event
Origin of species 1859
Natural selection: organisms with heritable traits that favour survival & reproduction will tend to leave more offspring than their peers, causing traits to increase in frequency in generations
"Single best idea anybody had ever had"
Darwin context
Darwinism
Catholic church accepted evolution is compatible with faith
T. Malthus inspired Darwin's ideas of natural selection
ideas shook the foundation of Victorian society
Said that humans have ancestors with apes
went to Galapagos islands, observed differences in adaptations
studied at Cambridge, went to South America
Took 20 years to refine his ideas