Arguments Against Evolution and for Intelligent Design
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What is one argument against evolution mentioned in the text?

The laws that govern nature

Give an example of a natural law mentioned in the text.

The law of gravity

What does the text question about the origin of gravity?

Where did gravity come from?

Who is mentioned as not creating gravity but providing a scientific explanation for it?

<p>Isaac Newton</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does the text argue that gravity must have existed before Isaac Newton?

<p>Gravity obviously existed long before Newton was born</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text emphasize about the questions regarding the origin of gravity?

<p>Scientifically unanswerable</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with the idea that matter consisted of tiny particles called atoms?

<p>Democritus</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Democritus call the particles he believed matter consisted of?

<p>Atoms</p> Signup and view all the answers

What concept did Democritus' idea of atoms introduce?

<p>Atoms as indivisible particles</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does James 4:12 from the Bible say about the origin of natural laws?

<p>There is one Lawgiver</p> Signup and view all the answers

What source is mentioned in the text as predating Isaac Newton and explaining the origin of natural laws?

<p>The Bible</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the belief about atoms by the 16th century?

<p>The indivisible building block of matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Argument against evolution

Claims that natural laws, like gravity, existed before and independent of evolutionary processes.

Natural Law Example

An example of a natural law is gravity.

Origin of Gravity Question

The text asks where gravity came from.

Newton's role in Gravity

Newton explained gravity scientifically but didn't create it.

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Gravity's Existence Before Newton

Gravity existed long before Newton's explanation.

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Origin of Gravity's Scientific Status

Questions about the origin of gravity are considered scientifically unanswerable.

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Democritus' Atomic Theory

Democritus proposed that matter was made of tiny, indivisible particles called atoms.

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Democritus' Particle Name

Democritus called indivisible particles 'atoms'.

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Atom concept introduced

Democritus' idea introduced the concept of atoms as indivisible particles.

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Biblical principle about natural laws

James 4:12 states that there is one Lawgiver.

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Source predating Newton

The Bible predates Isaac Newton and describes the origin of natural laws.

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16th Century Atom Belief

By the 16th century, atoms were believed to be the indivisible building blocks of matter.

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