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Biblical Creation and Conservation Laws Quiz
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Biblical Creation and Conservation Laws Quiz

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What does the second law of thermodynamics state?

  • Everything is proceeding back to the fire
  • Everything is proceeding back to the stars
  • Everything is proceeding back to the water
  • Everything is proceeding back to the dust (correct)

    • Where is the formal announcement of the second law found?

  • Exodus 20:1-17
  • Deuteronomy 6:4-9
  • Genesis 3:17–19 (correct)
  • Leviticus 25:1-7

    • What was the divine curse intended to teach?

  • The consequences of disobedience (correct)
  • The purpose of life
  • The benefits of obedience
  • The nature of creation

    • What event is associated with the establishment of the second law of thermodynamics?

    <p>The day Adam sinned</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the curse point forward to and backward to?

    <p>A future heat death of the universe and a purposeful Creator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Despite the curse, what is there hope for?

    <p>Deliverance from decay into the glorious liberty of the children of God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the present age described in relation to creation?

    <p>Marked by the entire creation groaning and travailing in pain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do passages from the Bible assert regarding the principle of conservation of energy?

    <p>God's safeguarding of His finished creation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the Bible present the completion of God's works of creation?

    <p>In the past tense</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the Bible refer to the creation of the physical universe and living creatures?

    <p>As completed in the past</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Bible indicate regarding God's preservation of the finished creation?

    <p>God's establishment and sustenance of the universe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does God uphold all things according to the text?

    <p>By the word of His power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What biblical principle does the text suggest may eventually incorporate the conservation of the genetic code for each created 'kind'?

    <p>Principle of decay</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which passage from the Bible emphasizes God's control and mastery over creation?

    <p>Isaiah 40:12</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage records the divine curse on the whole creation due to the rebellion of Adam and Eve?

    <p>Genesis 3:14–19</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage compares the fate of man to that of beasts, emphasizing that all are of the dust and turn to dust again?

    <p>Ecclesiastes 3:19–20</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage emphasizes the transient nature of people, likening all flesh to grass?

    <p>Isaiah 40:6–8</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage reiterates the analogy of all flesh being as grass and emphasizes the lasting nature of God's word?

    <p>1 Peter 1:24–25</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage compares man to a flower that is cut down?

    <p>Job 14:1–2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage compares man to grass that withers and is gone?

    <p>Psalms 103:15–16</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage notes the shortness of human life?

    <p>Psalms 90:9–10</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage indicates that the whole creation groans and travails in pain?

    <p>Romans 8:20–22</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which biblical passage emphasizes the contrast between the transient nature of human life and the enduring nature of God's word?

    <p>1 Peter 1:24–25</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main concern raised about the randomness of the universe's emergence from the big bang?

    <p>The universe's emergence may not have been truly chaotic, leading to organized rearrangement instead of random shuffling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest about the big-bang concept and the organization of the cosmos?

    <p>A supernatural miracle might make the big-bang concept workable, but there is no naturalistic way it can be done.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imply about the logic of precluding a miraculous Creator?

    <p>It is illogical to preclude a miraculous Creator if a supernatural Creator is acknowledged.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main argument against dragging out the creation of the cosmos over tortuous aeons?

    <p>A miraculous Creator should be allowed to create and organize the cosmos all at once, without dragging it out over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text emphasize about the state of decay and death?

    <p>It is a result of the Fall, deviating from the intended 'very good' creation by God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the text's stance on the conservation of energy and increase in entropy?

    <p>They are aligned with the reasoning in the Bible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest about the intended conservation of energy, matter, and entropy following creation week?

    <p>There might have been a decrease in order in individual systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What theological explanation does the text provide for the non-creation of energy?

    <p>God's rest after the creation and His role in upholding all things</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text emphasize regarding the current state of decay and death?

    <p>It is a result of the Fall, deviating from the intended 'very good' creation by God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text assert about the relationship between decay and growth processes?

    <p>In the primeval creation, decay processes balanced with growth processes to maintain constant entropy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imagine regarding the efficiency of every process and machine?

    <p>Every process and machine would have 100 percent efficiency, with all input energies being converted completely into useful work, as designed by an omniscient, omnipotent God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text attribute the non-creation of energy to?

    <p>God's rest after the creation and His role in upholding all things</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imply about the current state of decay and death?

    <p>It is a result of the Fall, deviating from the intended 'very good' creation by God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What theological explanation does the text provide for the non-creation of energy?

    <p>God's rest after the creation and His role in upholding all things</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what biblical premise aligns with true science and logic?

    <p>The premise of creation as stated in Genesis 1:1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text emphasize as support from Scripture?

    <p>The creation of heaven and earth in six days</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text attribute the non-creation of energy to?

    <p>God's rest after the creation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the current process in contrast to the creation week?

    <p>Conservation and disintegration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest was the intended balance in the primeval creation?

    <p>Decay processes balanced with growth processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imply as the reason for the current state of decay and death?

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

    What does the text emphasize as the contrast with the original creation?

    <p>The conservation laws and the state of the universe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text attribute the non-creation of energy to?

    <p>God's rest after the creation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text suggest was the intended balance in the primeval creation?

    <p>Decay processes balanced with growth processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imply as the reason for the current state of decay and death?

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

    What does the text emphasize as the contrast with the original creation?

    <p>The conservation laws and the state of the universe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main concern raised about the randomness of the universe's emergence from the big bang?

    <p>It might have included miraculously organized subatomic arrangements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text imply about the logic of precluding a miraculous Creator?

    <p>It lacks possible logic or metaphysical dissimulation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What theological explanation does the text provide for the non-creation of energy?

    <p>It does not provide a theological explanation for the non-creation of energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the text emphasize about the current state of decay and death?

    <p>It is a result of the curse and rebellion of Adam and Eve</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the author suggest about the emergence of the universe from the big bang?

    <p>It may have included miraculously organized subatomic arrangements</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the author propose as a potential explanation for the big-bang concept to be workable?

    <p>A comprehensive miracle of supernatural creation and integration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the author question regarding the acknowledgment of a supernatural Creator?

    <p>Why preclude a miraculous Creator if one is acknowledged?</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the author assert regarding the scientific and scriptural evidence for evolutionary speculations?

    <p>There is not one iota of either scientific or scriptural evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Biblical Creation and Conservation Laws

    • The text argues that the biblical premise of creation aligns with true science and logic, asserting that "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Gen. 1:1).
    • It emphasizes support from Scripture such as "In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed" (Exod. 31:17).
    • The text delves into scientific measurements and observations, stating that energy is conserved and entropy increases with no known exceptions, though the reasons why remain unknown.
    • It presents theological and biblical explanations for the conservation of energy and increase in entropy, aligning with the reasoning in the Bible.
    • The text discusses the first law of conservation, attributing the non-creation of energy to God's rest after the creation and His role in upholding all things.
    • It asserts that during the creation week, God was creating, making, and forming, with processes of creation and integration, while the current processes are of conservation and disintegration.
    • The text explains that though there was intended conservation of energy, matter, and entropy following creation week, there might have been a decrease in order in individual systems.
    • It discusses the balance between decay and growth processes, suggesting that in the primeval creation, decay processes balanced with growth processes to maintain constant entropy.
    • The text imagines a scenario where every process and machine would have 100 percent efficiency, with all input energies being converted completely into useful work, as designed by an omniscient, omnipotent God.
    • It emphasizes that no death of sentient life, either animal or human, was intended in God's original creation, contradicting the current state where entropy and death are prevalent.
    • The text implies that the current state of decay and death is a result of the Fall, deviating from the intended "very good" creation by God.
    • It highlights the theological and biblical perspectives on the conservation laws and the state of the universe, emphasizing the contrast with the original creation.

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    Explore the biblical passages on the permanence of created kinds and the alignment of biblical creation with conservation laws in this quiz. Delve into scientific and theological explanations, and gain insights into the enduring nature of God's word and the state of the universe according to biblical perspectives.

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