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What were the 4 reasons why Darwin's theory of evolution was not accepted by many people?
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Belief in divine creation, belief in species' immutability, belief in recent creation, and belief in evolution as a threat to morals and society.
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What were the 3 parts of the story of creation that shaped human views?
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Direct and instantaneous creation by God (deliberate act), creation in God's own image, and humans were given dominion over Earth and all its creatures.
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What are creationists?
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People who believe in divine creation.
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Why do most biologists and scientists not accept creationists' argument?
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Creationists' proof of divine intervention can't be refuted and they never seriously test their theory because it's faith-based, not science-based.
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Who was James Usher?
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He was a bishop who claimed that Earth was created in 4004 BC.
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What is theism?
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The notion that God intervenes regularly in the world through miraculous works.
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What is deism?
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The notion that the world was created by God but is controlled by a set of natural laws God produced.
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Who is James Hutton?
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A geologist who believed in deep time and created the theory of the "World Machine Model."
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What is the "World Machine Model?"
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A theory created by Hutton, which used geological evidence to prove there were ancient cycles in Earth building and destruction. It was a 4-phase cycle that dealt with erosion and was based on unconformities.
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Who was Georges Cuvier?
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A French scientist who was the first to prove that species can go extinct and created the theory of catastrophism.
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What is the theory of catastrophism?
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A theory developed by Cuvier that proposes that regional and large catastrophes are caused by global cooling, which leads to animal and plant extinctions. Regions are then repopulated due to in-migration and/or new creations.
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Who is Charles Lyell?
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A British geologist, deist, and deep time advocate who established the theory of uniformitarianism.
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What is the theory of uniformitarianism?
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A theory developed by Lyell that included 4 principles: the Principle of Law, which said that natural laws are constant through space and time; the Principle of Process, which said that the present is the key to the past; the Principle of Rate, which said that changes occur slowly and steadily; and the Principle of State, which said that change, though continuous, is non-directional and non-progressive.
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How did some creationists explain fossils?
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They argued the Earth was created with signs of false "prochronic" history, and that fossils were prochronic phenomena needed to show cyclicity.
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Who was Jean Baptiste de Lamarck?
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A French biologist who developed the theory of organic evolution.
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