Midterm Examination

Midterm Examination

Answer 1.Copernican models

The three main broad approaches are,

The literal approach:

This approach argues that the readings from the Holy Bible should not be taken literally, one should take the information from the readings not literally but at face value.

The accommodation approach:

This approach is the most important in describing the Copernican model, this approach argues that the scriptures were written under anthropological and cultural conditioned forms and manner, this approach states that the first chapters of Genesis were written using a language and also an imagery that was appropriate to the cultural condition of its audience at the time.

The allegorical approach:

This is another approach toward the Copernican model. This approach states that some of the chapters in the Holy Bible were written in a certain style that requires us not to take them literally, according to this approach the first chapters of the Holy Bible that depict the origin of the earth are allegorical accounts and do not depict literal history the earth origin.

Answer 2. Deism and Isaac Newton

Deism is a movement that rejects the existence of supernatural occurrences such as miracles and the existence of prophets, Deism depict that God does not interfere with life of humans and laws that exist in the world.

However despite rejecting other religious believes they acknowledge the existence of God who is the creator of the world and the universe and that God wants us to behave morally but God does not interfere with the laws of the universe.

Further Newton stated that God created the world and left, he does not interfere with the affairs of the world, this is because he made the world with perfection and the interference of God in the affairs of the world would only be evidence of imperfection in the creation of the world, this is consistence with Deism believes.

According to deism the Newton's law of gravity explains the behaviors of objects in the universe. It portrays a view that the universe and its objects are controlled by nature laws, this is to say that God set the Laws of nature that would control the universe and left. Deism therefore reject the existence of miracles and prophets as they are described as violating natural laws, for this reason there is a justified reason of the Deism believes.

Miracles and prophets are rejected by the Deism believe in that they are not consistent with natural laws, according to ...