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20 Cards in this Set
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When was the big bang?
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At the beginning of time.
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What is the term for belief in one God?
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Monotheism
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What does atheism mean?
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Disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.
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How does Dawkins define religious faith?
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Faith "means blind trust, in the absence of evidence”.
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What concept did Dawkins popularize?
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Memetics
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Who first put forward the theory of the Big Bang?
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Georges Lemaître
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Which other theory did he put forward?
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An expanding universe.
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Which three religions share the same belief in God as a creator?
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Judaism, Christianity and Hinduism
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What does a creationist believe?
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Christians who take the Bible literally believe the world was created by God in six days.
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In how many days-according to Genesis-did God create the universe?
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Six
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What-according to Genesis-did God create on the first day?
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The two great lights, the greater one to rule the day and the lesser one to rule the night.
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On what day-according to Genesis-did God create the fish and the birds?
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Day 5
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What-according to Genesis-did God create on the sixth day?
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God created man.
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Which atoms were first formed after the Big Bang?
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Matter and Antimatter
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Why is cosmology unlike physics?
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Cosmology is the study of the universe and its structure, whereas particle physics is the study of fundamental particles such as quarks and photons, the smallest known objects.
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What is the speed of light?
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299 792 458 m / s
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What does blowing up a balloon suggest regarding the universe?
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That it has no physical centre
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When was the Big Bang theory first outlined?
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1927
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What did Einstein say about the Big Bang theory?
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"The most beautiful explanation of creation".
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What does 'ex nihilo' mean?
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Out of nothing.
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