1. Chapter 1: Modeling God’s World

2. Section 1B: Science with a View!

3. Science can declare God’s glory
p. 5
Living for Redemption
Science can declare God’s glory

4. The Search for Information
p. 6
The Search for Information
Data: information collected through observation

5. Assumptions and Problem Solving
pp. 6-7
Assumptions and Problem Solving
Presuppositions: basic assumptions that a person makes about the world and about right, wrong, and the nature of truth

6. Evidence and Worldview
p. 7
Evidence and Worldview
Our presuppositions impact our interpretation of scientific evidence
Only way to live free of presuppositions is to know everything

7. outlook from which you interpret life
Physical science
1.6
p. 7
Worldview
outlook from which you interpret life
Each world view has presuppositions—things we just assume are true.

8. Worldview determines…
Presuppositions
Biases
Prejudices

9. A Believer’s Worldview
Physical Science
1.7
p. 8
A Believer’s Worldview
Two basic worldviews:
Built on the Bible (Christian)
Not built on the Bible (Secularist)

10. Christian Presuppositions Secularist Presuppositions
God made the world and man.
The world is fallen because of sin.
God works to redeem the world.
Secularist Presuppositions
The universe always existed.
People are just evolved animals.
Death is normal.
Scientism

11. Everyone has faith in something
Everyone has faith in something. A scientist with a Christian worldview observes everything through the lens of Scripture.

12. The Bible … establishes science and gives it a reason to exist.
shows us that the world should be studied so that we can better use its resources.

13. “Science will solve the world’s problems”
Scientism…
The belief that we can know things best with science.
“Science will solve the world’s problems”

14. Scientism… The belief that we can know things best with science.
p. 8
1.7
p. 8
Scientism…
The belief that we can know things best with science.
“Science will solve the world’s problems.”

15. What is Physical Science?
pp. 8-9
What is Physical Science?

16. Physical Science is about people creating workable explanations or descriptions for the things and processes that we see in the world around us
Scientific models

17. Scientific models
Represent phenomena
Workable explanation or description
Physical, virtual, or conceptual
Science is not actually about truth; it is about workability

18. Organization of Sciencepp
Organization of Science
1) Theory: an accepted model that explains something 2) Law: a model that describes a phenomenon but doesn’t or can’t explain it

19. How Scientists Approach their Work
1) Operational science: examines phenomena that exist or occur in the present
Dominion science

20. Cannot be tested using the same methods as operational science
Physical Science
1.9 pp
2) Historical science: studies phenomena that happened in the unobserved past and that are not happening today (to our knowledge)
Cannot be tested using the same methods as operational science
Origin studies

21. Question Science can’t answer life’s important questions.
True or False?
What can---yes, the Bible.
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Question

22. Question The Christian worldview advocates scientism. True or False?
Of course not. Remember that scientism is the concept that science can solve all the problems we have. The biggest problem we have is a sin problem and only God can solve that problem. That is why Christ came to earth—to redeem man and give him an eternal home with God.
Question

23. It shows that the world should be studied to better use resources.
Science
Nature
Presupposition
The Bible
Remember the Creation Mandate—study the world so that we can exercise proper care as we have dominion.
Question