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2. Human Evolution and Religion Dr. David Lahti

3. Human Evolution and Religion (outline) 1. Religious vs. scientific issues 2. History of modern creation-evolution clash 3. A few examples of evidence for shared human ancestry

4. Scientific vs. religious issues Science = Explaining natural phenomena by: 1.Rational formulation of hypotheses 2.Collection of data 3.Testing of hypotheses against observations or experimental results 4.Submitting conclusions to a broader community for review and further testing Religion = Finding meaning and purpose, or explaining phenomena, by revelation from a personal or supernatural source

8. Three views of religion for people who understand science Contradiction: Science conflicts with religion and suggests that it is false Compartments: Science deals with truth, religion with meaning; so they can coexist Complements: Science and religion both deal with truth and meaning, but in different ways

9. Human Evolution and Religion (outline) 1. Religious vs. scientific issues 2. History of modern creation-evolution clash 3. A few examples of evidence for shared human ancestry

10. Huxley-Wilberforce debate (1860)

11. Scopes’ “Monkey Trial” (1925)

12. Evolution wins national education debate (1960s), Creationism goes underground

13. Creationism today Kansas school board decisions (1999-2005) “Day/Age”, “Gap”, “Old-Earth creationism”, etc. “Irreducible complexity” and “Intelligent Design theory”

14. Human Evolution and Religion (outline) 1. Religious vs. scientific issues 2. History of modern creation-evolution clash 3. A few examples of evidence for shared human ancestry