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Human Evolution and Religion
Dr. David Lahti
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
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
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
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
Huxley-Wilberforce debate (1860)
Scopes’ “Monkey Trial” (1925)
Evolution wins national education debate (1960s),
Creationism goes underground
Creationism today
• Kansas school board decisions (1999-2005)
• “Day/Age”, “Gap”, “Old-Earth creationism”, etc.
• “Irreducible complexity” and “Intelligent Design theory”
Human Evolution and Religion(outline)
1. Religious vs. scientific issues2. History of modern creation-evolution
clash3. A few examples of evidence for shared
human ancestry