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SSFT Dud MidtermThe promise of science and technology - answer science has limits in finding meaning
science provides a sense of _____ - answer-completeness (a modern superstition)
(Christian mind is never complete)
Personal vs.
Impersonal (Science) approaches to Nature - answer Personal: engagement, regard,
value
Impersonal: disengagement, disregard, devalue
We are smarter but dumber - answer ironic results of our scientific/technological
progress
(we know meaningful things but are our priorities right?)
The "technological society" - answer-doesn't just mean we have a lot of technology -
(problems of ethical parameters for scientific inquiry)
-search for "one best means"
-Technological replacement "without loss"
-Obsession with means, flattening of ends
(technology becomes dictator instead of one being dictated)
Disengagement - answerimpersonal approach to nature, neutral rather than valuable
The device paradigm - answerthe way "technological devices" are perceived and
consumed in modern society, according to Albert Borgmann. He introduced the term to
help in understanding the nature of modern technology.
Nature is now seen as ______ - answerNeutral and meaningless, instead of valuable
"raw material" - answerthe basic material from which a product is made.
Blessings of keeping the covenant - answer1)continuing fellowship with God
2)Harmony w/ humans in Creation
3)Life in Paradise
4)Realizing obstacles?
The Mandate defined: - answerDominion and Stewardship jointly
, Consequences of the fall: - answer1. the curse: God's response to and a natural
consequence of human rebellion
2. man responds after the fall to essentially unchanged mandate
Mandate is ______ after the fall - answerre-instituted
Fulfilling the mandate after the fall, possible problems: - answer1)May go too far in
doing something good
2)May take wrong action hoping to do good
3)Fails to respond
Mandate at its best - answer-human purpose and position (Gen. 1:28; Gen. 9: 1,7;
Psalm 8: 3-9; Gen. 2:8,15)
-unfallen mind and care of Creation
Why the assignment to humans? - answer-conflict of good and evil
-humans filling earth in opposition of Satan's expansion
Stewardship at its best - answer-love for creation
-responsibility to God
The Fall and its Consequences Without Loss of the Divine Charge or Status of the
Image Bearer - answer1. the fall caused distortions in pre-fall ideals of stewardship and
dominion
2. curse functions as constant reminder to humanity of: their need for God and human's
loss of self control
Obstacles of the Fall and Curse - answer-humanity's spiritual condition is cause of the
effects of the fall
- fall's effect is beyond the spiritual dimension, on the physical too (death, disease, and
injury)
-the world is knowable and can be investigated by anyone
____ and ____ help overcome some of the obstacles from the fall - answerScience and
technology
science can help overcome the obstacles with: - answerhuman discovery and
application of information about natural world
science and technology as a means to regain lost dominion
some advantages of the Fall - answercommunity
value of everyday
Who can read the book of Nature - answerPsalms 19: 1-5
Romans 1:20
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