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Question of Origins with Dr. Ron Carlson

Question of Origins Part One

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Question of Origins Part Two

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1. What does Carlson say mainstream science does at the outset? *

A. It rules out God before asking the question

B. It tests every possible answer

C. It begins from the Bible

D. It refuses to make any assumptions

2. What does Carlson claim is usually found of the "ape-men"? *

A. Complete preserved skeletons

B. Only chips of bone or teeth

C. Written ancient records

D. Living examples today

3. What does Carlson argue about how fossils are dated? *

A. That it is done by direct chemical testing

B. That it is precise and certain

C. That fossils and rocks are dated by each other

D. That no one dates fossils at all

4. What does Carlson claim about the geological column? *

A. That it is found complete on every continent

B. That oil companies confirmed it

C. That it has never been found complete anywhere

D. That it proves a young earth directly

5. Whom does Carlson credit with inventing the earth's long ages? *

A. Charles Darwin

B. Isaac Newton

C. Louis Pasteur

D. Charles Lyell

6. How old does Carlson claim the earth actually is? *

A. About 6,000 years

B. About 4.5 billion years

C. About 15 billion years

D. Beyond any estimate

7. How does Carlson explain the large size of dinosaurs? *

A. They were a separate creation from reptiles

B. They were always small, unlike the movies

C. Reptiles kept growing over very long lifespans

D. They evolved rapidly from birds

8. How does Carlson interpret the fossil record? *

A. As creatures buried in order by a global flood

B. As proof of slow evolution

C. As entirely random and meaningless

D. As too incomplete to interpret

9. What is Carlson's main theological argument against theistic evolution? *

A. That God could not create at all

B. That the Bible never mentions creation

C. That evolution is too slow to matter

D. That there was no death before Adam's sin

10. How does Carlson answer the starlight-and-time objection? *

A. He says the stars are much closer than measured

B. He says distance does not equal time

C. He says starlight is an illusion

D. He says the universe is truly billions of years old

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