Sentences with phrase «modern knowledge of the universe»

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For example, a theologian may assume that modern knowledge leads us to conceive the universe as a nexus of cause and effect such that total determinism prevails in nature.

As modern knowledge advances and hitherto insoluble problems are solved, a good deal of religion will be seen to be based on false premises, to be inadequate for modern conceptions of the universe, or to be little more than a collection of superstitious taboos.

Especially when those people lived long before the modern era of science and had no knowledge of the things we now know to be true about the universe.

And their knowledge of the size of the universe, both large and small was on par with that of a modern day child.

Still others try to use the regularities of nature as proof of the existence of God, and argue that the evidence of purpose and design in the universe has been increased by modern knowledge.

Better knowledge of Venus could help answer two of the most important questions in modern science: how is Earth's climate changing, and are we alone in the universe?

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