How much do you know about science and the Bible?

Question

Answer these questions in the next ten minutes! There is a separate test for creationists and "evolutionists" (don't like that word). Creationists must honestly answer the question by how an "evolutionist" would answer the question? (ie. Does evolution happen? Yes.) and vice versa with "evolutionists".

No sarcastic answers.

Creationist test:

1) What does DNA stand for?
2) How old is the earth?
3) When did the dinosaurs live?
4) How old is the universe?
5) What is the nearest star after the sun?
6) Is natural selection random?
7) Is our nearest common ancestor shared with modern chimpanzees?
8) How many kinds of radiometric dating methods are there?
a) 0-5 b) 6-10 c) 10-15 d) more than 15
9) Why is the one kind of radiometric dating (Carbon 12 & 14) not used for dating the age of the earth?
10) Named three different species in the genus Homo?

“Evolutionists” test:

1) Where did Moses receive his ten commandments?
2) How many Apostles were there?
3) Roughly how many books are there in the Bible?
4) How many years did Adam live?
5) Where was Jesus baptized?
6) How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?
7) On the first day of creation, what did God do?
8) How did Judas, the betrayer, die?
9) How long was Noah's ark?
10) Who was born first, Cain or Abel?

Let's see which groups knows more about the other. =P

Answer 1

Creationist:
1) Deoxyribonucleic acid
2) Millions if not billions of years
3) Millions of years ago
4) Billions of years
5) Proxima Centauri
6) Yes
7) Yes (according to evolution theory, we share a common ancestor with chimps)
8) d
9) The half-life is too short
10) homo sapien,homo habilis, homo neanderthalensis

1) Mt Sinai
2) 14 if you mean the "official" list (and you include Paul and Judas' replacement, Matthias) ... but the Bible identifies that there were many other apostles
3) Depends on your version ... but, roughly 66-72
4) 930 years
5) Jordan River
6) 3 days
7) separated darkness from light
8) Hanged
9) 450 feet
10) Cain

Answer 2

I'm gonna try answering these without looking them up. Additionally, I'm going with modern science's answers to most questions.

1) What does DNA stand for?

Deoxy-ribo-Nucleic acid

2) How old is the earth?

Around 4.5 billion years.

3) When did the dinosaurs live?

Around 64 million years ago.

4) How old is the universe?

I _think_ it's around 13 billion but I'm probably out by a few billion.

5) What is the nearest star after the sun?

Not sure but I _think_ it's Alpha Centauri.

6) Is natural selection random?

No, it's almost binary - does survive/doesn't survive.

7) Is our nearest common ancestor shared with modern chimpanzees?

Can I say "well duh"?

8) How many kinds of radiometric dating methods are there?
a) 0-5 b) 6-10 c) 10-15 d) more than 15

I _think_ d. I'm sure the list I saw a while back had more than 15 methods.

9) Why is the one kind of radiometric dating (Carbon 12 & 14) not used for dating the age of the earth?

That would be because the half-life of Carbon 12/14 is no where near long enough. I don't honestly know the half-life off the top of my head though. :$

10) Named three different species in the genus Homo?

Spelling's gonna be bad: Homo erectus, Homo habilis and of course Homo sapiens :3

Part 2 (I'm so gonna fail for not absorbing 100% of the Bible)

1) Where did Moses receive his ten commandments?

Mount Sinai I think.

2) How many Apostles were there?

I have no idea.

3) Roughly how many books are there in the Bible?

No idea. I keep seeing people quote books that I don't even remember reading :P

4) How many years did Adam live?

Around 900 years

5) Where was Jesus baptized?

No idea.

6) How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?

No idea.

7) On the first day of creation, what did God do?

Divided the Heavens and the Earth if I recall.

8) How did Judas, the betrayer, die?

He either hung himself or cut his own throat I think. There's two methods given anyway, I remember that much.

9) How long was Noah's ark?

Off the top of my head- 40 cubits I think. I'm probably wrong.

10) Who was born first, Cain or Abel?

They were twins were they not? I'm going with Cain, it'd be Abel and Cain otherwise.

Not sure how this is an 'evolutionist' test though, isn't it more a non-Christian test? If you asked any questions about the Qu'ran I could seriously not answer them. I only know these because my mother is Christian and I went to a Church of England primary school (and of course I've read parts of the Bible since then).

Answer 3

I'm sorry, do you want me to answer these as I would, or as a creationist would?

1) Where did Moses receive his ten commandments?
Me: Either Mt Sinai, or Mt Horab. The bible is unclear
Creationist Mt Sinai

2) How many Apostles were there?
Me: 11, 12 or 13 depending on how you define them.
Creationist: 12

3) Roughly how many books are there in the Bible?
Me: Which bible? KJV: 39 OT and 27 NT
Creationist: 4: MML&J

4) How many years did Adam live?
Me: 930 years.
Creationist: 930 years

5) Where was Jesus baptized?
Me: In the river Jordan
Creationist: In the river Jordan

6) How long was Jonah in the belly of the fish?
Me: 3days and 3 nights
Creationist: 40 days

7) On the first day of creation, what did God do?
Me: The first set of verses says he created light and seperated night from day. The second version in Genesis 2:4 + sugests that he did all of creation in one day.
Creationist: Created light.

8) How did Judas, the betrayer, die?
Me: Again confusion here. Matthew says that he hanged himself, but Acts says he fell and burst asunder and his guts fell out.
Creationist: he hung himself.

9) How long was Noah's ark?
Me: 300 cubits, so depending on how long Noah's forearm and hand was, somewhere between 400 and 550 ft long.
Creationist: 450 feet.

10) Who was born first, Cain or Abel?
Me: Cain.
Creationist: Abel.

Answer 4

I'll try both, with no cheating.

Creationist
1) Deoxyribonucleaic Acid
2) about 4 billion years
3) 60-70 million years ago
4) about 13.7 billion years
5) Alpha Proximus
6) No. It is guided by the laws of physics and economics.
7) This question seems misframed. Is the nearest ancestor common to all humans shared with chimps? No. Do humans share a common ancestor with chimps? Yes.
8) D, more than 15
9) Carbon 14 is only accurate for about 50kya, and it only works on organic matter.
10) Homo Sapiens, Homo Neanderthalis, Homo Ergaster

"Evolutionist"
1) Mt. Sinai
2) 12
3) I should really know this one. 46?
4) 930, depending on the translation
5) In the Jordan river
6) No clue. 3 days?
7) Created the heavens and the earth
8) Depends on which Gospel account you prefer. According to one, he hung himself. According to another, his belly burst open when he went to inspect the land that he had bought with his 30 pieces of silver.
9) 450 cubits?
10) Cain was the older brother.

Answer 5

1) Mount Sinai
2) 12, 13 if you count Judas' replacement, 14 if you count Paul.
3) 56 (?)
4) 930 some
5) The Jordan River
6) 40 days
7) Separated the light from the darkness
8) He was hanged from a tree.
9) 200 cubits?
10) Cain

Answer 6

Me Creashunist
1. Do Not advertise
2. older than dirt
3. when they were alive
4. older than dirt
5. Wishin' star
6. Yes, only when the blue light is flashin'
7. What are they sharin? You don't say
8. Two - 8 track and radio
9. Carbon can get married at 14. Screwin' her at 12 will git you in trubble.
10 Homo milk, homo buttermilk and homo choklit milk

How'd I do, professer?

Answer 7

I know more than the rest of the world combined.