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Science & Religion

1 . Copernican models

There were three broad responses within the Christian traditions regarding the Copernican models , this approaches include the literal approach , the accommodation approach and the allegorical approach

The literal approach

This approach argues that the readings from the Holy Bible should not be taken literally , one should take the information from the readings not literally but at face value , an example to demonstrate this approach was that people may take it literally that the creation in the book of Genesis took six period of twenty four hours , therefore according

to this approach we are supposed to take the face value of information contained and not to take the information literally that the earth is still and it is the sun that moves as demonstrated by the readings in the bible

The accommodation approach

This approach is the most important in describing the Copernican model this approach argues that the scriptures were written under anthropological and cultural conditioned forms and manner , this approach states that the first chapters of Genesis were written using a language and also an imagery that was appropriate to the cultural condition of its audience at the time . For this reason therefore this approach argues that the first chapters of the Genesis from the Holy Bible should not be taken literally

The allegorical approach

This is another approach toward the Copernican model . This approach states that some of the chapters in the Holy Bible were written in a certain style that requires us not to take them literally , according to this approach the first chapters of the Holy Bible that depict the origin of the earth are allegorical accounts and do not depict literal history the earth origin Therefore the three broad responses in the Christian traditions regarding the Copernican models include the literal approach , the accommodation approach and the allegorical approach .The literal approach argues that the readings from the Holy Bible should not be taken literally , one should take the information from the readings not literally but at face value

The accommodation approach states that the scriptures were written under anthropological and cultural conditioned forms and manner , this approach states that the first chapters of Genesis were written using a language and also an imagery that was appropriate to the cultural condition of its audience at the time . Finally the allegorical approach states that some of the chapters in the Holy Bible were written in a certain style that requires us not to take them literally , according to this approach the first chapters of the Holy Bible that depict the origin of the earth are allegorical accounts and do not depict the history of the earth

2 . Deism and the discoveries of Isaac Newton

Deism is a movement that rejects the existence of supernatural occurrences such as miracles and the existence of prophets , Deism depict that God does not interfere with life of humans and laws that exist in the world . They view the Holy Books as interpretations that were made by other...

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