Origins of humanity (Islam)

Religious education

Matters of life and death

Which type of Muslims are most likely to completely accept the theory of evolution?

Where does the Qur'an say animal life came from?

Muslims who accept evolution believe that it disproves the claims in the Qur'an about the origins of life. True or false?

Humanists believe humans have always existed

Humanists believe humans were created by God

Humanists believe in the theory of evolution

What are humanists most likely to believe about the origins of humanity?

Evolution is the theory that all species that exist today have always existed throughout the history of the earth

Evolution is the theory that humans descended from apes

Evolution is the theory that species have developed through a process of natural selection in which animals that are more able to survive in their environments pass on their genetics

Evolution is when a creature changes over time to adapt to its environment. For example, a giraffe's neck may stretch through it's life to reach higher leaves

Which of the answers below is the best summary of the theory of evolution?

What do humanists believe about the origins of humanity?

Evolution doesn't fit with a literal understanding of the Bible

Evolution involves a lot of suffering like mass extinctions. It doesn't seem likely that God would create with this method.

If evolution is correct then humans are not special, they are just part of the animal kingdom

There is no scientific evidence of evolution

What is not a challenge of evolution for Christians?

Which type of Christian will interpret the Bible symbolically?

Which type of Christian might say that the name 'Adam' means 'ground' and therefore the creation story is simply saying that humans are close to the planet?

Evolution is when a creature changes over time to adapt to its environment. For example a giraffe's neck may stretch through it's life to reach higher leaves

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Origins of humanity (Islam)

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.