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Different ideas about origins of the world

I can explain some different beliefs about the origins of the world.

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Year 2

Different ideas about origins of the world

I can explain some different beliefs about the origins of the world.

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Key learning points

  1. Many people with a religious or non-religious worldview share ideas about how the world began.
  2. People can have a religious worldview and also accept scientific ideas about how the world began.
  3. People with religious and non-religious worldviews can disagree well about whether God created the world.

Keywords

  • Origin - the place where something begins

  • Religious worldview - values and beliefs linked to a religion

  • Non-religious worldview - values and beliefs that do not include religion

Common misconception

People with religious and non-religious worldviews have completely different ideas about how the world began.

People with religious and non-religious worldview share some ideas about how the world began.


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4 Questions

Q1.
What is the Big Bang?
a type of animal
a science experiment
Correct answer: a giant explosion that started the universe
Q2.
What do humanists use to understand the world?
magic spells
Correct answer: scientific ideas
ancient stories
Q3.
How do humanists often feel about the world?
It is boring.
It is confusing.
Correct answer: It is special and should be cared for.
Q4.
What do some humanists do to feel connected and find meaning?
stay alone
Correct answer: connect with others and help the planet
wait for instructions

4 Questions

Q1.
Many people have a view to help them understand how the world began.
Correct Answer: world, World
Q2.
What do humanists believe explains how the world began?
Correct answer: a big bang
a prayer
a god
Q3.
What do many Christians believe?
The world made itself.
People made the world.
Correct answer: God made the world.
Q4.
What is one thing religious and non-religious people can both believe?
The world is flat.
Correct answer: Science can help explain the world.
Only religion matters.