blog#4 concepts and definitions

Theory- Theories are not always based on fact they can also be based on an opinion or an idea. Theories are generally used to explain something that knowledge or science cannot prove.They offer an answer to the questions that we can't prove or understand.(wikipedia. "theory." wikipedia. wikipedia foundation inc.. 3 Jun 2008 .)

Creationism- Creationism is the idea that the universe and heaven and hell were created out of nothingness by a god or deity of some sort.In the sense of Christianity the universe and the world was created by God in six days out of nothing.One type of creationist believers are The Young Earth Creationist, they estimate the world to only be 6,000 years old. ("Creationism." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2003. Stanford University. 3 Jun 2008 .)

Cosmology- Cosmology is a branch of metaphysics where science and math are used to form theories about the origin of the universe. Some theories made by this are The Big Bang Theory, Newtonian cosmology, Lorenzian universe, MOND, and other theories.The Big Bang is the leading theory on the origin of the universe.Cosmology utilizes observation made by astronomers then they use mathematics to prove their findings. ("Physical Cosmology." wikipedia. Wikipedia foundation Inc.. 3 Jun 2008 .)

Evolutionism- Evolutionism is the belief that in the creation of the universe happened as a result of random cosmic accidents. It also says that life was created by chemical process in that chemicals combined to form the organism that life arose out of. With that said it says that everything is related with a common ancestry like a fish and a apple or a bird to algae or a ape to a human.("Evolutionism-Broad Strokes." All About Philosophy. 3 Jun 2008 .

Cosmic microwave background radiation- is radiation thought to be left behind by The Big Bang in the form of microwaves.This was discovered by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson in 1964 by accident when they were measuring radio waves bounced off satellites. They found the microwaves because of a steady noise that keep coming up on their receivers.They concluded that this noise was coming from outside our own galaxy.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_cosmic_microwave_background_radiation)