Our World

4. part of human nature that is spiritual in form and influences an individual’s personality
7. surroundings of the place in which human beings live
8. way in which something is uniquely made; God’s Creation of the universe
9. God-given responsibility to care for the world
11. RESOURCES substances such as coal and oil that occur naturally and have a valuable purpose for humans and the world today
12. NIHILO out of nothing
14. believing that the creation account as told in the Bible is true – it happened literally as it is described
15. something we are good at

1. the soul in Hinduism, the part of God inside us that moves on to another body or form after death
2. Hindu expression for ‘beginning-less’
3. being in charge and having power over others
5. believing that the creation account as told in the Bible is not a literal account of how creation occurred
6. everything that exists; everything in space and time
10. all the people who live on the earth; a sense of compassion or benevolence towards other members of the human race
13. BANG THEORY belief that everything started with a big bang about 14 billion years ago; the universe began to expand, then cooled down, forming the earth and other planets
15. OF EVOLUTION argument that life began in simple forms and evolved into the more complex forms we see today