Glossary & Terms
Clear definitions for technical, philosophical, scientific, and theological terms used across the site.
Abiogenesis
The proposed emergence of living systems from non-living chemistry. It is distinct from biological evolution, which describes changes in already living populations.
Big Bang
The standard cosmological model describing the early hot, dense expansion of the universe. It is not an explosion inside space, but the expansion of space itself.
Consciousness
First-person awareness: the fact that experiences feel like something from the inside.
Fine-tuning
The observation that life-permitting conditions depend on physical constants and initial conditions falling within narrow ranges.
Materialism
The view that reality is ultimately physical and that mind, meaning, and value must be explained in physical terms.
Natural selection
A process where traits that improve survival or reproduction become more common in a population over generations.
Objective morality
The view that some moral truths are real and binding regardless of personal preference or social agreement.
Scientism
The philosophical claim that science is the only valid path to knowledge, rather than one powerful method among others.
Worldview
A framework for interpreting reality, truth, morality, purpose, and human destiny.