Worldviews Midterm Exam

There were no teenagers until after ____.

WWII

two questions every worldview must answer

What is God? What is human?

Question 1 to ask those who claim that the Bible has missing books

Which books are missing?

Revelation 22:18 warns against adding to God's ____.

Word

Cults add to the ____ __ ___

Word of God

Explain the idea that cults have a low view of the atonement of Christ.

You can work for salvation.

passive

a consumer of entertainment and is incapable of creating

What do Christian theologians mean when they claim that God is omniscient?

all-knowing

What do Christian theologians mean when they claim that God is omnipotent?

all-powerful

In Daniel's vision, the little horn speaking great words symbolizes the _________.

anti-Christ

something taken for granted

assumption

Group which believes that the future can be predicted by gazing into the heavens

astrologers

having the right to command and enforce

authority

self-centered

believes everything exists to make him happy

2 institutions established by God with the authority to teach

church and family

We make conscious ________ based on the conclusions we have drawn from what we have learned.

decisions

Daniel's name, language, learning, and _______ were changed when he became a captive in Babylon.

diet

We tolerate things that we ________ with.

disagree

system or theory assenting to two conflicting worldviews

dualism

All ____ will be destroyed one day.

evil

A brain and a mind are the same thing.

false

A cult is a religious group that shares central Christian affirmations but has varying ethics and worship practices.

false

All Christian have the spiritual gift of teaching.

false

General revelation informs man of salvation through Jesus Christ.

false

God gave animals the ability to reason.

false

Hinduism contains the element of the kerygma

false

The dharma and the sangha are associated with Islam.

false

We are saved by works and not by grace.

false

What is a pseudo-Christian religion?

false, fake, counterfeit

planned and detailed course of study with a specific goal in mind

formal education

the revelation of God which comes to man from the facts, forces, and laws of nature

general revelation

Evil means that things are not as they should be; they have departed from ____.

good

unmerited, undeserved, unearned favor

grace

characteristic of pseudo-Christian religion

group of people who claim to teach true Christianity but actually distort the doctrines of the Christian faith

According to Jeremiah, the _____ is a deceitful thing.

heart

God's unchanging, unalterable nature and character

immutability

to acquire knowledge or skills by observation, study, or instruction

learn

cults divide their follower's _________

loyalties

Explain the idea that cults have a high view of human nature.

man was not born in sin

Humans were created to _______ the earth.

manage

innocent suffering (evil on the innocent, such as children)

maximum evil

our conscious intelligence

mind

evil that is the result of human choices

moral evil

type of subjectivism which holds that moral truths are based upon one's personal opinions or preferences

moral relativism

evil where there is no human will involved

natural evil

4 requirements of Nebuchadnezzar concerning the young men who were to be trained for his service.

no blemish, skillful in all wisdom, cunning in knowledge, well favored

Believing that morals happened by chance or accident causes us to question why we should ____ them.

obey

truths that are free from personal feelings, opinions, and preferences

objective truths

one who is the head of the family and rules by paternal right

patriarch

What word means "if it works, then it is true?"

pragmatism

something implied as a necessary former condition

presupposition

We are to "_____ what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."

prove

When someone tells us we can't push our morality on them, what are they actually doing?

pushing their morality on us

turning with sorrow away from a past course of action

repentance

act of communicating or revealing truth by divine agency or supernatural means

revelation

What did this man believe killed God?

science and reason

means without religion; earthly or carnal

secular

Postmodern period

skeptical of all claims to knowledge

Modern period

skeptical of supernatural

the revelation of God in Scripture

special revelation

Spiritualism teaches communication with the _______ of dead people.

spirits

God has given all Christians _____ gifts with which they can serve others.

spiritual

Pre-modern period

strong belief in supernatural

Our God _______ with us.

suffers

cults multiply the _____ __ _________

terms of salvation

society governed by God

theocracy

individualistic

thinks about self and not role in community

describes the belief of thinking someone is wrong but choosing to be civil and working to get along with them anyway

tolerance

of very high and remarkable degree; surpassing

transcendent

Assumptions affect the way we live

true

Buddha was concerned about the problem of suffering.

true

Differing presuppositions often cause problem in communications.

true

Every world religion contains elements of doctrine, worship practices, and ethics.

true

Immanent means close or indwelling.

true

In the statement, "God loves you," it is presupposed that God exists.

true

Jews no longer had to observe their ceremonial laws after becoming Christians.

true

Presuppositions affect the way we process new information.

true

The occult is satanic and in opposition to Christianity.

true

statement of belief which corresponds to the reality

truth

infantile

very preoccupied with body/appearance or pleasure

Man has a free ____.

will

An overall perspective that affects one's opinions and actions pertaining to the world and its events

worldview

There must be at least _ parties in order for communication to be complete.

2

the god of Islam

Allah

one of Plato's most promising students who was recognized as the founder of the scientific method

Aristotle

king who held blasphemous feast

Belshazzar

the god of Hinduism

Brahma

another name for Siddhartha Gautama

Buddha

Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and Protestantism are categories of __________.

Christianity

verse in which Paul warns the Colossians not to be taken captive by vain or deceptive philosophies

Col. 2:6 and 8

Striving for the ideal moral order was the teaching of ___________.

Confucius

another name for Kung Fu-Tzu

Confucius

king under whom Daniel was rescued from lions

Darius

Question 3 to ask those who claim that the Bible has missing books

Do we really need these books?

Question 4 to ask those who claim that the Bible has missing books

Do you have those books?

Explain this statement: People can say they believe in relativism, but nobody can actually live a relativist.

Everyone has a sense of right and wrong. Relativism throws out the notion of right and wrong.

_______ is the ability to do right, not to do what you want.

Freedom

What man believed that (the idea of) God had been killed?

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Lord sent the angel _______ to give Daniel revelation.

Gabriel

The Vedas are the sacred writings of the _____ religion.

Hindu

Question 2 to ask those who claim that the Bible has missing books

How do you know they were supposed to be Scripture?

Key Worldviews Principle

Ideas have consequences.

Why does the presence of evil cause some people to believe that there is no all-good, all-powerful God?

If God were all-good, and all-powerful, then He would destroy evil.

The Koran is the sacred text of _____.

Islam

The religion that is based upon 6 major teachings and 5 strict observances is _____.

Islam

prophet whom Daniel probably heard as a boy

Jeremiah

Christianity is the name of the religion which express faith in and follow _____ ______.

Jesus Christ

Jesus asks why we call Him ____ if we don't do what He says.

Lord

The Great Commission is found in _______ chapter 28.

Matthew

the god of Zoroastrianism

Mazda

king who took the people of Judah captive

Nebuchadnezzar

Why is the existence of evil one of the best arguments for the existence of God?

Only with God can there be a standard of good.

The Apostle ____ wrote the book of Romans.

Paul

leading philosopher of ancient Greece and an adherent to dualism

Plato

name of the trial in which creationists won but were really not well-prepared to answer questions about the Bible

Scopes Trial

Our standard for judging the world around us should be ________.

Scripture

2 motivations for moral relativism that were given in class

Sometimes they want to get along with other people. Sometimes they want to engage in a certain immoral lifestyle.

two ways we can discern true teachers from false teachers

Study what is true. Study what is false.

When people react to things that seem unfair or unjust, what does it show?

They really believe in right and wrong.

literally means "law" and was later used to refer to the entire Hebrew Bible

Torah

cults subtracts from the _______

Trinity