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