bible test

Who is the man that developed the Cosmological argument to its current form?

Al-Ghazali

_______________ objects can cause effects in the world.

Concrete

1) Whatever begins to exist has a cause. 2)The universe began to exist. 3)Therefore, the universe has a cause.

Cosmological Argument

The S.U.R.G.E acronym describes the scientific discoveries that support which argument?

Cosmological Argument

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge." - Psalm 19:1. This verse is used to give biblical support to which argument?

Design Argument

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge." - Psalm 19:1. This verse is used to give biblical support to which argument?

Design argument

1) Everything that is designed has a designer. 2)The universe is designed. 3)Therefore, the universe has a designer.

Design argument

______________ is a point of difference or dissimilarity between two things.

Disanalogy

The mathematic theory that predicts the beginning of the universe.

Einstein's Theory of General Relativity

Fill in the blank: Premise 1 - Everything that __________ has an explanation of its existence

Exists

Numbers are an example of something that exists contingently. T/F

False

The desk that you are sitting at is an example of something that exists necessarily. T/F

False

A ______________ fallacy involves breaking the rules of logic.

Formal

Fill in the blank: Conclusion - Therefore, the explanation of the universes' existence is ______.

God

A ______________ fallacy involves an argumentative tactic that is illicit.

Informal

What was the profession of Gottfried Leibniz?

Mathematicians

"For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them." - Romans 2:14-15. This verse is used to give biblical support to which argument? *

Moral argument

1)Every law has a lawgiver. 2)There is a moral law. 3)Therefore, there is a moral lawgiver

Moral argument

____________ refers to the worth of a person or action, whether it is good or bad

Moral value

_________ has to do with a goal, a reason for something

Purpose

Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovered background radiation that was predicted by Big Bang models. *

Radiation from Big Bang

If the universe is a closed system, then it would have run out of energy given an infinite amount of time.

Second Law of Thermodynamics

There is no scientific evidence for the existence of the multiverse.

True

Two statements are logically equivalent if it is impossible for one to be true and the other false. They are either both true or both false. t/f

True

You are an example of something/someone whose existence is contingent. T/F

True

Fill in the blank: Premise 3 - The ______________ exists.

Universe

If reversed, the universe would be brought back to a beginning

Universe is expanding

_________ has to do with good and evil, right and wrong.

Value

_______________ objects are causally effete or impotent

abstract

_______________ is a point of similarity between two things

analogy

Fill in the blank: Things that exist _________________ can fail to exist and so need an external cause to explain why they do in fact exist.

contingently

__________________ is the study of the large-scale structure and development of the universe.

cosmology

_________ has to do with significance.

meaning

____________ refers to our obligation to act in a certain way, whether that action is right or wrong.

moral duty

Fill in the blank: Things that exist ________________ exist by a necessity of their own nature. It belongs to their very nature to exist

necessarily

The fine-tuning of the universe is due to either __________

necessity, chance, design

The steps of an argument that lead to the conclusion are called the ________________ of the argument

premise

A. "If atheism is true, the universe has no explanation of its existence." B. "If the universe has an explanation of its existence, then atheism is not true." These two statements are logically equivalent. T/F

true

Gravity, the expansion rate of the universe, mass, and energy are all examples of anthropic constants T/F

true

There is no scientific evidence for the existence of the multiverse. T/F

true

Fill in the blank: Premise 2 - If the ________________ has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is God.

universe