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31 Cards in this Set
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what is a worldview?
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how one view and understand the world
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what are some fundamental questions a worldview answers?
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Is there a God? what is the meaning of life? why are we here? are humans highly evolved animals? is there a difference between right and wrong?
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how is a worldview like a pair of glasses? a tree?
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glasses: changes our vision and how we see things.
tree: has roots to take in water and grow |
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list and explain 4 characteristics of the "empty self"
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-individualistic: want personal benefits from everything
-narcissistic: in love with ourselves and interests -infantile: humor in immaturity -lack of inner self: focused on outward appearance |
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list and explain the 3 key elements for being an effective ambassador of Christ
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-knowledge: know scripture, don't read verses, read passages, read in context, know why you believe what you believe
-wisdom: tactful, clearly explain truth, relatable, know other beliefs -character: don't judge, don't shut off other beliefs, don't accept everything, acknowledge good points |
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what is the difference between general and special revelation?
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-general: God's communication through nature and conscience about himself (nature)
-special: God's communication through Jesus and His word about salvation and His nature (scripture) |
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what are the key practices/pillars of Islam?
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-confession of faith
-prayer -fasting during Ramadan |
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according to cosmic humanists, who is God?
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-our God consciousness
-our imagination |
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how has postmodernism influenced the notion of religious pluralism?
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it agrees with skepticism of absolute truth, discernable foundation for knowledge, and all metanarratives
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what is the Christian view of the supernatural/natural and how is it different from naturalism?
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-our mind is a reflection of the universal mind and is proof of supernatural existence
-naturalism does not believe in the supernatural |
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how does naturalists monistic view of mid/body differ from Christian's dualistic view?
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-monistic: sees the mind as a mere conglomeration of matter
-dualistic: sees the mind as more significant than matter |
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what is the Marxist dialectic and how does it work?
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-a hybrid philosophy of Marxism and materialism
-Marxist's took Hegel's ides of morality and redesigned them to fit into a materialistic scheme of reality. |
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how can we divide pre-modern, modern, and postmodern? hoe do they view truth?
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-pre: (<1600): truth is objective and can be obtained through experience, revelation, and faculties
-modern: ((1600-1960): truth is relative and can be obtained through experience, revelation, and faculties -post: (1960-?): truth and reality are subjective and can be obtained through experience, revelation, and faculties |
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what are two areas in which Christianity and postmodernism agree?
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-community is vitally important
-modernism is flawed |
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ethically speaking, what are Christians called to do?
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-love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength
-love God, love others |
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in what two ways is the term jihad used?
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-fight against sin and temptation for the sake of self-control and virtue
-fight against any and all who oppose Islam |
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what is the Marxist-Leninist morality of the future? how will it be determined?
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-the culture is always changing, and the morality will change with it
-the ever-changing nature of history will determine the new morals of the future |
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what is the foundation for cosmic humanisms ethical systems?
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theological pantheism and philosophical monism
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according to postmodernists, how does a community create ethical systems?
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coercion and consensus (whatever they agree on and like)
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what is bioethics?
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the industrial use of living organisms
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what are some problems with the theory of theistic evolution?
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-takes substantial liberties in interpreting the Bible
-face most of the same weaknesses as proponents of atheistic evolution |
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what form of evolution do Marxists hold to?
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punctuated evolution
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what do evolutionary postmodernists believe about man's role in evolution?
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man is insignificant, they were just a matter of coincidence and are just higher evolved creatures
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why must modern science rule out creation? does this reasoning pose a problem for evolution as well?
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-science cannot observe/measure the supernatural and therefore is incapable of obtaining knowledge about it
-this means that science cannot render judgment on the theory of evolution, because one-time-only historical events fall outside the paramaters of the scientific method |
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how do evolutionary views of cosmic humanists and Marxist-Leninists/secular humanists differ?
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cosmic humanists are immaterialists and focus primarily on ourselves and humanity
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what are 3 theories of evolution? why are postmodernists unwilling to endorse these origins?
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classical Darwinism, Neo-Darwinism, punctuated equilibrium
each of these is about the origin and postmodernists reject any sort of metanarrative |
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what is neo-darwinism?
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randomly occurring mutations provide the raw material needed for evolution
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what is homology?
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the study of similarities in structure between organisms
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what is the cambrian explosion?
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the sudden geological appearance of most major groups of animals
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what is micro-evoltuoin?
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small changes within the species of a gene pool
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what is macro-evolution
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the origin of fundamentally new organisms and plants from other forms of life
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