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35 Cards in this Set
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Darwin was a Naturalist who believed in what?
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Biological Atheism-The evolutionary theory answers the question of origins
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Bertrand Russel was a Naturalist who believed in what?
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Philosophical Atheism-Religion is a superstition: there is no proof of God;s existance.
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Deism is a theistic idea that believes what?
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God is transcendant but not immanent.
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Polytheism is a theistic idea that believes what?
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Multiple gods are immanent but not transcendant
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What is a red herring?
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A divise used to distract the reader's attention by changing the subject.
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What is a genetic fallacy?
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Faulting an idea because of it's origin. (Judges the person, not the argument)
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What is argument ad populum?
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Asked to believe something because the majority does
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What is hasty generalization?
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Asked to conclude too much from too little.
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What is straw man?
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Drawing a false picture of the opposing argument, then rejecting the opposition because of the false picture.
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What is argument ad hominem?
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Being asked to reject an argument because the person giving it isnt perfect.
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What is argument misericordiam?
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accepting an argument out of sympathy for the people involved
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What is a Self-Refuting argument?
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A statement failing to satisfy it's own criteria
*never say never |
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What is circular reasoning?
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An argument failing to provide evidence outside of it's original claim.
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What is the definition for intellectual reasoning?
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Being able to give evidence for why you believe something
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What is the definition for prejudicial reasoning?
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Believing something without providing evidence and standing firm on it, not being swayed differently by anything.
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Whta is the definition of Intuitive Reasoning?
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Honestly believing something, but not being able to provide the evidence to support it.
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What are apologetics?
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Defenses for the Bible
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What is Absolute Certainty?
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100% certainty
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What is Rational Certainty?
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Beyond a reasonable doubt
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What is theistic proof?
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an attempt to prove God;s existance through valid, sound arguments
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What is a valid argument?
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An argument where no logical mistakes are made
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What is a sound argument?
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An argument where all premises are true
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What is the cosmological argument?
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Looking at the universe's existance and concluding that it must have come from a creator.
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What is the Principle of Casualty?
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1.The universe has a cause
2.The universe began to exist 3.The Universe has a cause |
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What are the four options for the origins of the universe?
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1. It has always existed
2. It created itself 3. It was created by something greater in the universe 4. It's an illusion |
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What is the teleological argument?
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The Universe has design, order and complexity, which cant be a result of random chance
*Finding a computer in a cave |
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What is the Anthropic Principle?
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The universe was created with humans in mind. Any other way and we couldn't exist
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Define the Argument from Consciousness
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Consciousness could not have evolved from conscious matter.
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Define the Moral Argument
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Everyone has their own system of ethics which had to have come from a higher power
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Define the Meaning of Life argument
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If God doesn't exist, then we have no meaning or purpose in life. Because people understand morality there must be a God.
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What is Moral evil?
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A morally negative event that was caused by an internal action or another instagator.
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What is Natural evil?
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A bad event that is considered morally negative occurs without an agents intervention.
*Global Warming |
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What is the free will defense?
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God created free will, and didn't mess with it. Man allowed evil to come into the world with the free will he was given
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What does 1 Peter 3:14-16 have to do with apologetics?
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It encourages people to give a defense for the Bible when asked for one.
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What is the core theme of "The Boxing Match"?
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We often attempt to keep God in a box, or recreate him in our own image.
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