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114 Cards in this Set
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God's intelligence is the basis of human intelligence
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True
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alienation from God, from others, from nature, and from ourselves is the essence of redeemed humanity
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False
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The phrase "God is sovereign" expresses
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c. His rule
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God created the world ex nihilo. This expression means that creation:
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a. was out of nothing
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Humanity, according to theists, derives its dignity from
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a. being created in God's image
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According to Sire, human history subsumed under four words. which of the following is not one of these
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c. law
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Lyotard defined postmodernism as
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c. an incredulity towards metanarratives
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According to postmodernism, all language is
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a. a human construct.
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"In short, the only kind of truth there is is ___ truth. There is no truth of___"
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a. pragmatic ... correspondance
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In postmodernism, all narratives..
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b. mask a play for power
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According to postmodernist Richard Rorty, truth is ...
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a. whatever we can get our colleagues to agree to.
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The two key notions shared by modernism and postmodernism are
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b. The cosmos is all there is
c. The autonomy of human reason |
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Existentialism's major goal is to transcend optimistic humanism
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False
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The fact of Christ's resurrection is a key element in the existentialism of Barth and Bultmann
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False
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Existentialists say that embracing meaning in life is taking a blind "leap of faith"
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True
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For existentialists, people are guilty of ...
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c. guilt
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The two main kinds of existentialism are
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b. atheistic and theistic
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To the existentialist, reality appears in two "forms". Which of these do they consider to be more important?
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b. subjective
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Which of the following two statements about humanity better reflects the existentialists' position?
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b. Existence precedes essence
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To the existentialist, the ultimate absurdity is
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d. death
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An action is considered "good" by an existentialist if it
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c. reflects a conscious decision
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Existentialism is most clearly presented by which of the following?
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c. Sarte, Camus, Kierkegaard
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Strictly speaking, nihilism is
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a. a denial of philosophy
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For the Nihilist, ultimate meaning in life
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b. is an absurdity
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Nihilism is the logical extension-the "natural child"- of which other worldview?
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c. naturalism
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"Determinism" or "mechanism" is the result of a belief in
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b. The universe as a "closed system"
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Art is the only truly consistent way that Nihilism can be expressed in human activity
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False
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For naturalists, the sole criterion for truth is reason.
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True
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naturalists believe that there is no such thing as life after death.
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True
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According to Naturalists, the chief goal of history is the emergence of mankind through evolution.
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False
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Marxism is essentially a philosophy of science, and human history is primarily the struggle to learn new technologies.
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False
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Humanism is the overall attitude that human beings are of special value.
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True
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Sire identifies two main factors which led to the rise of deism.
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a. A desire for unity amis the theists' squabbles among themselves.
d. A shift in the basis of knowledge from special revelation to reason |
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According to Deists, God is personal but not all-powerful
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False
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According to deists, the universe is a "closed system"
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True
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Deists believe "whatever is, is right." Sire says the result of this view is that
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b. ethics disappears
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The study of God's acts in human history is a key element to deism
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False
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A worldview is ...
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c. a person's commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart that can be expressed as a story
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8 questions that determine a worldview
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-What happens to a person at death?
-How so we know what is right and wrong? -Why is it possible to determine anything at all? -What is the nature of the world around us? -What is prime reality-the really real? -What is the meaning of human history? -What is a human being? -What personal, life-orienting core commitments are consistent with this worldview? |
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Lyotard's near synonym for the concept of worldview is
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d. metanarrative
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According to Derrida and other postmodern theorists, the most fundamental aspect of reality is ...
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c. language
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The existence of consumerism depends upon ...
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b. our needs being met
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The cardinal virtue in postmodernism is ...
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a. tolerance
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According to G&B, one of postmodernism's chief rivals in the contemporary world is the resurgence of ...
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b. Islam
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The term Renaissance means
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c. something is "born again"
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Luther stated "Unless I am convinced by Scripture and _____, I do not accept the authority of the popes and councils"
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c. plain reason
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The four core beliefs of a scientific humanism are faith in progress, faith in_____, faith in___, and faith in_____
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-technology
-reason -a rationally-ordered social world |
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G&B say that thinking about a Christian worldview starts with a gospel and it's emphasis upon
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b. Kingdom
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G&B state that Jesus' teaching on "kingdom" is
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a. the goal of human history
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"Our identity as God's people comes from...
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b. that missional role in God's story
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G&B identifies 2 complications to the modern story of progress
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-globalization
-postmodernity |
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Kierkegaard's arlternative to reason is
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d. faith
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The Biblical story that served to define kierkegaard's life was
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a. God's command for Abraham ro sacrifice Isaac
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kierkegaard says that every moral value is
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b. arbitrary apart from God
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kierkegaard believes that knowing God
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d. requires a leap of faith
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John-Paul Sarte believed that we are condemned
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a. to be free
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According to Sarte, our essence becomes reality by
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b. the decisions we make
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For Sarte, the idea of God results from ...
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b. our desire to transcend nothingness
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In contrast to Plato, aristotle is much more interested in...
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a. the physical world of nature
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The Biblical story that served to define kierkegaard's life was
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a. God's command for Abraham ro sacrifice Isaac
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Aristotle believed that the goal that people seek above everything else is ...
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c. happiness
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kierkegaard says that every moral value is
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b. arbitrary apart from God
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Aristotle believed that what distinguishes human beings from everything else is ..
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e. rationality
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kierkegaard believes that knowing God
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d. requires a leap of faith
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"The virtuous person is one who..."
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d. is guided by reason
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John-Paul Sarte believed that we are condemned
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a. to be free
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According to Sarte, our essence becomes reality by
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b. the decisions we make
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For Sarte, the idea of God results from ...
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b. our desire to transcend nothingness
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In contrast to Plato, aristotle is much more interested in...
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a. the physical world of nature
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Aristotle believed that the goal that people seek above everything else is ...
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c. happiness
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Aristotle believed that what distinguishes human beings from everything else is ..
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e. rationality
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"The virtuous person is one who..."
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d. is guided by reason
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According to Aquinas, God designed us so that all could know of his reality by...
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a. reason
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Aquinias believed that philosophy can discover truths independently of scriptural revelation. This is known as...
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c. natural theology
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Aquinias says that we only get to real faith when ...
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e. our will chooses to act on what we trust intellectually
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What is meant by the phrase Atman is Brahman
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c. The soul of any person is one with the soul of the cosmos
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In pantheistic Monism, the chief thing about God is his...
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a. oneness
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Karma refers to the notion that
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b. one's present fate is the result of past action
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Which of the following is not believed by pantheistic monists
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d. the human soul is mortal
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according to pantheistic monists, human beings in their truest, fullest being are impersonal.
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True
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The New Age bases its hope upon
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d. the evolutionary model
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In the New Age thinking, which of the following is not true
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d. There are four dimensions of reality
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New agers give one of three answers to gaining "cosmic consciousness" Which is not one of these
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c. "Authentically" choosing what is of ultimate value
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The New Age movement borrows from every major worldview
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True
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The NEw Age emphasizes spiritual unity with all humanity while de-emphasizing individual selfhood
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False
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The NEw Age denies the reality of the visible world in favor of the invisible world
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False
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Terms such as "alternative consciousness," "a separate reality," and "MInd at Large" are used to describe knowledge of the visible world
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True
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Plato understood all reality to exist in two realms or dominions
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b. Physical and Metaphysical
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Another way to describe Physical and Metaphysical are
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a. being and becoming
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Plato used the term "form" to describe things which are...
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b. physical, measurable, concrete
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Plato's best known example of of the two-tiered world is the allegory of the..
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a. cave
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Plato argues that we often confuse what is____ with what is true
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a. familiar
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"The soul, like the eye, is an instrument of...."
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d. knowing
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Those who have "seen the light" of "the Good" should become...
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b. political leaders
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Descartes wanted to rebuild philosophy so that
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c. it had the same certainty as mathematics and geometry
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Descartes is best known for his dictum...
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a. I think therefore I am
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Descartes believed that ____ is more reliable than___ in grasping the unchanging essence of things.
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b. thought ... sensations
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According to Descartes, God necessarily exists because ...
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c. only a perfect being could be the cause of our idea of God
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Descartes believed what makes us most like God is...
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a. the power of decision
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Cartesian dualism refers to his belief that a person is a combination of two substances..
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b. a thinking, nonphysical mind and a non-thinking, physical body
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Descartes is called...
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c. the father of modern philosophy
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The basic element of human existence, according to Nietzsche, is...
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a. the will to power
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Nietzsche believed that it is a good for human nature ....
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b. to see and inflict suffering
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According to Nietzsche, truth...
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c. is perspectival
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Nietzsche saw the role of conscience as
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d. a means of self-inflicted punishment
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Nietzsche's ubermensch
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c. lives without the limits of morals or purpose
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Nietzsche's ideas can be seen as an antithesis to
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b. Christianity
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Nietzsche's philosophy is best described as being
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b. postmodernist
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The story of the way that Christian thinkers today approach the topic of worldview begins with
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d. Kant, Orr, Kuyper
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G&B respond to the criticism that a worldview approach intellectualizes the gospel by emphasizing the importance of
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a. relationship
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In the opinion of G&B, "all worldviews originate in..."
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d. a grand story
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The framework and basic beliefs for the Christian is comprised of 4 elements. These are Scripture, biblical theology and .....
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-Christian worldview
-systematic theology |
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Faithful contextualization demands discernment in three dimensions.."
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-creational design
-cultural idolatry -healing potential |
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According to G&B, the mission of the church "is about a healthy life of prayer and meditation" and two other priorities. These are...
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-Immersion in Scripture
-Participation in the life of the community |
