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20 Cards in this Set
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Apologetics
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study of defending the faith
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Worldview
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how one sees the world
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Culture
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What we make of the world
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Creation Mandate
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God made humans, and we are to be fruitful and multiply
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Inclusivism
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one doesn't have to knkow Jesus to be saved by him.
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Exclusivism
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salvation is only available to those who have became confessing Christitans
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Pluralism
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there are many different ways to salvation
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The Secularization Thesis
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the more technology we get, the more peace we get
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Religion
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a set of beliefs that explain what life is all about
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Emeth
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the Calormene, who worshipped Tash, who was in Narnia
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Strong Rationality
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the notion that knowledge needs airtight proof for it to be true
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Critical Rationality
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the theory that knowledge cannot have airtight argument that will persuade everyone
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3 different types of apologetics
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1)Presuppositional- core heart assumptions about the world and God
2)Classical Apologetics- the use of reason to defend the faith 3)Evidential Apologetics-having evidence to defend the faith |
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What are 4 steps of the presupposition Method?
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1)Point of Contact- to be on the same page
2)Diagnosis- act of telling others the errors in their world view 3)Remedy-an answer to the probelms 4)Conversion- you, yourself have changed your mind about it |
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What questions does every worldview try to answer?
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What kinds of realities are there, and what is ultimately real?
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How do we get a worldview?
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Experiences, Personality, Holy Spirit leading
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Four theories of why people need religion?
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1)Sigmund Freud-people need Gods because they want love, structure, morality, order
2)Feuerbach-"crutch" idea: people need God to feel good 3)Karl Marx- upper class made God to control the lower class 4)Christianity- people create religion because they rebel against God, yet need God. |
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4 Classical "proofs and clues for God
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1)Ontological Argument- if i can think of it, it must exist
2)Cosmological Argument- cause & affect focuses on an uncaused cause. there has to be a creator 3)Teleological Argument- argument of design 4)Moral Argument- reality points to the lawgiver |
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the difference between unbelief and doubt
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unbelief- when you question its existence
doubt- you don't believe it exists at all |
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3 postures Keller interacts with
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Outlaw- complete gets rid of it
Condemn- you're keeping others out and singling them too Keeping Religion Private- you can't share the gospel |