Apologetics Flashcards
1 Peter 3:15
In you hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities— His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
Psalms 19:1-2
The heavens declare the glory of God;the skies proclaim the work of His hands Day after day they poor forth speech, night after night they reveal knowledge
How is a worldview a type of faith?
It is a hypothesis about ultimate reality, a personal philosophy, and a believe in a system of thought
Does faith assume you have no evidence for believing what you do?
No, you can’t believe in something unless you have evidence or reasons of why something is true
How can abductive reasoning help us determine the origin of the universe ?
We see the effects of the universe, so we can trace it all back and hopefully find the cause
Redshift and Hawkins solutions to the “field equations if regenerate relativity” which suggests a beginning point to both space and time (For God)
Creatio ex Nihilio
Oscillating Universe Theory
Discovery of background radiation: remnant energy that comes from hot, super condensed mater- energy that would not be present if this theory were true (Against God)
Not enough mass in the currently expanding universe to cause a gravitational re-collapse. Besides the expansion is accelerating, not slowing (Against God)
Steady state theory
What is the most compelling evidence for the intelligent design of the universe?
The fine tuning of the laws and physics and chemistry
How many conditions must be just right in order for human life to be possible? What are some?
35 (Gravity and expansion rate of the universe)
What are the odds that a single functional protein could come together by chance?
10^164
You can’t have natural selection without life
Prebiotic natural selection
About how many proteins does it take to make up the simplest single-celled organism
250-400
Based on facts rather than feelings or opinions
Objective
Subjective
Based on feeling or opinions rather than facts
Virtue ethics
Morality stems from God’s character and how He designed human beings to function best
Methodological naturalism
Only materialistic theories allowed
Describe “Theistic Virtue Ethics”
Gods rules are a reflection of his own character, reflect how he designed humans to function best, reflect His love for people
What do materialists believe about human free will?
There is none, we are genetically programmed
Situates
When a story’s detailed help pinpoint its actual historical setting
Biblical Nihilism
Biblical narratives have no historical basis (all fiction)
Biblical Minimalism
Biblical narratives, though loosely based on real people or events are mostly fiction
Detailed match between the biblical and archeological records
Specificity
Goshen
Egypts Nile Delta area where the Israelites settled after Joseph’s time
What 3 tests are used to determine the reliability of an historical document?
Bibliographic (Is the text we now have saved as what was originally?) Internal evidence (is the original record reliable?) External evidence (is the content of a document supported by other sources?)
A complete manuscript of the book of Isaiah was among the documents discovered, when was it determined to have been written?
125 B.C.
What do the writers of the OT claim about the source of their writing? What evidence di we have to support this claim?
Speaking for God.
Unity of the bible and fulfilled prophecy
What is if question #2?
Is the bible reliable? Who is God?
What are some precise details given in the bible that situate it in the Middle Bronze Age?
Covenants, Social Customs, Slave prices in Law codes, Personal names
Describe two archeological discoveries that provide evidence for the presence of Isreal in Canaan?
Israelite house- 4 room pillars house plan in Averis Egypt
Merenptah Stele-records of an attack on canan by Pharaoh Merenptah
Describe the archaeological evidence we have for the Israelite 40 years of wilderness wandering
Egyptian temple inscription- migration of Israelites from Egypt to Canan about the middle of the 15th century (exodus)
What 2 archeological discoveries situate Jericho’s fall around the biblical date of 1400 BC
Cypriot pottery and scarabs
