Categories 2 and Categories 3 Flashcards

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What did Alvin Plantinga come up with?

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4F’s Argument.

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Who came up with the 4F’s argument?

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Alvin Plantinga.

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What is the 4F’s argument?

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Our brains are built and shaped by dysteleological evolutionary processes, which can be described as the 4F’s/

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What are the 4F’s?

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  1. Fighting.
  2. Fleeing.
  3. Feeding.
  4. Fertilizing.
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What is an epistemology?

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A theory of knowledge.

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What are the 3 common epistemological categories?

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  1. Correspondence (knowledge matches external reality).
  2. Coherence (knowledge internally consistent and without contradictions).
  3. Consilience (knowledge interconnects into one encompassing theory).
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What are the 3 religious epistemological categories?

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  1. Divine foundation of knowledge.
  2. Mystery.
  3. Impact of sin.
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What is positivism?

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A theory of knowledge that asserts Truth is only determined by logic and science.

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What is scientism?

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Conflation of science and secular worldview; the popular understanding of science.

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What is secular humanism?

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The ethical position in which humanity alone determined morals and values, not God as traditionally believed.

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What is modernity and when did it occur?

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A period in intellectual history marked by the eventual emergence of positivism as the dominant epistemology. 1600-1950.

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What is post-modernity and when did it occur?

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A period in intellectual history marked by an epistemological crisis and breakdown of modernity. 1950-present.

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What does Phil 2: 10-11 say?

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At the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven, on earth, and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

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What are hermeneutical gaps?

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Conceptual difference between ancient texts and modern readers.

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What are the 5 hermeneutical gaps?

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  1. Historical.
  2. Cultural.
  3. Linguistic.
  4. Philosophical.
  5. Scientific.
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What is a historical hermeneutical gap?

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Egypt was a world power in 1500 BC/E.

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What is a cultural hermeneutical gap?

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Jesus washing feet before dinner.

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What is a linguistic hermeneutical gap?

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The word “sperma.”

19
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What is a philosophical hermeneutical gap?

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Sin as an epistemological factor.

20
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What is a scientific hermeneutical gap?

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Shape of the Earth in the Bible.

21
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What are the 3 categories of Biblical statements?

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  1. Spiritual.
  2. Historical.
  3. Scientific.
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What are spiritual Biblical statements?

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Statements about God and spiritual reality.

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What ar historical Biblical statements?

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Statements about human activities in the past.

24
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The first archeological evidence of the Hebrews is from…

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1200 BC/E.

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What does the first archeological evidence of the Hebrews show?

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That the Hebrews come late into the Ancient Near East, and the writing of the Bible is late.

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What are the two relationships we have to know concerning the categories of Biblical statements?

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  1. The problem between Biblical inerrancy and Biblical scientific statements.
  2. The overlap problem with human origins.
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What are scientific Biblical statements?

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Statements about the structure, origin, and operation of the physical world.

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What is the problem between Biblical inerrancy and Biblical scientific statements?

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The Bible says that God does not lie, but also says that we live in a 3-tier universe, which we know to be false.

29
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What is the overlap problem in human origins?

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Does the story of origins deal with all 3 categories of concordism?

30
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What are the 3 categories of Biblical concordism?

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  1. Spiritual Concordism.
  2. Historical Concordism.
  3. Scientific Concordism.
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What is spiritual concordism?

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Spiritual statements in the Bible align with spiritual reality.

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What is historical concordism?

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Historical statements in the Bible align with historical reality.

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What is scientific concordism?

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Scientific statements in the Bible align with physical reality.

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What is the Poetic Language Argument?

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A popular hermeneutical response to the problem between Biblical inerrancy and Biblical scientific statements. Statements made in the Bible use figurative language, and have no basis in physical reality.

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What is the problem wit the Poetic Language Argument?

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It is too simplistic.

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What is the Phenomenological perspectives Argument?

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A popular hermeneutical response to the problem between Biblical inerrancy and Biblical scientific statements. Statements about nature are from the perspective of what they look like to the natural senses. How things look to the naked eye.

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What is scientific concordism?

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The popular belief that the Bible aligns with modern science. The belief that the Two Divine Books align.

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What is the Message-Incident Principle?

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The Bible features the Message, which conveys spiritual truths that are Holy Spirit inspired, as well as the Incident, which conveys ancient science, which was the science of the day (ancient phenomenological perspective).

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“I have never been an ___ in the sense of denying the existence of God.” -Charles Darwin.

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Atheist.

40
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Are categories an optional, albeit powerful tool in considering the relationship between science and religion?

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No, categories are vital.

41
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What are the 2 foundational principles for science and religion dialogue?

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  1. Metaphysics-Physics Principle.

2. Message Incident Principle.

42
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What is Lameroux’s tip that is continually repeated throughout his lectures?

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Separate don’t conflate.

43
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To properly understand and explore science and religion dialogue, you should define your ___ and ___.

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Epistemology, hermeneutics.