Categories

Question 1

Dichotomy

Answer 1

Division of an issue into only two simple positions

Question 2

Conflation

Answer 2

Careless collapsing &co-mingling of distinct ideas into ONE undifferentiated concept
•Combining 2 or more ideas into one

Question 3

Theism

Answer 3

Belief in a personal God

•A supreme being that is all powerful and all loving

Question 4

Deism

Answer 4

Belief in an impersonal God

•A supreme being who creates the world and then has nothing to do with it

Question 5

Atheism

Answer 5

Belief that God does not exist

Question 6

Agnosticism

Answer 6

Belief that there is no knowledge regarding existence or non-existence of God

Question 7

Conservative Christianity

Answer 7

Conserves the beliefs of Apostle’s creed

Question 8

Liberal Christianity

Answer 8

Rejects the beliefs of the Apostles’ creed

Question 9

Fundamentalism

Answer 9

Modern Science viewed as an enemy to religion

•Reaction to Liberal Christianity

Question 10

Special Revelations

Answer 10

Belief that God communicates specific information to humanity

Question 11

General Revelation

Answer 11

Belief that God communicates general information to humanity

Question 12

Natural Revelation

Answer 12

Nature reflects God and some of His attributes

Question 13

Moral Revelation

Answer 13

Human conscience and sense of morality

Question 14

Interventionism

Answer 14

Dramatic divine acts

Question 15

Providentialism

Answer 15

Subtle divine acts

Question 16

Personal Interventionism

Answer 16

God raising a dead person to life

Question 17

Personal Providentialism

Answer 17

God working through “nudges” and “co-incidences”

Question 18

Cosmological Interventionalism in the origins

Answer 18

God creating in 6 literal days

Question 19

Cosmological Interventionalism in Operations

Answer 19

God causing retrograde planetary motion

Question 20

Cosmological Providentialsim in Origins

Answer 20

God creating through evolution

•Ordained & sustained natural processes

Question 21

Cosmological Providentialism in Operations

Answer 21

God upholding the solar system

•Ordained and sustained natural processes

Question 22

Metaphysics

Answer 22

Ultimate reality behind or beyond nature
• Ultimate beliefs
-Ideas arising after the
study of nature

Question 23

Intelligent Design

Answer 23

Ultimate belief that the beauty, complexity and functionality in nature reflect or point to the mind of a Designer

Question 24

Teleology

Answer 24

Ultimate belief that the universe and life have an ultimate plan and ultimate purpose

Question 25

Dysteleology

Answer 25

Ultimate belief that the universe and life have NO ultimate plan and NO ultimate purpose

Question 26

Epistemology

Answer 26

Theory of knowledge, rules of knowing

Question 27

Positivism

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Scientism

Answer 28

Conflation of science and secular worldview

Question 29

Secular Humanism

Answer 29

ethical position in which humanity ALONE determines morals and values, not GOD as traditionally believed

Question 30

Eisegesis

Answer 30

Reading our views or agenda INTO a book

Question 31

Exegesis

Answer 31

Reading a book's view or agenda OUT of it •The goal of reading any book

Question 32

Biblical Inerrancy

Answer 32

Belief that the Bible has no errors or mistakes because it was inspired by God

Question 33

Spiritual Concordism

Answer 33

Spiritual statements in Bible align with spiritual reality

Question 34

Historical Concordism

Answer 34

Historical statements in Bible align with human history

Question 35

Scientific Concordism

Answer 35

Scientific statements in Bible align with physical reality

Question 36

Creation (Professional)

Answer 36

The things that the creator has made

Question 37

Creation (Popular)

Answer 37

Origin of universe and life in six 24 hour days, 6000 years ago

Question 38

Evolution (Professional)

Answer 38

The scientific theory describing the natural processes that produced all living organisms, including people

Question 39

Evolution (Popular)

Answer 39

A natural process of molecules-to- people thru blind chance only

Question 40

Darwinism (Popular)

Answer 40

Atheistic evolution

Question 41

Young Earth Creation

Answer 41

God Created the universe and life in six 24-hour days, 6000 years ago

Question 42

Progressive Creation

Answer 42

God created life at different points over billions of years

Question 43

Evolutionary Creation

Answer 43

Personal God created universe and life through evolution

Question 44

Theistic Evolution (Professional)

Answer 44

Personal God created through evolution

Question 45

Theistic Evolution (Popular)

Answer 45

Impersonal God created through evolution

Question 46

Deistic Evolution

Answer 46

Impersonal God created universe and life through evolution

Question 47

Dysteleological Evolution

Answer 47

Planless & purposeless evolution produced the universe and life through nothing but blind chance and irrational necessity

Question 48

Genesis 1

Answer 48

God created the earth in 6 days

Question 49

Genesis 2

Answer 49

Creation of Adam and Eve

Question 50

Genesis 3

Answer 50

Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil

Question 51

Genesis 4

Answer 51

Cain kills his brother Abel

Question 52

Genesis 5

Answer 52

The genealogy of Adam to Noah

Question 53

Genesis 6 – 9

Answer 53

Noah's ark and the flood

Question 54

Genesis 10

Answer 54

The descendants of Noah's sons

Question 55

Genesis 11

Answer 55

God divided the world with different languages. The genealogy of Shem to Abram