Exam 1

Question 1

Romans 1:18-23

Answer 1

1. The order and design of the world points to God.
2. Humanity’s sense of moral conscience points to God.
3. The almost universal presence of religion or philosophy to make sense of ultimate things points to God.

Question 2

Axiom

Answer 2

A self evident truth

Question 3

Revelation

Answer 3

Something that is revealed

Question 4

Special revelation

Answer 4

The Bible

Question 5

General revelation

Answer 5

Creation

Question 6

Scientific proof

Answer 6

Repeatable controlled experiments

Question 7

Historical proof

Answer 7

Reasonable conclusions from archeological evidence and primary sources (not repeatable)

Question 8

Presupposition

Answer 8

Something that cannot be proven, but must be assumed before one takes a particular position

Question 9

Pre evangelism

Answer 9

Helming someone understand the presuppositions of Christianity

Question 10

Anti-intellectual

Answer 10

Hostility toward or distrust of academic studies by “ordinary people”
Desire that everything worth knowing must be simple

Question 11

Naturalism

Answer 11

Someone believes that

1. All that exists in the universe is the physical universe
2. Outside of the physical universe there is nothing
3. Someone who denies the supernatural

Question 12

Relativism

Answer 12

Belief that there is no absolute truth

Question 13

Agnostic

Answer 13

Belief that no one can be certain about spiritual truth

Question 14

Non-theistic

Answer 14

The absence of belief in God

Question 15

Presupposition apologetics

Answer 15

Christianity should be proven on the grounds of some basic fundamental assumptions

Question 16

Experiential apologetics

Answer 16

Christianity proven on the basis of a person’s testimony

Question 17

Evidential apologetics

Answer 17

Christianity proven archeological evidence and reason

Question 18

Classical apologetics

Answer 18

Christianity supported with proofs for God before using archeological evidence, both guided by reason