Exam 2

Question 1

If naturalism is true, then we are not persons with real meaning, purpose, and significance to our lives. We are just accidental products of blind evolution, present on the earth for a brief number of years; just blip’s on the universe’s screen of billions of years of existence.

Answer 1

anthropological crisis

Question 2

the absence of free choice. it seems reasonable to say that there are many times in our lives when we may not be free in our decisions. we are never able to exercise this

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determinism

Question 3

if all matter is determines, they everything we’ve said and thought are also determined by physical forces beginning years ago with the big bang. We have no freedom to be who we want to be because it is determined by our genetics

Answer 3

epistemological crisis

Question 4

human beings are entirely described by matter. the human mind, therefore, is merely a by product of brain activity

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materialism

Question 5

philosophy that reduces the complex thing about human nature to the simple animal or biological level.

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reductionism

Question 6

means spirit of times. another world for worldview– the mental spirit of what people believe and under which they operate

Answer 6

zeitgeist

Question 7

pertaining to human beings. stands for the good and potential in human individuals and society

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humanism

Question 8

anything that is, or exists in reasonable numbers down through time, ought to be considered morally okay

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is=ought

Question 9

opposite of sacred. think of this as defining something for which there is no religious connection. many times it is just a nice word for atheism

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secular

Question 10

the human condition in a world without God: great thoughts but no one to share them with; deep love desires, but sex and reproductive efforts out there; moral feelings in an immoral world

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absurdity

Question 11

the universe is fundamentally paradoxical, and that its greatest paradox is the transcendent union of God and humans in the person of Jesus Christ.

Answer 11

christian existentialism

Question 12

human beings are essentially biological creatures, not souls in bodies, but with bodies that through choice “turn on” temporary souls

Answer 12

existence precedes essence

Question 13

a hindu word meaning the stuff of all reality, the spirit underlying all reality. think of the force that star wars uses

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brahman

Question 14

the oneness exp during successful meditation exercises. those who exp this say they are more in tune with the spiritual vibrations of the universe and feel a oneness with things around them

Answer 14

cosmic consciousness

Question 15

technique to help a person screen out sensory input in order to lower one’s perception of self and reality.

Answer 15

meditation

Question 16

a favorit mantra on which to meditate in pantheism. has no meaning and nothing to create thought or emotion. thus the mind is emptied, and then oneness and absence of personal reflection can occur

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om

Question 17

everything is god.

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pantheism

Question 18

makes no apologies for its beliefs. means arguments or evidences, esp. for the truth of the Christian worldview

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apologetics

Question 19

to act like you are 100% about something when the evidence is not that strong

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dogmatic

Question 20

to refuse to go in the direction the evidence takes you.

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doubt

Question 21

having less than 100% certainty on a given subject. Christians ought to have some humility regarding their knowledge and certainty on many subjects in their faith

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uncertainty

Question 22

An explanation of why God allows suffering. God created free human beings who could love and “act like God” in the world. But those human beings could also choose to glorify themselves instead of God and thus increase suffering in the world

Answer 22

Creation in harm’s way

Question 23

Many connected parts making a whole, meaningful picture. All things fit into a larger scheme of things. Meaningful things fit into a larger plan.

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Meaning

Question 24

It is real and not an illusion. Believe that every human being will go through this physically and emotionally.

Answer 24

Suffering

Question 25

Think of the modern age of science and reason. Think occasionally of science v the Bible

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Modernism

Question 26

Think of a more recent time period, when people relax a bit on believing in spiritual things. They are into feelings as a source of knowledge and not just scientific discoveries.

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Postmodernism

Question 27

Think of this—“it’s my body, and I decide what’s right for me to do w it. Religious choice is a private, personal thing. It is up to me to decide what is right and wrong for me. You can decide for yourself and I will decide for myself”

Answer 27

Moral relativism