Final Multiple Choice

Question 1

What is Nicholas Copernicus’ most famous book?

Answer 1

On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

• retrograde planetary motion
• sun at the centre of the universe
• world designed by God
• Scientific knowledge gap between the academics & the common people

Question 2

What happened in 1608?

Answer 2

The telescope was invented by Hans Lippershey

Question 3

What is Galileo’s Most Famous Book?

Answer 3

Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic & Copernican

• most famous book
• tides are proof that earth moves
• abandoned theory after taking heat from church

Question 4

What are the 4 conclusions of Galileo?

Answer 4

1. ) • Galileo did NOT view Science & Religion in a Warfare Relationship
2. ) • Galileo was a Christian
3. ) • Galileo had Academic Hermeneutics
4. ) • Lessons from the Galileo Affair for Today

Question 5

What is Charles Lyell’s Famous Book?

Answer 5

Principles of Geology
- principle of uniformitarianism: using same forces & same intensities of processes observed on earth today to explain the earth’s past

Question 6

What is the Gap Theory?

Answer 6

• Millions of years of geological time put in “gap” between Gen 1:1 & 1:3

Question 7

What is the Day-Age Theory?

Answer 7

• Days of Gen 1 = geological periods millions of years long

Question 8

According to Global Flood Theorists - Young Earth Creation - believe that the date of the Flood was:

Answer 8

2344 BC/E

Question 9

What are the 6 stages of the Origins of the Biblical Flood Account?

Answer 9

1. ) Real Destructive Floods & Real Flood Survivors
2. ) Ancient Historiography – history of the day
3. ) Hebrews Appear LATE in Ancient Near East & Inherit the Flood Motif
4. ) Hebrews RE-CYCLE & RE-INTERPRET the Flood Motif
5. ) Hebrews Become Literate & Write TWO Flood Accounts
6. ) Redactor (Editor) Puts J & P Flood Accounts Together to Form Genesis 6-9

Question 10

What is Charles Darwin’s most Famous Book? and year

Answer 10

1859 - Origin of Species

Question 11

What are William Pale’s conflated premises?

Answer 11

• Intelligent design – nature reflects the purposeful design of the creator
• Perfect adaptation – everything in nature fits together perfectly
• Beneficence – nature is good throughout

Question 12

What is Darwin’s Epistemological Dilemma: “The Horrid Doubt”?

Answer 12

• Darwin states he can’t trust his mind:
On subjects of Intelligent Design & God
To make “grand conclusions”
• He contradicts himself – self-referential incoherence

Question 13

What are 2 conclusions about Darwin?

Answer 13

1. ) Darwin was never an atheist or a Darwinist

2. ) Darwin struggled with intelligent design throughout his life

Question 14

What are the Four components of Ancient Accounts of Origins?

Answer 14

o Ancient cosmogony – science of the day
o Ancient historiography – history of the day
o Ancient story & allegory – story-like format
o Religious (metaphysical) interpretation – spiritual truths & values of a community or civilization

Question 15

What are the Four Major Motifs?

Answer 15

• De Novo Creation Motif
• Lost Idyllic Age Motif
• Tribal Formation Motif
• Great Flood Motif

Question 16

What are the 6 stages of Re-Cycle & Re-Interpret Theory?

Answer 16

1) Mesopotamians & Egyptians Conceive the Motifs of Origins – oral form
2) Mesopotamians & Egyptians Write Down their Accounts of Origins
3) Hebrews Appear Late in ANE & Inherit Motifs of Origins – oral form, 1st archaeological evidence of existence of Israel
4) Hebrews Re-Cycle & Re-Interpret ANE Motifs of Origins – spiritual truths
5) Hebrews Become Literate & Write Down Two Accounts of Origins – J and P accounts
6) Redactor Puts J & P Accounts of Origins Together to Form Genesis 1-11

Question 17

What is the Source Theory?

Answer 17

Priestly (P) - Author
Jahwist (J) - Author
Redactor (R) - Editor

Question 18

When was the 1st appearance of Hebrews in Ancient Near East?

Answer 18

1200 BC/E

Question 19

What is the Cosmic Fall?

Answer 19

• God judges humans for sin - suffering & death enter the world termed the “cosmic fall”

Question 20

What is the key thought of the modern origins debate?

Answer 20

There is a lot of anti-evolutionism

Question 21

What is Monogenism?

Answer 21

Humanity arose from ONE individual

Question 22

What is Polygenism?

Answer 22

Humanity arose from a GROUP of people

Question 23

What are the 2 main concepts with the Doctrine of Original Sin?

Answer 23

1. ) 1st sin of Adam
2. ) Sin transferred from Adam to all human beings

formulated by St. Augustine

Question 24

What is the distinction between Evolutionary Monegenism, Punctiliar Polygenism, and Gradual Polygenism?

Answer 24

Evolutionary Monegenism - Adam and Eve
Puntiliar Polygenism - Many Adams and Eves
Gradual Polygenism - NO Adam and Eve

Question 25

What is Augustine’s Theodicy?

Answer 25

Original Perfection

- God created original creation perfect and Adam and Eve brought moral evil into the world

Question 26

What is Irenean’s Theodicy?

Answer 26

Original Innocence

• God created original creation innocent and immature
• People need to experience moral evil and horrid natural realities

Question 27

What is Des Absconditus?

Answer 27

Des Absconditus – (God who hides) The hidden character of God. This allows the world to look as purely natural phenomenon

Question 28

What is Dues Revelatus?

Answer 28

Dues Revelatus – (God who reveals) The revealing character of God. This allows the world to be viewed as mediating his presence and being seen as God’s creation