Finals Flashcards
According to Christianity, what holds society together?
The family
According to Christianity, what is the source of society’s problem’s?
Sin
According to Marx, what is the first step toward communism?
Socialism
According to New Spirituality, psychological health comes from what?
Denying the self
According to New Spirituality, what is ultimate reality?
Consciousness
According to Post Modernism, evolution is a what?
Grand Story
According to Postmodernism, human beings are what?
Social Constructs
According to Postmodernism, language functions as what?
A tool of power and manipulation
According to Postmodernism, the best legal decisions are reached through what?
The unmasking of oppressive power structures
According to Secularism, law should be based on what?
None of the above - morality, precedent,God
From what source do Muslims derive their ethics?
The Quran, The Hadith
From what source do Secularism and Marxism seek knowledge?
Science
If the materialism is true, then which of the following cannot exist?
All of the above: Soul, God, Brain
Many of today’s Marxists see economic struggle as the root conflict between which of the following groups?
All of the Above: Religous & non Religous, Blacks & Whites, Men & Women, Homosexuals & Heterosexuals
Muslims accept which of the following doctrines?
Non of the above- doctrine of the fall, of the imago Dei, or Trinity
Secularism is a way of seeing the world without appealing to what?
God, Religion
Secularists have faith in all of the following except what?
Divine authority
Socialism begins with which of the following?
All of the above: Heavy taxation, Government takeover of businesses, Eliminations of the laws protecting private property
The Christian view of psychology does all of the following except what?
It recognizes the inherent goodness in humanity.
The Christian view of the soul accounts for what?
All of the above: Identity, Free will, Our proclivity to do wrong
The commandments against stealing and coveting presuppose the legitimacy of what?
Private property
The Postmodern theory of psychology denies which of the following?
All of the above: the existence of the soul, existence of a unified self, The distinction between normal and abnormal behavior
The word “Islam” means what?
Submission
Which of the following characteristics accurately describes New Spirituality’s view of God?
All of the above: God is eternal, God is non-personal, Everything is God
Which of the following is a plea “not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewal of your mind” ?
Romans 12:1-2
Which of the following questions does a worldview answer?
All of the above: who is God? What does it mean to be human? What is the foundation for right and wrong?
Which of the following verses mention the fallen state of God’s whole creation?
Romans 8:20-22
Which of the following world views assume that materialism?
A & B only: Islam , Christianity
Which of the following worldviews deny the existence of the individuated souls?
New Spirituality
Which of the following worldviews have the sense of historical inevitability?
All of the above: Secularism, Marxism, New Spirituality, Islam
Which of the following worldviews holds to atheism?
A & B only: Secularism, Marxism
Which of the following worldviews requires faith?
All of the above: Christianity, Secularism, Postmodernism, Marxism
T or F A “worldview” is like a mental map that tells us how to navigate the world.
True
According to Christianity, God is not a force to be used but a “person” to be known.
True
T or F According to Marxism, “proletariat” laws must be overthrown and replaced with laws favoring the “bourgeoise”.
False , switch
T or F According to New Spirituality, “personal transformation” is the key to bringing about political transformation.
True
T or F According to New Spirituality, consciousness is “energy” that we can connect to, harness, and use.
True
T or F According to New Spirituality, the heart of society’s problem is “economic inequality”.
False Ignorance of higher consciousness
T or F According to New Spirituality, the more “enlightened” a person is, the more money and success he or she will have.
True
T or F According to New Spirituality, there “is no” difference between creation and the creator.
True
T or F According to Postmodernism, our words describes “reality”.
False Interpretation of reality
T or F According to Postmodernist, all historical accounts are “fiction”.
True
T or F According to Secularism, human beings are inherently good; it is “society” that makes us bad.
True
T or F According to the Christian view of metaphysics, matter came “before” mind.
After
T or F According to the Christian worldview, God reveals only his law, not himself.
False Islam
T or F According to the Marxist theory of psychology, human beings can be conditioned to do good and advance the cause of communism.
True
Christians see common ethical systems among vastly different cultures as evidence of a “universal law” and thus a “universal lawgiver”
True
Deconstruction says that the reader’s interpretation is more important than the author’s “intent”.
True
Deconstruction says that the reader’s interpretation is more important than the author’s intent.
True
For Marx, the war against capitalism was also a war against “religion”.
True
In Islam, there “are no” boundaries between the institutions of family, church, and state.
True
Islam “does not label” greed, selfishness, gluttony, and materialism, as sins.
False It does
T or F Karl Marx advocated for a “peaceful transition” to communism
False Forcible revolution
Marx reasoned that if evolution could provide hardier species, then sociological evolution could provide a “better state.”
True
T or F Marxists see the march toward socialism and eventually “capitalism” as a historical inevitability.
False communism
T or F Muslims believe every human being is born a Muslim in a state of “rebellion” to Allah.
False submission
T or F Muslims believe the “Bible” is the only authoritative and uncorrupted scripture preserved without error.
False Quran
New Spiritualist believe that we can per mantels free ourselves from the illusion of self through achieving “enlightenment.”
True
T or F New Spirituality’s View on evolution emphasizes a “biological” progression not a spiritual progression.
False Switch
T or F Postmodernism “accepts” the notion of the universal moral norms.
False rejects
T or F Secularism believes that religion “should have” an influence on education and govt
False Shouldn’t have
T or F Secularism’s view for govt is progressive and utopian
True
T of F The God of New Spirituality “is not” a separate person with identifiable attributes.
True
T or F the guiding principle of Secular psychology is that everything must be explained by “material” causes.
True
T or F the political goal of Islam is to establish a global Islamic “theocracy”.
True
T or F The Quran describes the universe as “unordered”.
False Finely ordered
T or F The task of Christian ethics is to determine what conforms to God’s “character” and what does not.
True
There is no division of ethics and “law” in Islam.
True
T or F To be a Secularist means to admit to nothing higher than “man”.
True