L.1 Vocab. and Verse Flashcards
The thing from which everything else comes (also called Prime Reality).
Ultimate Reality
A hypothesis (an uproven idea) about ultimate reality
Worldview
A personal God created the world and acts in it.
Theism
God made the world but doesn’t intervene in it.
Deism
Matter is the ultimate reality (also called naturalism).
Materialism
The forces and stuff of nature are god; god and the universe are one.
Pantheism
Reasoning from effect back to cause
Abductive Reasoning
1 Peter 3:15
“…in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect…”
Something you assume to be true
Presupposition