Manifesto Test Flashcards
What is the battle that takes place in the realm of sociology?
Truth vs. lies
Sociology is the study of what?
Society
The values of a society will be found in _______
Who people admire
To learn is to what?
Listen
Acting in this manner when learning shows_____
Humility
God’s _______ shows His design
Order
__(1)___ and ___(2)__ creates disorder because it focuses on _(3)___ rather than on _(4)___.
1- envy
2- self ambition
3- self
4- service
In triune: God ____/____/____
Father, Son, Holy Spirit
In triune: Family:
Husband, wife, and children
In triune Church:
Christ, leaders, flock
In triune Our world:
Physical, spiritual, and social
When social institutions reflect God’s Nature, they will what?
Work better
God makes a divine statement about his nature when He emphasizes the importance of ____.
Relationships
What are the 3 broken relationships outlined in Genesis?
God and man
Man and man
Man and creation
The response to the brokenness from those who do not have a relationship with God is often to change the definition of relationships in order to avoid the experience of ____.
Disappointment
The following if an order determined by ____ is an act of choosing not to retain the knowledge of God. The consequence of this behavior is a society of people feeling ____.
Humans, alone
A Christian is called to follow Christ’s lead and ___ to God’s call to ____ others.
Submit, serve
A Christian needs to recognize their own ___ before having the ability to love others in their ____.
Sin, sin
Illustrates WHO we are to influence
Relationships
Illustrates WHAT we are to do.
Roles
Illustrates who is to make the DECISION.
Authority
Illustrates how we are to RESPOND
Submission
What is the primary question one is to answer when determining the laws of the state?
Whose law is it?
What is the example given of a “sphere of sovereignty”?
Christians on Gods soil, not states
According to a Christian worldview, where is supreme authority found?
Civil magistrates
According to a Christian worldview, to whom did God delegate authority first?
Jesus
According to a Christian worldview, to whom did God delegate authority to next? (After Jesus)
Civil magistrates
What does Jesus teach as an example to us in how to follow authority?
Submission to Father
What is the delegation of authority to the people?
Servanthood
What is the adherence to authority by the people?
Submission
According to a Christian worldview, the primary purpose of the state is to do what?
Punishment evil, condone good
According to a Christian worldview, what are the laws to the state to be based upon?
Ethics
According to a secular humanist worldview, where is supreme authority found?
State (human laws)
What is the trap that adherents to secular humanist worldview put themselves in when promoting laws based upon “universal” or “higher” ethics?
They open the debate that there is a higher power. (Than humans)
Who states that “God is dead”?
Nietzsche
This same individual stated that humans either have a drive for ____ or ___.
Power, pleasure
This same individual further stated that ______ is all that is left for humans as they pursue ______.
Naturalism, pleasure
Who stated that once you get rid of objective truth, one can live however they want?
Zacharias
This same individual stated that once society killed God, it simultaneously killed _____ and ultimately was killing _____.
Ethics, man
The warning given for the future was one of a global state, where the state itself replaces _____ and the ____ as the experts of what is best for man.
God, family
How does Christ teach us to have a righteous rebellion to secular government.
Love other through service
How does Christ teach us to instill a Christian worldview into a secular world?
Using talents/gifts in God- called roles to meet the needs of the time.
____ is how people behave (what is).
Morals
_____ is a transcendent norm of behavior (what ought to be).
Ethics
_____ is the ability to understand the perspective of others
Empathy
_____ _____ is a comprehensive set of truth claims that purports to paint a picture of reality.
Formal worldview
What is the comprehensive set of truth claims taught at MVCS?
Christianity
Humanism puts it’s faith in man’s ____ achievements.
Scientific
Humanism rejects dualism which is: _____
The belief in body, soul/spirit
Humanism believes that the universe was ____ and was not _____.
Self - existing, created
Humanists do not believe that the value of an individual’s self- worth can be found in a relationship with God through ____ or ____ ?
Worship, prayer
Humanists believe that the value of an individual’s self- worth is to be found in relationships with _____.
Others
Humanists believe that traditional religion gives individuals false ____ and wishful _____.
Hope, thinking
When was the original Humanist Manifesto written?
1933
How many different versions of the Humanist Manifesto are there?
3
What were the two significant events that led to the writing of the second Humanist Manifesto?
- Roe vs. Wade
- Continual war
What is the most famous quote from the second Humanist Manifesto?
“No deity will save us, we must save ourselves.”
What term used to describe humanism was dropped from the writing of the first to the second Humanist Manifesto?
Religion(ous)
He was one of the signors of the original Humanist Manifesto that was a philosopher and influenced government schooling in America?
John Dewey
According to Humanist, man is basically what?
Good
According to Humanist, relief from the personal and societal problems of life as well as the meaning to life comes from where?
Satisfying one’s desires
What Manifesto promoting the community if man and the elimination of religious influence was written by authors Marx and Engel in 1848?
Communist
What 3 examples do the writers of the Humanist Manifesto called “advancements” at the start of the 3rd paragraph in order to conclude that a new situation has been created “which requires a new statement of the means and purposes of religion.”
- Larger understanding of the universe.
- Mans scientific achievements
- Deeper appreciation of brotherhood.
What kind of language is the following statement “The is great danger of a final, and we believe fatal identification of the word religion with doctrines and methods which have lost their significance and which are powerless to solve the problem of human living in the 20th Century.”
Assumptive
The Humanist Manifesto states that religion is to meet which two needs of humanity?
- Adequate social goals
- Personal satisfactions
Humanist Manifesto state that the universe was NOT created….what did they believe?
It is self- existing
How does the Humanist Manifesto explain where man came from?
Emerged from universe (evolution)
What does the Humanist Manifesto reject when an individual is “determining existence and the value of any and all realities”?
- Intelligent inquiry
- Assessment in how it meets a humans needs
How does the Humanist Manifesto believe that humans can come to a “complete realization of the humans personality?”
To fulfill oneself on the here and now
What does the Humanist Manifesto believe individual are to do to express their “religious emotions?”
- Heightened sense of personal life
- Cooperative effort to create social well- being
How does Christianity believe individuals are to express their “religious emotions?”
Worship and prayer
The Humanist Manifesto states that man will learn to face the crises of life in terms of which two manners?
- Knowledge of naturalness
- Knowledge of probability
Furthermore, the Humanist Manifesto states that man will no longer face the crises of life in the way they have determined to be correct?
- Sentimental hopes
- Unreal hopes
- Wishful thinking
What are the two ways advised in the Humanist Manifesto in order to ensure that man will face the crises of life in the way they have determined to be correct?
- Fostered by education
- Supported by custom
What has been created in US Governmenr that illustrates the following statement: “We assume the humanism will take the path of social and mental hygiene.”
Welfare state (programs)
What economic structure foes the Humanist Manifesto promote?
Socialism
What economic structure does the Humanist Manifesto reject?
Capitalism
The Humanist Manifesto states that all associations and institutions exist for what purpose?
Fulfillment of human life
What are the two primary reasons that the Humanist Manifesto found an acceptable audience in Western Civilization?
- Appeals to inherent sinful nature
- Appeals to those seeking to be out from under the control of organizational religion.
Fallacy: I figured that you couldn’t possibly get it right, so I ignored your comment.
Ad Hominem
Fallacy: If you don’t want to get beaten up, you will agree with what I say.
Appeal to force
Fallacy: Oh come on, I’ve been sick. That’s why I missed the deadline.
Appeal to pity
Fallacy: This is the way we’ve always done it. Therefore, it is the right way.
Appeal to tradition
Fallacy: I am good worker because Frank says so. How can we trust Frank? Simple: I will vouch for him.
Circular reasoning
Fallacy: Evolution states that one species can change into another. We see that cars have evolved into different styles. Therefore, since evolution is a fact in cars, it is true in species.
Equivocation
Fallacy: I know I forgot to deposit the check into the bank yesterday. But, nothing I do please you.
Red Herring
Fallacy: The government doesn’t take care of the poor because it doesn’t have a tax specifically to support the poor.
Straw man
Fallacy: You can’t prove that there aren’t Martians living in caves under the surface of Mars, so it is reasonable for me to believe there are.
Arguing from ignorance
Fallacy: Well, Isaac Newton believed in Alchemy, do you think you know more than Isaac Newton?
Appeal to authority
Fallacy: Lots of people bought this album, so it must be good.
Appeal to popularity
Fallacy: Your hands are only as clean as the towel used to dry them.
False Dilemma
Having good morals is like working out physically, but if you do it too much you will stress out your body so it’s ok to not be moral all the time.
Weak analogy
Fallacy: Have you stopped cheating on your homework yet?
Begging the question
Fallacy: I saw a raven and ten minutes later, I crashed my car, therefore, ravens are bad luck.
Cum hoc
Fallacy: My brother, sister, and cousin all dropped out of college before graduating, so I know that I’m not supposed to go to college.
Hasty generalization
Fallacy: What did you use to wipe your fingerprints from the gun?
Complex question
Fallacy: In today’s game, John is due to hit a home run because it had been awhile since he has hit one.
Gambler’s
Fallacy: It was observed that persons who went out at night often developed the malaria. So night air was the cause of malaria.
Post hoc
Fallacy: All cats have four legs I have four legs. Therefore, I am a cat.
Affirming the consequent
Fallacy: I don’t bother going to church- people ever want to do is control your behavior.
Sweeping generalization
Fallacy: John- “Hey Joe, you’re cheating on the quiz!” Joe- “You cheated on the last one, so I can cheat now.”
Tu Quoque
Fallacy: You’re not going to wear a wedding ring, are you? Don’t you know that the wedding ring originally symbolized ankle chains worn by woman to prevent them running away from their husbands? I would not have thought you would not have thought you would be a party to such a sexiest practice.
Genetic
Fallacy: “Dude, don’t do it. Somewhere down the road it will lead to chores.”
Slippery slope
