Religion exam Flashcards
A chritian can be a witness of the truth of jesus christ in the most ordinary circumstances
True
A contextualist holds that both the text and the context need to be considered in interpreting the meaning of a biblical passage
true
a covenant is an agreement between god and a group of people that is made out of love
true
able, who killed his brother cain, is remembered as saying ‘am i my brothers keeper’
false
all humans deserve our respect because they are created in the image of god
true
as chatholics, we only have one way to pray
false
both sons came home asking thier father for fergivness in the prodigal son story
false
chatholics have an obligation to pay attention to what the church teahes and to try to understand how the teachings we disagree with can help us to be more loving
true
chastity is living out the third commandment
false
christians admire jesus but they are not holy enough to follow him
false
christians hold that creation is worthy of respect because it is valued by god
true
david who killed goliath and later became king also wrote ‘the lord is my shepherd’
true
every human life is sacred because it is made in the imagrey and likeness of god
true
every moral desition has an effect on the way we relate to other people, to god and ourselves
true
faith involves a team effort between god and ourselfs
true
god cannot love a person a little or a lot but only totally
true
humn beings cannot be themselves without others
true
in a sense, cheating involves both stealing and lying
true
jesus became human being while remaining truly god
true
jesus did not embrace his jewish heritadge, he considered himself a christian and not a jew
false
jesus has both a human nature and a divine nature
true
jesus includes people whom society would have excluded and challenges us to do the same
true
jesus saw god as a parent who expexts perfection
false
jesus washes the disiples feet to show how service to others is nesisary
true
moses recives ‘the call’ from god on mount nima
false
our relationship with god is a covenant similar to abraham and moses covenant
true
our society accepts/promotes attitudes that lead to violence against certaint people or groups
true
paul wrote most of the letters in the bible
true
person vs institution is a form of de-creation
false
praying for ourselves,which is known as prayer of petition is selfish and frowned apun by god
false
proverbial truth is not a short saying of common-sense wisdom
false
respecting other family members and those on authority would be an example of following the second commandment
false
samuel was isreals forst king
false
saying the roasery is a form of formal prayer
true
scientific truth are observation regarding the universe we live in
true
sin always involves a break in relationship or harm done to a relationship with others, yourself and god
true
sin has 2 main parts 1:breaking rules 2:harming/breaking relationships
true
sin is a free choice opposed to love and gods intention for creation
true
sin is always understood as a refusal to do gods will
true
st.pauls name was origianoly saul
true
