Test 1 Flashcards
1 Peter 3:15
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give
the reason for the hope that you have.
Apology
logical defense
Apologetics
The study of the proofs that demonstrate the reliability of the Christian faith.
Apologetics is also called
“Christian Evidences”
Why did John write his Gospel
- So that we might believe
2. So that we might live
Reasons To Study Apologetics
- To strengthen your own faith
2. To help others come to believe
Cosmological Argument
1. If there ever were a time when nothing existed, nothing would now exist 2. The cosmos either: 1.) is an illusion 2.) is eternal 3. has cause
“The existing cosmos in an undeniable evidence of God.” Who said this
Thomas Aquinas
Kalam Cosmological Argument
- Whatever begins to exist has a cause for its existence
- The cosmos began to exist
- Therefore the cosmos has a cause for its existence
What can we observe from the effect of the cosmos
- That cause must have great power
- It’s cause must be intelligent
- The cause must possess beauty
- The cause must be eternal
The Teleological Argument is also known as
Argument From Design or Intelligent Design
Psalm 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God and the skies proclaim
the works of his hands.
Romans 1:20
Gods invisible qualities are clearly seen through what has
been made.
What would have happened if the Stanley Miller’s Experiments had succeeded
he would not have disproven creation, but
illustrated creation
Intelligence was required
What is the importance of the Cambrian Explosion
It showed a sudden
emergence of complex life
What shows that even the simplest design is complex
The single cell is a complex machine
What summarizes the Moral Argument
Man Has an Inner Sense of Right and Wrong
According to Romans 2:14, where has God written the requirements of the law?
peoples’ hearts
What is his evidence for the moral law that is written in everyone’s hearts?
Conscience
Two things that the Conscience does
- Accuses us when we do wrong
2. Excuses us when we do wrong
When people make excuses for their failures what do they admit exists
A standard of right and wrong
The Intuitional Argument
People have an inner, natural knowledge of God
“Man is incurably religious.”)
“You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are not at rest until they
rest in You.” Who said this
Augustine
What did the inscription say on the statue when Paul was preaching on Mar’s Hill?
“To An Unknown God”
What did Paul say during his sermon on Mar’s Hill?
God has so made man so that man would seek Him
The Argument From Degrees Of Being
The existence of qualities in comparative degrees implies their existence
in the absolute degree. These are qualities of the Creator.
Qualities that exsist in the Argument From Degrees Of Being
beauty, power, knowledge
“The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.” Who said it?
Carl Sagan
What are the weaknesses of atheism?
- Requires The Cosmos Emerging From Nothing
2. Requires “The Spontaneous Generation Of Life”
What are the problems with the idea of the spontaneous generation of life?
- Never observed in nature
- Never reproduced in a lab
- It contradicts laws of nature
