The Truth Project Lesson 2 Flashcards
Have you been taken _____ ?
Captive
Examples from secular culture . _____ and ______ philosophies based upon human traditions
Hollow , deceptive
Collisions 2:8
Carl sagan’s worldview :
“The cosmos is all there ____ or ever ___ ___ or _____
Is, was, ever will be
The statement is ______ language, because contained in the statement is the chain that there is _____
Assumption, no god
This language is dangerous because beliefs are ____ an ______ without an open , conscious dialogue . Caveat Emptor “____________”
Caught , bought
Let the buyer beware
Cosmic cube : it is ______ worldview
Naturalistic
Which is a _______ system . Nothing can enter or leave it _____ is excluded
Closed , god
Philosophy - the love of _____ quest to discover the ultimate ______
Wisdom , reality
Aristotle and Platos philosophic dilemma .
Painting by _______
Raphael
Aristotle pointed ____ and believed that you ______ the ______ of the world around you to determine the universal truths and proper ethical response
Down , observed , particulars
Plato pointed ____ and believed that you _____ about the world around you to determine ____ of the universal truths and proper ethical responses
Up, think , ideals
God revealed himself to us in his _____ and in his ____ (found in his _____)
Creation, revelation, word
Competing philosophies
What are you ______ (Romans 14:23)
Eating
Materialism
Matter is the only reality
Idealism
Ideals are the only reality
Empiricism
Knowledge gained by reason
Rationalism
Tue knowledge only comes from scientific theory
Determinism
No knowledge only stimuli
Relativism
No absolutes
Mechanism
Realities only exist San an aspect of man
Solipsism
Self is everything
Subjectivism
Knowledge is dependent in your own experiences
Intuitionism
Knowledge comes from an inner source
Hendism
Pleasure is good, pain is evil, if it feels good then do it .
The implications of following _________ _________
Evolutionary biology
No ______ or ______ forces
gods , purposes
No ____ after ____
Life , death
No ______ for _____
Ultimate foundation , ethics
No ultimate ______ in life
Meaning
No ____ _____
Free will
Lead us to accept the logically contradicting statement - “there is no such concept as ______ “
Absolute
The ____ says in their heart there is ___ ____(psalm 14:1)
Fool , no god
How people behave
Morals
A transcendent norm of behavior (what ought to be)
Ethics
When right and wrong is determined by the majorities vote on normal acceptable behavior
Statical ethics
The ability To understand the perspective of others so you can relate to then in a loving manner.
Empathy
A comprehensive set Of truth claims that purports to paint a picture of reality
Formal worldview
The set of individual truth claims that one has embraced a deeply that they believe they reflect what is really real and therefore drive how a individual ____ how they___ and what they ___
Personal worldview , think, act , feel
Conclusion - renewing your _____ Romans 12:2
Minds
Your ___ does not Change until your ___ changes
Life , mind
Lesson 2 -
______ and ______
Philosophy , ethics
