Twelve Point Apologetics Flashcards
point #1: the _________ about _________ is _________
truth, reality, knowable
3 sub-points of point #1
1. _________ is that which _________ to its _________
- pilate asked: _________ _________ _________?
- truth _________ _________an _________ _________ of _________
2. the truth about truth
- all _________ _________ are _________, _________, and _________
- _________ is _________, not _________
- it _________ outside of our _________
- _________ cannot _________ a _________ no matter how _________ _________
- _________ is _________
- 2 +2 =4 no matter _________ you _________
- being _________ in a _________ doesn’t make the _________ of that _________ _________ (nazi germany)
- _________ isn’t _________ by the _________ of the _________ _________ it (it’s still true even if they are a _________ _________ _________)
3. we can _________ _________. it is _________.
- for example: _________ _________ and 2+2 = 4
- people _________ absolute truth when it comes to _________, _________, _________, _________, _________, _________, and _________ _________
- so why don’t we _________ _________ _________ in _________?
- _________ knew that _________ _________ _________ in acts 26:22-25
- truth, corresponds, object
- what is truth
- accurately expresses, actual state, affairs
2.
- truth claims, absolute, narrow, exclusive
- truth, discovered, invented
- exists, knowledge
- beliefs, change, fact, sincerely held
- truth, transcultural
- where, go
- raised, culture, beliefs, culture true
- truth, changed, attitude, person telling, (jerk about it) - know reality, absolute
- I exist
- demand, safety, money, medicine, advertising, relationships, transportation, court proceedings
- demand absolute truth, religion
- Paul, absolute truth exists
contrary _________ are _________, but _________ _________ are not
you can _________ _________ is _________, but you cannot _________ _________ _________
beliefs, possible, contrary truths
- believe everything, true, make everything true
who said that people needed to be beaten and burned for violating the law of non-contradiction?
Ibn Sina aka Avicenna
point #2: the _________ of _________ is false
- the law of _________ _________ affirms that _________ cannot both be _________
- the law is _________ because even those who _________ it _________ it
- therefore, the _________ of _________ is _________
- opposite _________ cannot both be _________ at the _________ _________ and in the _________ _________
opposite, true
- non contradiction, opposites, true
- inescapable, deny, use
- opposite, true, false
- ideas, true, same time, same sense
agnosticism - _________ _________ _________
- believes that _________ cannot be _________
- _________ _________ affirmed we can’t _________ _________ _________ _________
- we only know _________, not _________
- we can’t _________ the _________ _________ _________, only the _________ _________ _________
- therefore we must _________ _________ about _________
- denies all truth
- truth, known
- Emmanuel Kant, know truth about reality
- appearance, reality
- know, thing in itself, thing to us
- remain agnostic, reality
why agnosticism fails
- it is _________ _________ by claiming to _________ the _________ about _________ which is that we _________ _________ any _________ about _________
- self defeating, know, truth, reality, cannot know, truth, reality
skepticism - _________ _________ _________
- _________ _________ claims we should _________ _________ about _________
- we can only _________ _________ _________
- we should _________ _________ on all _________ _________ about _________
- doubts all truth
- david hume, doubt everything, reality
- know sense data
- suspend judgement, truth claims, reality
post modernism - _________ _________ _________
- _________ _________ claimed we must _________ _________ _________ _________
- we can _________ as many _________ as _________
- no _________ is _________ _________; it is merely _________
- affirms no truth
- jacque derrida, deconstruct all truth claims
- reconstruct, views, possible
- reconstruction, objectively true, new
relativism -_________ _________ _________
pluralism - _________ _________ _________
-_________ has no _________ _________
- all _________ is in _________ and is never _________
- all _________ is _________ and _________
- denies absolute truth
- affirms opposite “truths”
- reality, unchanging forms
- truth, process, final
- truth, relative, changing
why skepticism fails
- either it is _________ _________
- by claiming we should _________ _________ including _________
- or it _________ _________ _________
- by claiming _________ is the only _________ that _________ _________ _________
- self defeating
- doubt everything, skepticism
- begs the question
- skepticism, view, shouldn’t be doubted
why postmodernism fails
- either is claims to _________ _________ (and is thereby _________ _________)
- or else it _________ no _________ _________ (and is not even in the _________ _________ of _________)
- also, _________ the _________ does not make it _________ _________
- be true, self defeating
- makes, truth claim, ball game, truth
- ignoring, truth, go away
why relativism fails
- it either affirms that _________ is _________ and is thus _________ _________
- or it says that _________ is also _________ and doesn’t _________ to _________
- relativism, absolute, self-defeating
- relativism, relative, apply, everyone
can all religions be true?
- _________, they _________ _________ and _________ can’t both _________ _________
- no, teach opposites, opposites, be true
can one religion be true?
- _________, if we _________ _________ our _________ and see _________ _________ _________ to _________
yes, take off, blinders, which religion corresponds, reality
