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
objections to absolute truth
1. _________ _________
- what is _________ today may be _________ _________
- the _________ of _________ is proof that _________ is _________ _________
- _________ truth: the _________ is _________
- _________ truth: the _________ is _________
response
- _________ doesn’t _________ _________, _________ _________ what is already _________
- _________ doesn’t _________, the _________ was always _________
- those who believed it was _________ were in _________, not _________
2. _________ _________ is too _________
- _________ in _________ _________ is a narrow _________
response:
- _________ by its very _________ is _________
- “I am _________” and not _________ _________
- “4 + 4 = _________” and only _________, not _________, _________, or _________
- this is _________ but _________
- saying “_________ is true” is _________ since it _________ all _________ _________
- “skepticism or pluralism is _________” is also _________
- all _________ _________ are _________ and _________!
- “we should be _________ _________” is _________
- truth changes
- true, false tomorrow
- process, science, truth, constantly changing
- earlier, earth, flat
- later, earth, round
response
- science invent truth, science discovers, true
- truth, change, earth, round
- flat, error, truth - absolute truth, narrow
- belief, absolute truth, view
response
- truth, nature, narrow
- here, anywhere else
- 8, 8, 7, 9, 10
- narrow, true
- atheism, narrow, excludes, opposing views
- true, narrow
- truth claims, narrow, exclusive
- open minded, narrow
definition of relative truth:
- something _________ for _________ _________ or in _________ _________ or at _________ _________
true, some people, some places, some times
definition of absolute truth:
- something _________ for _________ _________ in _________ _________ and at _________ _________
true, all people, all places, all times
problems with relativism
1. relativism is _________ _________
- _________ believe _________ is true for _________, but if it’s _________ for everyone, then it isn’t _________
2. no one would be _________ about _________
- if someone claims I’m _________ then I can just way that it’s _________ for _________ but not for _________
3. no one would _________ _________
- you can’t _________ anything because _________ involves _________ from not _________ to _________
- self defeating
- relativists, relativism, everyone, true, relative
2. wrong, anything - wrong, wrong, them, me
3. learn anything - know, learning, moving, knowing, knowing
relative comparisons don’t work either
- willie and Walt
- the blind men and the elephant
- islam and christianity
christianity vs islam
- God:
- _________ _________ in _________
- only _________ _________
- Jesus:
- more than a _________, he was also _________
- _________ a _________, not _________
- death of christ:
- he _________ and _________ _________ in the _________ _________
- he _________ _________ or _________ _________
- bible:
- _________ _________
- _________
- salvation:
- not by _________ _________, but as a _________ _________ to all who _________
- by _________ and _________ _________ which _________ _________ ones
- 3 persons, one
- one person
- man, God
- merely, man, God
- died, rose again, same body
- didn’t die, rise again
- not corrupted
- corrupted
- good works, free gift, believe
- faith, good works, outweigh bad
twelve point apologetics
1. the _________ about _________ is _________
2. the _________ of _________ is _________
3. it is _________ that the _________ _________ _________
- truth, reality, knowable
- opposite, true, false
- true, theistic God exists
can all religions be true?
- _________, they _________ _________
- and _________ can’t _________ be _________
- so all _________ can’t _________ to the _________ _________
- no, teach opposites
- opposites, both, true
- religions, lead, same place
can one religion be true?
- _________, if we _________ _________ our _________ and see which _________ _________ to _________
yes, take off, blinders, religion corresponds, reality
