Unit 4 Lesson 40

Question 0

Apocalyptic

Answer 0

Pertaining to a revelation; forestalling imminent disaster and total destruction

Question 1

Agnostic

Answer 1

A thinker who disclaims any knowledge of God

Question 2

Apocryphal

Answer 2

Of questionable authority or authenticity; false or counterfeit

Question 3

Apostate

Answer 3

One who forsakes his faith or principles

Question 4

Apotheosis

Answer 4

Deification; an exalted or glorified ideal

Question 5

Benediction

Answer 5

A blessing; an invocation of divine blessing, usually at the end of a religious service

Question 6

Blasphemy

Answer 6

Any irreverent or impious act or utterance

Question 7

Deist

Answer 7

Believer in the existence of God as the creator of the universe who after setting it in motion abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerted no influence on natural phenomena, and ga d no supernatural revelation

Question 8

Infidel

Answer 8

A person who does not believe in any religion; among Christians or Muslims, one who does not accept their particular beliefs.

Question 9

Mantra

Answer 9

A mystical formula of invocation or incantation in Hinduism and Buddhism

Question 10

Ontology

Answer 10

The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of being

Question 11

Pantheism

Answer 11

The doctrine that the universe, conceived of as a whole, is God

Question 12

Sacrilegious

Answer 12

Disrespectful or irreverent toward anything regarded as sacred

Question 13

Syncretism

Answer 13

The attempt or tendency to combine or reconcile differing beliefs, as in philosophy or religion

Question 14

Theodicy

Answer 14

A vindication of divine justice in the face of the existence of evil