Week 6 Apologetics

Question 1

What are the 10 Principles of Apologetics?

Answer 1

1. Pray
2. Test their soil
3. Define the Terms
4. Help them see the need for an objective standard
5. Don’t shoot rubber dumbies, aim for the cross
6. Keep your discussion from being personal
7. Mourn with those who mourn
8. Ask questions
9. Be willing to say I don’t know
10. Call the bluff

Question 2

What is the goal of apologetics?

Answer 2

To clear away the bushes so that people can get an unobstructed view of Christ.

Question 3

What are the common obstacles?

Answer 3

Intellectual, Moral, Cultural, Experiential

Question 4

What are the 3 kinds of apologetics?

Answer 4

Rationale, Worldview, Christian

Question 5

What are the two premises and conclusion of the Kalam Cosmological Argument?

Answer 5

P1 All things that begin to exist have a cause
P2 The universe began to exist
C Therefore, the universe has a cause

Question 6

What are the two premises and conclusion of the argument of design?

Answer 6

P1 Fine tuning of the universe is due to either physical necessity, change or design
P2 It is not due to physical necessity or change
C Therefore, there is a designer

Question 7

What is the three premises and conclusion for the moral argument?

Answer 7

If God makes sense of morality:
1) If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist
2) objective moral values and duties do exist
C Therefore God exists

1) If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist
2) Evil exists
3) Therefore, objective moral values and duties exist
C Therefore, God exists