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worldview and apologetics Flashcards

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what is a self-defeating argument against absolute truth

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there is no such thing as absolute truth

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what is conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is or has been, or shall be

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truth

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what truth comes from without and it is true whether or not we want it to be true

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objective truth

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what truth comes from within and is determined by perspective

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subjective truth

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what are two observations of truth

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truth involves objective, real information
opposite of this would be a “lie”

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what are the three implications of truth

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ultimate truth must exist outside of time, space, and matter
God is the Big Supreme Being outside of time, space, and matter
If God exists then there is a standard of truth that exists

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God is the standard of what

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what is and is not “really real”

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what is something right therefore God command it (morality we can exist without God) or does God command it therefore it is right (morality is based on God’s righteous character and reality cannot exist without God)

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Euthyphro Dilemma

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what is the verse for God is a God of truth

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Deuteronomy 32:4

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what is the verse or the Word of God is truth

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John 17:17

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what is the verse for Jesus is the Truth

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John 14:6

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What is the verse for the Spirit is the truth

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John 15:26

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what is our focus of truth

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to know God so that we can know the truth
to know God so that we can recognize lies

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what is the verse for lies are inconsistent with God

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Numbers 23:19

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what is the verse for lies are an abomination to God

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Proverbs 12:22

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what is the verse for Satan is the source of all lies

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John 8:44

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what is the verse for men who reject God choose lies

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Romans 1:25

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18
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what is the view that truth is unobtainable concerning a specific object

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skepticism

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19
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what is the view that avoids examining a matter and claims ignorance

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Evasive Agnosticism

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what is making emphatically negative or positive claims without sufficient evidence

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Cynicism and Naive Optimism

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what is needlessly limiting one’s examination or indiscriminately accepting every position

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Narrow or open mindedness

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22
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what is allowing emotion to excessively influence an argument

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emotional argumentation

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what is the standard of proof in most civil cases in which the party bearing the burden of proof must present evidence which shows that the fact to be proven is more probable than not

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preponderance of evidence

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24
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what Latin word refers to arguments based in logic rather than empirical evidence

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“A Priori”

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“A Priori” means

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from the earlier

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26
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what is the argument that says every effect has a cause and the universe had a beginning

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the cosmological argument

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what is the argument that says order and design must have an Order and a designer

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teleological argument

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28
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what argument is the ability to conceive of God points to His existence

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Ontological argument

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29
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what argument is a universal sense of morality is present in mankind. do they have a sense of right and wrong

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moral argument

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30
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what are the limits for the arguments of the existence of God

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they do not specifically point to the God of the Bible
they are evidence of existence, not identity

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31
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The Bible presupposes what

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God’s existence

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32
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what argument says God claims to be an “uncaused” cause

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cosmological

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33
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what argument says God points to the design of creation as testimony of Himself

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teleological

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34
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what argument says God states that His existence is so reasonable and obvious that only a fool would reject it

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Ontological

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35
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what argument says God claims His nature is the basis for human morality

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moral

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36
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general revelation includes what

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creation and human conscience

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37
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what verse says creation bears witness to God’s glory.

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Psalm 19:1-6

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38
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what verse is the Biblical illustration of cosmological and teleological argument

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Psalm 19:1-6

39
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what is the verse for God has made some things about himself available to all of mankind

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Romans 1:19-20

40
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what verse is the Biblical illustration of cosmological and teleological argument

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Romans 1:19-20

41
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what is the verse for even those who have never had access to the Bible directly have an intuitive knowledge of the basics of morality

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Romans 2:14-15

42
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what verse goes with the moral argument

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Romans 2:14-15

43
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what is the gap that says God is self-existing, eternal, and all powerful-creator, whereas we human beings are dependent, temporal, and feeble creatures

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ontological gap

44
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what is the gap that says we are limited in our capacity to know and understand, especially to know and understand a being who is transcendent and radically different from us

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epistemological gap

45
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what is the gap says God is holy and morally perfect being, and we depraved and self-centered creatures, and our sin separates us from God and darkens our minds to truth

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moral gap

46
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scripture affirms that special revelation from God is available through what verse

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Psalm 19:7-11

47
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what are the 3 characteristics of General Revelation

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Given to all intended for all
sufficient for condemnation
declares God’s greatness

48
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what are 3 characteristics of Special Revelation

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given to few intended for all
sufficient for Salvation
declares God’s grace

49
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what are the implications of special revelation for apologetics and evangelism

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special revelation gives us a higher level of blessing
special revelation gives us a higher level of accountability
special revelation is what we share/defend with others

50
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understandability is the basis of what

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communication

51
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communication without availability is what

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useless

52
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what is based upon historical, cultural, spiritual content

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understandability

53
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what is externally and internally consistent

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the Bible

54
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what is scientifically, historically, and psychologically accurate

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the Bible

55
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2 Timothy 3:16-17 shows that inspiration is

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verbal, plenary, sufficient

56
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2 Peter 1:20-21 shows that inspiration is

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not from man
God prepared men
God moved men

57
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what verse says that God’s word is eternal

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Psalm 119:89-91

58
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what verse says the God’s word is permanent

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Isaiah 40:8

59
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what verse says that God’s word is preserved accurately and completely

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Matthew 5:18

60
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what is the group of Jewish sect and dedicated themselves to copying the texts called

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Masoretes

61
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what is knowing what we believe and why we believe it and being able to communicate it effectively

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apologetics

62
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what is the Latin term denoting the doctrine that human beings are created in the image and likeness of God

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Imago Dei

63
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The embodiment of God the Son in human form as Jesus Christ. In his incarnation, the divine nature of the Sone was united with human nature in one person, Jesus Christ, who is both truly God and truly man forever

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Incarnation

64
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A materialist worldview based on the political and economic theories of Karl Marx in his critique of capitalism

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Marxism

65
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Any worldview or philosophy that contends that physical matter is the only reality or form of existence

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Materialism

66
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Any worldview or philosophy that maintains that the natural universe of matter and energy is the only reality

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Naturalism

67
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Of or pertaining to knowledge, from the Greek word gnosis

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Noetic

68
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Humanity inherent propensity to sin and inclination to evil, which every person has inherited as a consequence of the fall of Adam in eating the forbidden fruit

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Original sin

69
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In philosophy, and in its most extreme form, the belief that all worldviews provide equally true, equally valid accounts of reality

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Pluralism

70
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a society - such as the United States, increasingly, or most of the nations of western Europe - in which Christianity is no longer recognized as the predominant worldview

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Post-christian

71
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any worldview or philosophy that rejects modern explanations of the world

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Postmodernism

72
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the European Christian movement in the sixteenth century that transformed the doctrine, practices, and structures of the Roman Catholic Church

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Protestant Reformation (Reformation)

73
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to be delivered from sin through the saving work of Jesus Christ.

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Redemption

74
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Miraculously rising to everlasting life after death in bodily form, as Jesus did on the third day after his crucifixion, and as every true follower of Jesus will do at the final judgement

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Resurrection

75
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the belief that humanity is capable of flourishing in life, morality, and happiness without believing in God

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Secular Humanism

76
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any violation or transgression of the law of God, or failure to follow its precepts and principles

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sin

77
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the divine power and kingly autonomy of God, who holds everything that happens under his absolute control

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sovereignty

78
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the biblical doctrine that there is one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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Trinity

79
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Briefly, the total perspective by which a person or a culture perceives and interprets the world

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Worldview

80
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what are the 4 conclusions of apologetics

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apologetics is the responsibility of all believers
apologetics must be done with passion and compassion
apologetics is for wining people not arguments
apologetics will not always be successful but the battle is worth the fight

81
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classical apologetics relies on what

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logic

82
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evidential apologetics relies on what

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evidence

83
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presuppositional apologetics relies on what

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scripture

84
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what is the argument that something is a condition of meaning or rationality

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transcendental argument

85
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what is the definition of a biblical worldview

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it is a way of thinking and behaving based upon God’s revelation that provides a filter through which every idea is evaluated, and every experience is interpreted

86
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what are the big questions of life

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where did we come from
who are we
whats wrong with the world
what solutions can be offered to fix it

87
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what question does where did we come from answer

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origin

88
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what question does who are we answer

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meaning

89
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what question does whats wrong with the world answer

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morality

90
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what question does what solution can be offered to fix it answer

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destiny

91
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who is the source of logic

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God is the source of logic; man did not invent logic

92
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what is the law of noncontradiction

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A is not non-A

93
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what is the law of identity

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A is A

94
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what is the law of the excluded middle class

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Either A or non-A

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