Question 1

____________________ denies the major claims of all varieties of theism.

Accepted Answer

Atheism

Question 2

Ninian Smart suggests that religion has four dimensions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Aquinas offered a version of the cosmological argument.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Samsara ends with ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Samsara ends with ____________________....

Question 5

Outline the Problem of Evil. Is this a problem for all religions, or not? Explain your answer. Do you think that this Problem can be met by the adherents of those religions that you believe it to be a problem for?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Outline the Problem of Evil. Is this...

Question 6

The Second Noble Truth identifies the source of the suffering that we experience in living as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Second Noble Truth identifies the source...

Question 7

"The Road" is a parable told by John Hick.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Anselm offered a version of the ontological argument.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

One objection to the design argument comes from the theory of evolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Third Noble Truth concerns the ending of samsara.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The belief in a personal God who is the creator of the world, present in its processes, and with whom we may come into contact, is

Accepted Answer

A)   Theism
B)   Monotheism
C)   Agnosticism
D)   Atheism

Question 12

The chief proponent of radical theology in our time is

Accepted Answer

A)   William Craig
B)   John Hicks
C)   Christopher Hitchens
D)   Paul Tillich

Question 13

Dembski argued that anything with "specified complexity" has to be produced by an intelligent being.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The mystical consciousness of the holy is termed ____________________ ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The mystical consciousness of the holy is...

Question 15

The view that the morality of an action is determined by the happiness or unhappiness that it produces is called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The view that the morality of an...

Question 16

Paley was the first to develop the argument from design.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Outline Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God. Do you believe that Kant's objection to this argument is successful? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Outline Anselm's ontological argument for the existence...

Question 18

Ernest Nagle rejected atheism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In what ways might it matter how we define religion? In answering this question this question think of the special status that we often afford religious beliefs and their accompanying practices, as opposed to non-religious moral beliefs and practices.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In what ways might it matter how...

Question 20

Do you believe that religion should be reason-based, faith-based, or experience-based? In answering this question take care both to justify your view, and also to explain what the differences between these approaches are.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Do you believe that religion should be...

Exam 4: Philosophy and God

____________________ denies the major claims of all varieties of theism.

Ninian Smart suggests that religion has four dimensions.

Aquinas offered a version of the cosmological argument.

Samsara ends with ____________________.

Outline the Problem of Evil. Is this a problem for all religions, or not? Explain your answer. Do you think that this Problem can be met by the adherents of those religions that you believe it to be a problem for?

The Second Noble Truth identifies the source of the suffering that we experience in living as ____________________.

"The Road" is a parable told by John Hick.

Anselm offered a version of the ontological argument.

One objection to the design argument comes from the theory of evolution.

The Third Noble Truth concerns the ending of samsara.

The belief in a personal God who is the creator of the world, present in its processes, and with whom we may come into contact, is

The chief proponent of radical theology in our time is

Dembski argued that anything with "specified complexity" has to be produced by an intelligent being.

The mystical consciousness of the holy is termed .

The view that the morality of an action is determined by the happiness or unhappiness that it produces is called ____________________.

Paley was the first to develop the argument from design.

Outline Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God. Do you believe that Kant's objection to this argument is successful? Explain your answer.

Ernest Nagle rejected atheism.

In what ways might it matter how we define religion? In answering this question this question think of the special status that we often afford religious beliefs and their accompanying practices, as opposed to non-religious moral beliefs and practices.

Do you believe that religion should be reason-based, faith-based, or experience-based? In answering this question take care both to justify your view, and also to explain what the differences between these approaches are.