Bible Midterm Religions Flashcards
(109 cards)
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What does the term worldview literally mean?
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Way of seeing
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What is general revelation?
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Knowledge that comes through His created works.
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What is special revelation
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A deeper insight about life that are revealed through Gods word
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Which (of 5) worldview is there a radical distinction between creation and creator
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Theism
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Which worldview is between theism and pantheism
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Polytheism
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Which worldview lies between naturalism and theism
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Deism
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Which worldview is also known as ——-
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Neopaganism
Polytheism
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Which worldview has no supernatural realm
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Naturalism
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Which worldview believes god is entirely beyond our world and not within
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Deism
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Which worldview is there no distinction between creator and creation
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Pantheism
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Which worldview has many gods
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Polytheism
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Which worldview believes all is god
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Pantheism
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Which worldview believes there is no god
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Naturalism
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Which worldview believes there is a god
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Theism or deism
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What is the difference between inclusivity and exclusivist
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Exclusivist is only the followers of Christ worship the one true God and that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ
Incusivism- salvation is accessible in other religions
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What is the difference between syncretism sand fundamentalists
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Syncretists build bridges to promote unity between religions
Fundamentalists create boundaries to protect their beliefs from other religions
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What is the difference between naturalism, pantheism and theism
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Naturalism = human centered, basic assumption is evolution, sin = human limitation
Thesis = god centered
Basic assumption = divine creation
Sin = spuritual separation
Pantheism = nature centered
Basic assumption = emanation
Sin = human ignorance
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What three fundamental principles set Christianity apart from other world religions?
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- ) 1 triune god
- ) the Bible is gods only infallible revelation
- ) Jesus is the only mediator to God
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What is the “root” of all other sins?
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Idolatry - exalting anything created higher than the creator
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What is the first biblical account of any significant change in the worship of God?
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Cain and Abel
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From a biblical perspective, how many “altars” are there?
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- ) human centered religion
- ) god centered religion
Only 2
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What is idolatry
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A.) exalting anything created higher than the creator
B.) holding a view of God that is not in harmony with Gods revelation of himself in the Bible
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What is the difference between human centered & god centered religion
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A.) human centered - god favorable responding to what the human does
B.) god centered - when I respond favorably to what god does
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What is the role of Love vs the role of the law
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Role of love is to inspire and motivate us to obey god and serve others
Role of law is to instruct us. Also to define what obedience to,god and serving others really means
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What are the 4 questions driving the formation of a worldview
1. ) where am I from
2. ) where am I going
3. ) what is my problem
4. ) what is my solution
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What is the primary focus of the great controversy
It’s all about the character of god
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What two purposes did god plan to use the plagues for (for the Egyptians especially)
1. ) to show the uselessness of Egyptian deities
| 2. ) provide an opportunity for Egyptians to turn to Israel’s god
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Although science can measure what already exists, what can god alone give it?
Value and meaning
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Why did god reject Cain’s sacrifice & what significance does that reveal for you today?
It wasn’t what he asked
Always obey god
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What is the difference between atheism, exclusivist, inclusivity & pluralism
1. ) exclusivist - saves only through Christ
2. ). Inclusivism - saved through any religion
3. ) pluralism - everyone will be saved
4. ) atheism - religion never saved anyone
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What are the 5 fundamental beliefs most unique to the seventh day adventists church? 5 S’s
Sabbath
State of the dead
Second coming
Sanctuary
Steak - “the health message”
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What is a sacrament?
Something you do to receive salvation,and grace
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List the,levels of glory (heaven) according to the Mormons
Celestial kingdom (highest)
Terrestrial kingdom (middle)
Telestial kingdom (lowest)
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According to the Mormons, who is “Maroni”?
Christian angel who showed Joseph Smith where the golden plates were buried
Golden plates of macaroni.
Joseph Smith (will Smith’s yellow son) was hungry and went looking for macaroni. Christian angel showed him where the golden plates full of macaroni were.
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According to the Mormons, Jesus grace is not sufficient to cover all sins; what else might be required in such situations?
Sometimes require sinners own blood
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Who was the founder of Mormonism?
Joseph Smith
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What are the Mormons formally known as
Latter Day Saints
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When do Mormons fast, for long, and what do they do with the money
On one Sunday a month, and the money that is saved, is donated to the church for the lower income families
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Why is,family genealogy so important to the Mormons?
So they can know their past relatives who didn’t know the gospel; so that they can be baptized by proxy in the temple
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Which of the three Lutheran synods are considered the most conservative?
The Wisconsin synods
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Who is the founder of Methodism
John Wesley
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What was the major doctrinal reason for John and Charles Wesley to separate from John Calvin?
Predestination
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What is the reason for the Methodists name
Because of their methodical way of carrying out their Christian faith
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What are the two sacraments Methodists practice?
Baptism and communion
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How many people do the Jehovah’s Witness believe will rule with god?
144,000
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Which preacher had a heavy influence on the founders of Jehovah’s Witness & SDA
William Miller
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Why isn’t the cross used in the worship services at a Kingdom Hall?
They don’t use symbolism and they believe Jesus died on a stake
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How long do Jehovahs witnesses believe creation took?
7,000 years
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What is the reason for the name Jehovah’s Witness?
To emphasize its members belief that Jehovah, or Yahweh, is the true God and that the witnesses we’re his specially chosen followers
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Which holiday do Jehovah’s witnesses celebrate?
None
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Who founded the Jehovah’s Witness?
Charles t. Russel
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What Anglican (the Church of England, that was started by king George so he could divorce priest inspired the Methodist reformation
John Wesley
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What are John Wesley’s three basic precepts?
Do not harm
Do good
Stay in love with god
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Over what major issue did the Wesleyan Church leave the Methodist Church?
Slavery. Wesleyan don’t believe in slavery, Methodists did
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What are the gods of the Hindu “trinity”and what are their roles?
Brahma (the creator)
Vishnu (the preserver)
Shiva (the destroyer)
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According to,a Hindu what is “moshka”
Salvation. Moksha is attained when a enlightened human being is freed from the endless cycle fo death and reincarnation and comes into a state of completeness of being, one with Brahman
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According to a Hindu, what is “the path to moshka”
Moksha can be achieved in one of three ways: the way of works, the way of knowledge, or the way of devotion
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Describe the highest of the Hindu castes. All the definitions were in the pictures but we had delete those
Brahmins.
Brahmin translates to supreme self, to the first of the gods
Highest varna in Vedic Hinduism
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Second highest of the Hindu castes
Khasitryas
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Third highest of the Hindu castes
Vaishayas (merchants and landowners)
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Fourth highest of the Hindu castes
Shudras
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What determines reincarnation if Hinduism
If a person is evil, he may be reincarnated as a rat. If he does good deeds during his life, he can be reincarnated as a wealthy man. The good or bad deeds you preform during your life determines your state of reincarnation
Aka karma
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What is karma?
Humans can create good or bad consequences for their actions and might reap the rewards of those actions in this life or in a future human rebirth
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Is the Moravian love feast a substitute for communion?
No
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What is “gods acre”
Moravian burial ground / cemetery
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What is the official. Name of “the Moravian Church” since the 1400s
Unitas fratrum
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Which reformer heavily influenced the Moravian Church?
John hus
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What do Presbyterians believe happens to the soul after death?
That the soul goes immediately to glory
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Who is the founder of the Presbyterian Church?
John Calvin
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What does predestination mean to Presbyterians?
There are certain elect, that are predestined for heaven or hell
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What is the original name of the one known as “Buddha”
Siddhartha gautama
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List and describe the 4 noble truths of Buddhism
The truth of suffering
The truth of the cause of suffering
The truth of the path that frees us from suffering
The truth of the end of suffering
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“List” the 8 fold paths of Buddhism ( of of the four noble truths)
Right understanding
Right— thought
Speech
Action
Lillie hood
Effort
Mindfulness
Concentration
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What is the greatest goal of Buddhism
To reach nirvana (end of karma, end of pain and suffering)
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Where did Buddha achieve this greatest goal of Buddhism?
Under the bondhi treee
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What led to the divide in the mennonites, starting the Amish?
Jacob Amman believed the church should practice shunning
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What do the Amish believemelectricity can lead to?
Slothfulness
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How do the Amish evangelize
The concept of spreading the faith through words strikes the Amish as hollow. They believe the best way to judge a persons faith is to see it lived in context, in community. Unless they are asked, putting their faith into words for people they have never met before and may never see again makes little sense to them . There is little point, in the view, to inviting someone to a personal relationship with god without requiring obedience to a church based lifestyle.
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What is the Amish rumspringa (running around)?
Age of 16 the Amish go and experience the English world and decide whether or not they want to be baptized
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The immaculate conception describes those whose sinless state?
Mary’s
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Why do the Catholics pray to Mary!is she a god?
She’s not a god. They pray because they think she will listen to her.
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What is the meaning of the world “transubstiation”
The Roman Catholic view that the bread and wine are actually changed (in substance) into the body and blood of Christ by the priest during the Eucharist.
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What is the meaning of “Consubstantiation?
Consubstantiation- The substance is wine and bread but also exists as flesh and blood.
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Catholic,sacraments
Eucharist. (The lords supper with transubstiation)
Confirmation
Baptism
Marriage
Reconciliation
Holy orders
Anointing of the sick
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Describe the catholic belief of purgatory
Where you go after you die to be purged from your sins
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What does “vicar” mean?
Member of the clergy; representative of a bishop
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Who created the Anglican Church and why?
King Henry the 8th to get a divorce
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What are the 5 catapillars is Islam?
Shahada
Salah
Zakat
Swam
Hajj
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How many wives can a Muslim have?
Four
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What is the difference between a Muslim & Islam
Islam is the religion, Muslims are the adherents
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Through whom did the Jewish nation begin?
Abraham
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Who is the most holy and acknowledges prophet for Judaism?
Moses
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What is the Pentateuch?
First 5 books of the Bible
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How long is the Jewish sabbath
Sundown to sundown
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Which religion using shunnning as a church discipline
Amish and Jehovah witness
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What is pastor joes favorite word
Bruh
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Which religion has a book of instruction entitlesd, “the pearl of great price?”
Mormons
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Which religion has a book of instruction entitles, “new world translation?”
Jehovah witness
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Which religion has a book of instruction entitles “the book of concord”
Lutheran
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Which religion has a book of instruction entitles “the vedas”
Hinduism
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Which religion has a book if instruction entitled “the watchtower”
Jehovah’s Witness?
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Which religion has a book of instruction entitled “the Torah”
Judaism
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Which religion has an oral Tradition of rules entitled “the ordnung”
Amish
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Which religion has a mottle of “in essentials, unity; in non essentials, liberty; in all
Moravian
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Which religion uses shunning as a method of church discipline?
Amish and Jehovah witness
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Salah are the prayers given 5x a day in this religion
Islam
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For the Mormon settlers, “this is” “the place”
Salt Lake City, Utah
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Jehovah’s Witness believe in the invisible appearing of Jesus in 1914 to begin Armageddon, otherwise known as the
Parasea
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Name the 5 Johns of the Christian religions
John hus - Moravian influencer
John Knox - head of plant services at MPA
John Smith -baptist
John Wesley - Wesleyan Church but also Methodist
John Calvin - Calvinist
