Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Define worldview

A

A way of seeing

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2
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How is worldview described in “Making sense of your world”

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My blueprint for reality describing my understanding of the world and prescribing how I will live in it

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3
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World view can be described as our _______ __ ________

A

Map of reality

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4
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What is the famous quote from Socrates

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The unexamined life is not worth living

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5
Q

Each culture gives the impression that their way is the right way to _________ and that their outlook is the right way to _________

A

Behave

Believe

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6
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Define general revelation,

A

Knowledge that comes through Gods created work

Is discerned through human discovery

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7
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Define special revelation

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Deeper insights about life are revealed through Gods word

Are exclusively divine disclosure

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8
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Can someone believe in more than one worldview?

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No because the central premise is opposed by other world views

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9
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What are the three basic categories of world views

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Naturalism
Theism
Pantheism

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10
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Define naturalism

What is it also known as

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No supernatural realm

Also known as atheism

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11
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Atheists prefer being called _______ but many are called ________ or _______

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Humanists

Skeptics and agnostics

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12
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What is the difference between a skeptic and an agnostic

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Skeptics say I doubt there is a god

Agnostics say I don’t know if there is a God

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13
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Define theism

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More than the physical world, believes in a god who created it

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14
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While Judaism, Islam, and Christianity are all ________________ only Christianity is ____________

A

Theo-centric

Christo-centric

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15
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Define Theo-centric

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God centered

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16
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Define Christo-centric

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Christ centered

17
Q

Christianity believes that the Bible ______ is the infallible word of god, god is the ______ God, and Jesus is the ____ means of salvation

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Alone

Triune

Only

18
Q

The Bible is the spiritual foundation of Christian theism, and it has three fundamental truths:

A

A personal creator exists

Created life has a meaning

God reveals his purposes

19
Q

Define pantheism

A

Declares that there is only one level of reality, the realm of spiritual or divine

20
Q

Define pan

A

All

21
Q

Define theos

A

God

22
Q

Define monism

A

All is one

23
Q

Give an example of pantheism

A

Hinduism

24
Q

Define deism

A

Lies between naturalism and theism

25
Q

Define polytheism

What’s the other name for polytheism

A

Lies between theism and pantheism

Neo-paganism

26
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Secularist

A

I don’t care if there is a god