Test 1 Flashcards

(30 cards)

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1 Peter 3:15

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Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give
the reason for the hope that you have.

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Apology

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logical defense

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Apologetics

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The study of the proofs that demonstrate the reliability of the Christian faith.

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Apologetics is also called

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“Christian Evidences”

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5
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Why did John write his Gospel

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  1. So that we might believe

2. So that we might live

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Reasons To Study Apologetics

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  1. To strengthen your own faith

2. To help others come to believe

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Cosmological Argument

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1. If there ever were a time when nothing existed, nothing would now
exist 
2. The cosmos either:
1.) is an illusion
2.) is eternal
3. has cause
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“The existing cosmos in an undeniable evidence of God.” Who said this

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Thomas Aquinas

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Kalam Cosmological Argument

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  1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause for its existence
  2. The cosmos began to exist
  3. Therefore the cosmos has a cause for its existence
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What can we observe from the effect of the cosmos

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  1. That cause must have great power
  2. It’s cause must be intelligent
  3. The cause must possess beauty
  4. The cause must be eternal
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The Teleological Argument is also known as

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Argument From Design or Intelligent Design

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12
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Psalm 19:1

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The heavens declare the glory of God and the skies proclaim

the works of his hands.

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Romans 1:20

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Gods invisible qualities are clearly seen through what has

been made.

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What would have happened if the Stanley Miller’s Experiments had succeeded

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he would not have disproven creation, but
illustrated creation
Intelligence was required

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15
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What is the importance of the Cambrian Explosion

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It showed a sudden

emergence of complex life

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What shows that even the simplest design is complex

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The single cell is a complex machine

17
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What summarizes the Moral Argument

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Man Has an Inner Sense of Right and Wrong

18
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According to Romans 2:14, where has God written the requirements of the law?

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peoples’ hearts

19
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What is his evidence for the moral law that is written in everyone’s hearts?

20
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Two things that the Conscience does

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  1. Accuses us when we do wrong

2. Excuses us when we do wrong

21
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When people make excuses for their failures what do they admit exists

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A standard of right and wrong

22
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The Intuitional Argument

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People have an inner, natural knowledge of God

“Man is incurably religious.”)

23
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“You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are not at rest until they
rest in You.” Who said this

24
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What did the inscription say on the statue when Paul was preaching on Mar’s Hill?

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“To An Unknown God”

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What did Paul say during his sermon on Mar's Hill?
God has so made man so that man would seek Him
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The Argument From Degrees Of Being
The existence of qualities in comparative degrees implies their existence in the absolute degree. These are qualities of the Creator.
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Qualities that exsist in the Argument From Degrees Of Being
beauty, power, knowledge
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"The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be." Who said it?
Carl Sagan
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What are the weaknesses of atheism?
1. Requires The Cosmos Emerging From Nothing | 2. Requires "The Spontaneous Generation Of Life"
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What are the problems with the idea of the spontaneous generation of life?
1. Never observed in nature 2. Never reproduced in a lab 3. It contradicts laws of nature