Test Revision Flashcards
What is Theology?
The study of religious faith
What is Philosophy?
The study of knowledge, reality and existence
What is the newest religion?
Sikhism
What is the oldest religion?
Hinduism
When was Christianity founded?
30
What is an “ultimate question”?
The biggest questions about life
What is the Socratic method?
Where you continuously ask questions about answers
Who was the last of the “great three”?
Aristotle
What did Plato argue?
There was a perfect world outside this one
What did Aristotle say was the perfect way of living in this world(the perfect middle)?
The golden mean
What is the definition of a realist thinker?
Someone who hopes or accepts only what seems likely and no more
What is the definition of a cynic?
A person who believes people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere
What is the holy book of Judaism?
The Torah
What is the Jewish place of worship?
Synagogue
Who is the founder of Judaism?
Abraham
What is the name of the small hat Jews wear?
Kippah
When and where did Abraham live before his pilgrimage?
1900BC In the Fertile Crescent
What did Aristotle say what something was if it had too much virtue?
Vice of excess
What is the definition of an atheist
Someone who believes that God cannot exist
What is the definition of a theist
Someone who believes that God exists
What is the definition of an agnostic
Someone who is not sure about the existence of a God.
Who are Three Important Jewish Figures
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, any of the 12 tribes, Moses.
What is one Jewish write of passage
Bar/Bat Mitzvah (son or daughter of commandment)
What is a covenant?
An agreement or promise where both ‘sides’ have to do something
