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Defending the Faith unit 4
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Religious Studies
11th Grade
05/19/2013

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The idea that all is one and therefore all is God, that God is the universe
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pantheism
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One who values knowledge purely for the sake of its consequences
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pragmatist
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worthy of belief or consequences
Definition
credibility
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verifiable by means of observation or experiment
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empirical
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one who believes that truth is relative rather than absolute
Definition
relativist
Term
Where did i come from?
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origin
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how do i separate good from bad?
Definition
morality
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what's going to happen to me when i die?
Definition
destiny
Term
what is my life's meaning?
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purpose
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the __________ Basis
does it really work?
Definition
pragmatic
Term
the ____ basis
can i sense it in my experience internally
Definition
experiential
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the ________ or metaphysical basis
does it fit the big picture?
Definition
cosmic
Term
the ________ basis
did what it says really happen?
Definition
historical
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The ___________ basis
does it provide relational support?
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community
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T or F
A worldview is a set of beliefs that underlie and shape all human thought and action.
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true
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T or F
The question is whether you have a worldview or not, not how good it is because all worldviews are true and equal.
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false
Term
T or F
The logical Law of Identity means that inferences can be made from what is known to what is unknown.
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false
Term
T or F
The logical Law of Rational Inference is an object is identical to itself.
Definition
false
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T or F
the logical Law of Non-Contradiction states that two contradictory statements cannot be true in the same sense at the same time.
Definition
true
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T or F
The logical law of the Excluded Middle states that just because two things have one thing in common does not mean they have everything in common.
Definition
true
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T or F
You can expect a sinner to insist on his own view of things.
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true
Term
T or f
conversion and evangelism are both the prerogative of the believer in Christ.
Definition
false
Term
T or f
Ontology deals with how you know whether or not something is true
Definition
false
Term
T or f
If you understand the worldview of the people you are speaking to, you will have an effect.
Definition
true
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The ultimate goal of understanding worldviews and communicating your worldview is
a. to get the one to whom you are communicating to God
b. to get the one to whom you are communicating to know they are wrong
c. to get the one to whom you are communicating to know that if walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it must be a duck
Definition
a
Term
Two theories or methods of truth testing are
a. correspondance and contradiction
b. coherence and community
c. contratiness and contradiction
d. correspondence and coherence
Definition
d
Term
In order to unpack a worldview and connect it with reality that worldview must show
a. logical consistency
b. empirica adequacy
c. pragmatic application
d. a and b
e. b and c
f. all of the above
Definition
d
Term
Which of the following is necessary in order for a worldview to be persuasive?
a. a strong foundation in correspondence (factual support)
b. a high degree of coherence (internal consistency)
c. explanatory power (the integration of facts and deductions)
d. avoid two extremes (neither too complicated not too simplimatic)
e. more than one line of evidence
f. able to refute contrary worldviews
g. a, b, c, and d
h. e and f
i. all of the above
Definition
i
Term
In the four steps of communicating your worldview Justification answers which of the following questions?
a. how do you identify with your listener
b. why do you believe what you believe
c. what about your story is persuasive
d. how can you translate your message into their idiom?
e. none of the above
Definition
b
Term
The ordered relationship of ontology to epistemology to axiology is
a. to live, to know, to be
b. to be, to know, to live
c. to know, to live, to be
Definition
b
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