Multiple choice questions

What does Lewis mean by the term “Christianity-and-water”?

A religion in which God does not ask us to do or believe anything difficult

What type of person must believe that most of the human race is completely wrong about the question that matters to them the most?

Atheist

he belief that the world IS God is known as…

Pantheism

Like reality, Christianity tends to be ______ and ______ when you carefully examine it.

Complicated and odd

Why did God give his creations free will if they could use that freedom to do evil?

Because only free creatures are truly able to love

What objection to Christianity does the famous “Lunatic, Liar, or Lord” trilemma answer?

Jesus was just a good moral teacher, not God”

To what action is Lewis referring in this quotation from Book 2 Chapter 4? “We now need God's help in order to do something which God, in His own nature, never does at all.”

Repentance

What is at the heart of all theories about how Christianity works?

That the death of Jesus puts us into a right relationship with God

Many people do not want to believe things…

on the basis of authority

Which 3 things does Lewis identify as the means by which the new life of Christ is passed on?

Baptism, belief, and communion

What does Lewis believe is revealed by people arguing?

A common standard of right and wrong behavior

What does Lewis note about the moral teachings of various ancient societies?

They are very similar in what they consider right and wrong

What does Lewis say is implied by the idea that societies can make moral progress?

There must be a standard of morality

There is no one _______ inside ourselves that we can always point to as being “good.”

instinct or impulse

If we say the weather, or a tree, or a stone is “bad”…

…we are not making a moral judgment

To say that someone has a “materialistic” or “naturalistic” worldview would imply that…

They don’t believe in anything they cannot touch or see

Which of these questions is NOT one that science can answer?

Why is there a universe at all?

What is one reason people might want believe in a “force” god, like star wars?

An impersonal force asks nothing from you

What makes the God behind the moral law terrifying?

Our own inability to keep his moral law

The moral law alone does not show that God is…

forgiving