Bible Final Exam

what is the study of God?

theology

What is the study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality?

philosophy

study of moral conducts, values, and duties?

ethics

study of life and living organisms?

biology

The study of the human mind and soul?

physiology

study of human societies and institutions?

sociology

study of ordinances to be peaceful?

law

The study of community governance?

politics

The study of the management of resources?

economics

study of the past?

history

the evidence of a person worldview plays in his?

actions

Name 2 worldviews that is considered secular

secularism and post modernism

name a non-secular worldview

Christianity

Our worldview affects how we live

"ideas have consequences"

name one of life's big question a worldview must answer

where do we come from

what has been affected by sin?

everything

what is the question that general revelation can answer?

Does God exist?

name two resources you can use to understand the Bible?

Holy Spirit other Christians

Islam and Christianity disagree on what?

Trinity

Islam and Christianity agree on what?

that there is a god

Christianity and Secularism agree on what?

that we need a critical age

describe two of the five pillars

pray five times and fasting

what is the special revelation of Christianity?

Bible

what is the special revelation of Islam?

Quran

The study of the order and design of the universe is known as what?

cosmology

which worldview is considered as here and now?

secularism

which worldview believes that the only way to have peace with God is to believe in what?

Christianity

which institution is most dominated?

education

According to Secularism, what is the biggest problem with secularism?

religion

Some pattern of ideas, habbits .....

worldview

what is the most reliable way to form new ideas about the world?

research in the Bible

if someone tells you that Christianity is the only worldview you should?

research the Bible yourself

what is the major point of division between worldviews?

Jesus

why is it impossible for all worldviews to be true?

they don't agree plus they contradict each other.

which worldview believes Jesus was one of many prophets and one day will judge the people of the world?

Islam

which worldview explains things the best?

Christianity

Christianity in three words

Creation, Fall, Redemption

You need to know all six worldviews and all ten disciplines

1. Christianity
2. Islam
3. Secular Humanism
4. Marxism
5. New Spirituality
6. Postmodernism

Worldview

a person's view of the worldview that consists of the set of beliefs on which he bases his life

Religion

the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

God is personal

He knows Himself to be, and He possesses the characteristics of self-determination

God has made himself known

through the Bible and His creations

God has created

Human beings are fallen

because of sin

God has redeemed

What do we call that for any worldview

metanarrative

How do we understand the Bible?

the holy spirit

What does the bible say about humanity

fallen and created in the image of God

What does the bible say is wrong with us

we are fallen and sinful

What does the bible say how we should live

live in relationship with Jesus Christ

What is Islam?

the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah. Submission to Allah

Islamists

extreme fundamentalist Muslims

Jihad

A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal. A holy war to further Islam

Quran

The holy book of Islam

Sunni

A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad. Majority

Shiite

a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Muhammed and rejects the first three caliphs. Minority

Sufi

The branch of Islam that believes in a more mystical connection with Allah.

What does islam say about jesus and salvation

he was a prophet, good teacher, he will return on the day of judgement

5 pillars what they are and what they are about

Statement of faith- "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet."
Fasting- fast during the daylight hours of the month of Ramadan
Almsgiving- give the poor 2.5% of your income.
Travel/Pilgrimage to Mecca
Prayer- pray 5 times a day towards Mecca

How do muslims think we will be judged

with a scale

Where is secular humanist most influential

colleges

Who do secular humanist look to

people

Marxism

the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded

Communism

A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

Capitalism

An economic system based on private ownership of capital

Socialism

A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

Dialectical materialism

The idea, according to Karl Marx, that change and development in history results from the conflict between social classes. Economic forces impel human beings to behave in socially determined ways.

Economic determinism

the belief that human behavior and relationships are ultimately caused by differences in financial resources and the disparity in power that those gaps create

Bourguoisie

the haves not the have nots

Proletariat

"have nots" working class

What is the foundational document for marxism

communist manifesto

Understand the proletariat morality

anything that benefits the proletariat is good, and vice versa

Transcendentalism

A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's, in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature, and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter, intuition is valuable, that each soul is part of the Great Spirit, and each person is part of a reality where only the invisible is truly real. Promoted individualism, self-reliance, and freedom from social constraints, and emphasized emotions.

Consciousness

our awareness of ourselves and our environment. Everything is part of consciousness

Pantheism

the belief that the divine reality exists in everything

What do they say about jesus

jesus is one of the best examples to reach that consciousness

Karma

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation

Nirvana

The state of englightenment for Buddhists.

Gaia Hypothesis

States that the environment on a global level has been changed for the better by life over the history of life on earth.
The planet, or rather the biosphere, is most likely to self-regulate an organism

Modernism

A cultural movement embracing human empowerment and rejecting traditionalism as outdated. Rationality, industry, and technology were cornerstones of progress and human achievement.

Nihilism

belief in nothing

Deconstruction

a type of critical postmodern analysis that involves taking apart or disassembling old ways of thinking

Metanarrative

a single, overarching interpretation, or grand story, of reality

Anti-realism

the denial of the existence or accessibility of an objective reality