Exam 2 Bible

God's invisible qualities, eternal power, and divine nature

According to Romans 1:20, what can people understand about God through creation?

Fourth Way, the argument from gradation

Which argument reasons from degrees of goodness and perfection to something supremely good?

What is match reality

According to the correspondence theory of truth, a statement is true when it does this.

true and satisfying

According to first chapter, the authors of Stand Firm hope readers will see Christianity as both this and this.

cosmology

What is the study of the origins and structure of the universe called?

Fifth Way, the argument from design

Which argument reasons that natural things acting toward ends point to an intelligent director?

That someone can "see the elephant" or the full picture while claiming that others cannot

the major critique of the elephant illustration as it relates to religious pluralism

Kalam cosmological argument

This argument reasons from the beginning of the universe to a cause of the universe.

infanticide

When a specific claim undermines the broader principle on which it depends, this Tactics concept applies.

Georges Lemaître

Which Catholic priest proposed the Big Bang theory?

First Way, the argument from motion

Which of Aquinas's Five Ways argues that motion requires a first mover?

Moral Law/Law of Man

C. S. Lewis uses this term for the moral standard that people recognize they ought to follow.

teleological argument

This argument uses the order, complexity, or fine-tuning of the universe as evidence of an intelligent designer.

sibling rivalry

When two claims held by the same person contradict each other, this Tactics concept identifies the conflict.

A literal 6-day creation account

According to our lecture, what is one belief about the beginning of the universe that is not essential to the Christian worldview?

Third Way, the argument from contingency

Which argument reasons from contingent things to a necessary being?

moral subjectivism

This theory claims that moral truth depends on personal opinion rather than objective standards.

5,600

Approximately how many partial or complete New Testament manuscripts are available?

respond to the challenge by asking a relevant question that helps clarify or examine the assumptions behind it

When someone challenges your Christian beliefs with a question, what does Chapter 9's turnabout tactic help you do?

the universe's life-permitting conditions provide evidence supporting an intelligent Creator

What is the central claim of the fine-tuning argument?

the Second Way, the argument from efficient cause

Which argument claims that a series of causes and effects requires a first cause?

Objective truth is dependent on the _________and subjective truth is dependent on the ____________.

object (claim itself), subject (the person making the claim)

the argument from reason

This argument reasons that our ability to think rationally is best explained by a rational source beyond the natural world.