Theology Quiz 3/24/25

The Pillar of Truth

Objective Truth

Real definitions

Divine Revelation

Commone Understanding

Conscience

Reason

Principles of Reason

Objective Evidence

Non-Contradiction

Complete Explanation

Common Understanding

Shared thoughts or beliefs

Reason

The ability of the human mind to think about things logically

Conscience

The ability of your reason to judge, here and now, whether a particular act you have done or are doing or about to do is good or evil

Divine Revelation

Principles that've been used to help form our conscience that comes from religions

Principle of Non-Contradiction

Something cant be both "X" and "not X" in the same respect at the same place and time

Principle of Complete Explanation

The best explanation is the one which accounts for the most data

Principle of Objective Evidence

For a claim to be reasonable, you must provide evidence that can be verified by others

Principle

a basic or fundamental truth that is used to support a line of reasoning, a belief, or a way of behaving

Real Defintion

Tries to get the essence of the thing that one is defining

Nominal Defintion

assigns a name to a thing, doesnt tell you about the object, and is easily changeable

Physical Description

When something looks like or is described to be

Powers

What something can do

Conditions

Circumstances affecting the way people live or work

Full Purpose

Final end or goal

Human's Physical Description

-Size

-Shapes

-Appearances

Human's Powers

-Take in energy

-Let out waste

-Grow and reproduce

-Experience pain and plessure

-Desires for the transcendentals

-Move from one place to another

Human's Conditions

-Water

-Nutrition

-Certain temperature

-Companionship

-Forgiveness

Human's Full Purpose

-Fulfill our high power (transcendentals)

-Fulfill telos