Apologetics Unit 4 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS 100% Verified

Apologetics Unit 4 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS 100% Verified The principle of cause and effect is a philosophical concept that seeks to explain the relation between an event (cause) and a second event (effect). Perhaps the simplest way to define this philosophical concept is: An effect explains (blank) has happened whereas a cause explains (blank) it has happened. - Answer- 1. what 2. why Romans 1:20 says, "For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse." Because of what has been (blank) (effect), all humans have the ability to perceive that there is a divine (blank) (cause). - Answer- 1. made 2. Maker What is the first premise in the cause and effect argument for God's existence? - Answer- Everything that begins to exist has a cause. What is the second premise in the cause and effect argument for God's existence? - Answer- The universe began to exist. What is the conclusion of the cause and effect argument for God's existence? - Answer- The universe has a cause. What does the scientific Law of Causality state? - Answer- Something cannot come from nothing. Of the two premises in the cause and effect argument for God's existence, skeptics are most likely to challenge the second premise. What five points (all from science) back the second premise up (The universe began to exist)? - Answer- 1. Second Law of Thermodynamics 2. Expanding universe 3. Einstein's theory of General Relativity 4. Radiation echo 5. Galaxy seeds What does the Second Law of Thermodynamics state? - Answer- Everything tends towards disorder, including the universe. You have just been introduced to the design argument for God's existence. What does Premise 1 state? Premise 2? What about the conclusion? - Answer- Premise 1: Every design has a designer Premise 2: The universe is designed Conclusion: The universe has a designer Who first used the watchmaker argument in an effort to prove that all things are the product of a designer, including the universe? - Answer- William Paley A watch implies a (blank). Likewise, an intricately designed universe requires a (blank) - Answer- 1. watchmaker 2. designer A building, much like the Empire State Building, requires a(n) ________. Similarly, a designed universe requires a Designer. - Answer- Builder or architect If the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere were any higher, fires would continually erupt; if it were any lower, humans would suffocate. What percentage of the atmosphere does oxygen make up? - Answer- 21% What would happen if the 23-degree axial tilt of the earth were altered? - Answer- Temperatures on earth would be too extreme for life. How many billion stars are there in the Milky Way galaxy? What is the average distance between each star? - Answer- 100 billion; 30 trillion miles What does Isaiah 40:25-26 say? - Answer- God created all the stars and knows each by name. Match the moral argument premises and conclusion on the left with the correct statements on the right. - Answer- Premise 1: Objective moral laws imply a moral lawgiver Premise 2: There is an objective moral law Conclusion: There is a moral lawgiver What is the difference between "objectivity" and "subjectivity"? Objectivity is (blank) of people's opinions whereas subjectivity is (blank) on people's opinions. - Answer- 1. independent 2. dependent When humans argue over right and wrong, they appeal to a (blank) moral law that they assume everyone is (blank) of, (blank) to, and cannot (blank) - Answer- 1. higher 2. aware 3. holds 4. change Why is it that the objective moral law that exists cannot be the product of humans? - Answer- Because it would be as different as everything else humans have invented. How can you prove that an objective moral law does, in fact, exist? - Answer- By examining the most basic laws of every country throughout the world. Romans 2:14-16 suggests that the objective moral law comes from the ultimate Lawgiver, who is God, and that he has written this law onto the (blank) and into the (blank) of every human being that has ever lived. - Answer- 1. heart 2. conscience What does the Law of Causality prove? - Answer- Something cannot come from nothing. What would happen if the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere were any higher? What about if it were lower? - Answer- Fires would continually erupt; humans would suffocate What is a worldview? - Answer- The invisible lens through which one views the world Who has a worldview? - Answer- Everyone What are the four worldview questions? - Answer- 1. Where did you come from? 2. What is your purpose in life? 3. What happens when you die? 4. What do you believe about right and wrong? Match the worldview questions on the left with the correct summary of each on the right. 1. Where did you come from? 2. What is your purpose in life? 3. What do you believe about right and wrong? 4. What happens when you die? - Answer- Question abo