RLGN 105 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Critical Thinking - Answer--recognizing and evaluating opinions and so-called evidence
-reflecting on the meaning/importance of statements/ideas
Characteristics of critical thinking - Answer--constantly evaluate their own attitudes, values, and
opinions
-understanding that having a right to an opinion does not mean that every opinion is right
-they seek clarification of terms
The law of non-contradiction ( law of logic) - Answer--Something cannot both exist and not exist or be
true and false at the same time and in the same way
Worldview - Answer-- A commitment, a fundamental/orientation of the heart
-basis for your moral decision making
5 Questions to understand worldview - Answer-1. Orgin
2. Idenity
, 3. meaning
4. morality
5.destiny
Bandwagon - Answer--justifying a course of action b/c everyone else is
Ex: smoking bc everyone else is doing it
Is/ought , or naturalistic fallacy - Answer--concluding about the way things ought to be simply on the
basis of how thing are or are assumed to be
Ex:
Red Herring - Answer--Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary issue. This
argument appeals to a persons fears and sense of pity.
Ex:
Straw Man - Answer--misrepresenting a position to make it seem weaker than it really is or to demonize
the position to make it sound worse than it really is.
Ex:
Ad Hominem - Answer--seeking to discredit a person's argument by attacking their personal character,
origin, associations, etc.
Ex. Judging a woman that aborted her baby while she's speaking against it.
The revelation of Good and Right - Answer--Conduct and conscience, codes and conflix
Special revelation- God makes known vital truths about himself which he has made known in nature.
Proof-texting - Answer--taking scripture out of context to support a personal interpretation
AND ANSWERS
Critical Thinking - Answer--recognizing and evaluating opinions and so-called evidence
-reflecting on the meaning/importance of statements/ideas
Characteristics of critical thinking - Answer--constantly evaluate their own attitudes, values, and
opinions
-understanding that having a right to an opinion does not mean that every opinion is right
-they seek clarification of terms
The law of non-contradiction ( law of logic) - Answer--Something cannot both exist and not exist or be
true and false at the same time and in the same way
Worldview - Answer-- A commitment, a fundamental/orientation of the heart
-basis for your moral decision making
5 Questions to understand worldview - Answer-1. Orgin
2. Idenity
, 3. meaning
4. morality
5.destiny
Bandwagon - Answer--justifying a course of action b/c everyone else is
Ex: smoking bc everyone else is doing it
Is/ought , or naturalistic fallacy - Answer--concluding about the way things ought to be simply on the
basis of how thing are or are assumed to be
Ex:
Red Herring - Answer--Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary issue. This
argument appeals to a persons fears and sense of pity.
Ex:
Straw Man - Answer--misrepresenting a position to make it seem weaker than it really is or to demonize
the position to make it sound worse than it really is.
Ex:
Ad Hominem - Answer--seeking to discredit a person's argument by attacking their personal character,
origin, associations, etc.
Ex. Judging a woman that aborted her baby while she's speaking against it.
The revelation of Good and Right - Answer--Conduct and conscience, codes and conflix
Special revelation- God makes known vital truths about himself which he has made known in nature.
Proof-texting - Answer--taking scripture out of context to support a personal interpretation
