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RLGN 105 Midterm Exam Questions And
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Opinion - Answer✔a belief or conclusion about reality, open to question
Argument - Answer✔an attempt to offer evidence to demonstrate the reasonableness of an
opinion
Evidence - Answer✔basis or cause of belief
Conclusion - Answer✔decision based on reasoning, deduction, or inference
The Law of Non-Contradiction - Answer✔something cannot both exist and not exist or be true
and not be true at the same time in the same way
Epistemology - Answer✔the study of knowledge
5 Questions that a worldview must answer - Answer✔1. Question of origin
2. Question of identity
3. Question of meaning
4. Question of morality
5. Question of destiny
3 Major Claims of Differing Worldviews - Answer✔- Naturalism
- Pantheism
- Theism
Naturalism - Answer✔only reality exists in the natural realm
Pantheism - Answer✔God and the world are the same
Theism - Answer✔God exists, was the creator of the world, and is personally and intimately
involved with His creation. He operates through natural law but can and does intervene in
affairs of mankind
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Materialism - Answer✔reality is based on what we can "know" through our senses, mankind
seeks satisfaction in material things
Subjectivism - Answer✔no absolute truth, feelings are authoritative
Hedonism - Answer✔defines pleasure and pain according to the human condition and sensory
input alone, no other measure of good and evil, pursuit of comfort, safety, pleasure.
Pragmatism - Answer✔utilitarian philosophical belief that the ends justify the means ("I wanna
get into that school, it doesn't matter if I have to cheat"), key concept is doing what's good for
them
Three criteria for determining a Valid Worldview (answers about questions regarding worldview
must be...) - Answer✔- Coherence: consistent w/one another
- Adequacy: completely with all facts
- Relevance: makes sense of emotions and feelings
Worldview - Answer✔a way of looking at life and the world around us, the framework we bring
to life
Every worldview has a system thats... (3 things) - Answer✔integrated, coherent, consistent
Two main divisions or worldview? - Answer✔Atheism and Theism
Theocentric - Answer✔God centered
Anthropocentric - Answer✔Man centered
Syncretism - Answer✔Idea of indiscriminate blending values and concepts from opposing
systems
(a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith)
Nihilism - Answer✔the view that there's no meaning for life
Origin of morality/right & wrong - Answer✔within the unchanging character of God
Essentialism - Answer✔God's unchanging character that is perfect holiness and love
God's unchanging DNA - Answer✔Divinity, Nature, Attributes
Natural/General Revelation - Answer✔seen in creation, God reveals His moral will to all
mankind, seen through our conduct and conscience (codes and conflicts)
Special Revelation - Answer✔truths about God not revealed in nature (dreams/visions, God's
voice, OT appearances of Christ, God's Word)
What's so special about the Bible? - Answer✔it's necessity, nature, and purpose
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RLGN 105 Midterm Exam Questions And
Answers |Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Opinion - Answer✔a belief or conclusion about reality, open to question
Argument - Answer✔an attempt to offer evidence to demonstrate the reasonableness of an
opinion
Evidence - Answer✔basis or cause of belief
Conclusion - Answer✔decision based on reasoning, deduction, or inference
The Law of Non-Contradiction - Answer✔something cannot both exist and not exist or be true
and not be true at the same time in the same way
Epistemology - Answer✔the study of knowledge
5 Questions that a worldview must answer - Answer✔1. Question of origin
2. Question of identity
3. Question of meaning
4. Question of morality
5. Question of destiny
3 Major Claims of Differing Worldviews - Answer✔- Naturalism
- Pantheism
- Theism
Naturalism - Answer✔only reality exists in the natural realm
Pantheism - Answer✔God and the world are the same
Theism - Answer✔God exists, was the creator of the world, and is personally and intimately
involved with His creation. He operates through natural law but can and does intervene in
affairs of mankind
1
, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 9:50PM.
Materialism - Answer✔reality is based on what we can "know" through our senses, mankind
seeks satisfaction in material things
Subjectivism - Answer✔no absolute truth, feelings are authoritative
Hedonism - Answer✔defines pleasure and pain according to the human condition and sensory
input alone, no other measure of good and evil, pursuit of comfort, safety, pleasure.
Pragmatism - Answer✔utilitarian philosophical belief that the ends justify the means ("I wanna
get into that school, it doesn't matter if I have to cheat"), key concept is doing what's good for
them
Three criteria for determining a Valid Worldview (answers about questions regarding worldview
must be...) - Answer✔- Coherence: consistent w/one another
- Adequacy: completely with all facts
- Relevance: makes sense of emotions and feelings
Worldview - Answer✔a way of looking at life and the world around us, the framework we bring
to life
Every worldview has a system thats... (3 things) - Answer✔integrated, coherent, consistent
Two main divisions or worldview? - Answer✔Atheism and Theism
Theocentric - Answer✔God centered
Anthropocentric - Answer✔Man centered
Syncretism - Answer✔Idea of indiscriminate blending values and concepts from opposing
systems
(a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith)
Nihilism - Answer✔the view that there's no meaning for life
Origin of morality/right & wrong - Answer✔within the unchanging character of God
Essentialism - Answer✔God's unchanging character that is perfect holiness and love
God's unchanging DNA - Answer✔Divinity, Nature, Attributes
Natural/General Revelation - Answer✔seen in creation, God reveals His moral will to all
mankind, seen through our conduct and conscience (codes and conflicts)
Special Revelation - Answer✔truths about God not revealed in nature (dreams/visions, God's
voice, OT appearances of Christ, God's Word)
What's so special about the Bible? - Answer✔it's necessity, nature, and purpose
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