RLGN 105 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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
Essentialism - Answer --the origin of good and right
-God is unchanging in his essential nature
-God's essential nature is perfect holiness and love
The middle path - Answer --Buddhism
-Gautama's unique contribution to religious thought that balanced "path" between the
"two extremes" of a given to pleasures and lusts
The Noble Eightfold path - Answer --Buddhism
1. Wisdom( Panna)
- right understanding
-intent(thought)
2. Ethical conduct(sila)
-right speech
-right action
-right livelihood
3. Mental Discipline (smadhi)
-right effort
-right concentration(awareness)
-right mindfulness(meditation)
Tipitaka - Answer --Buddhism
-the "three baskets"
- 3 main sections of buddhist scriptures; passes on by death
- passed orally by monks and nuns
Maya - Answer --Hinduism
-Our preceptions
-means "illusion" or "appearance" that we have experienced in our existence
The five pillars - Answer -1. The confession of faith( shahada)
2. The contact prayers (salat)
3. Aims or poor tax (Sakat)
4. Fasting durning Ramadan
5. The pilgrimage to Mecca
Karma - Answer --Hinduism
-Cause and effect based on actions/deeds
-Depending on karma, may be reincarnated
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
Essentialism - Answer --the origin of good and right
-God is unchanging in his essential nature
-God's essential nature is perfect holiness and love
The middle path - Answer --Buddhism
-Gautama's unique contribution to religious thought that balanced "path" between the
"two extremes" of a given to pleasures and lusts
The Noble Eightfold path - Answer --Buddhism
1. Wisdom( Panna)
- right understanding
-intent(thought)
2. Ethical conduct(sila)
-right speech
-right action
-right livelihood
3. Mental Discipline (smadhi)
-right effort
-right concentration(awareness)
-right mindfulness(meditation)
Tipitaka - Answer --Buddhism
-the "three baskets"
- 3 main sections of buddhist scriptures; passes on by death
- passed orally by monks and nuns
Maya - Answer --Hinduism
-Our preceptions
-means "illusion" or "appearance" that we have experienced in our existence
The five pillars - Answer -1. The confession of faith( shahada)
2. The contact prayers (salat)
3. Aims or poor tax (Sakat)
4. Fasting durning Ramadan
5. The pilgrimage to Mecca
Karma - Answer --Hinduism
-Cause and effect based on actions/deeds
-Depending on karma, may be reincarnated
