Natural theology Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

APOLOGETICS EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+ The 6 metapologetic questions - Answer- 1. On what basis do we argue that Christianity is true? 2. What is the relationship between apologetics and theology? 3. Should apologetics engage in a philosophical defense of the Christian faith? 4. Can science be used to defend the Christian faith? 5. Can the Christian faith be supported by historical inquiry?...

Whether or not Christian Ethics are distinctive DISTINCTIVE (7) correct answers -Bible is a distinctive book with distinctive set of principles- no other faith uses this book as a source of inspiration -source of Christian ethics is focused upon God and the revelation of his commands in the person of Jesus Christ- individuals such as humanists, atheists would not recognise the significance of the incarnation and his moral commands -particular scenarios or dilemmas (e.g. euthanasia) have a set ...

17th Century the enlightenment places stress on _______ ________ and _________ which eventually led to challenges to the Christian faith and the Church's authority. - Answer-human reason; autonomy ______ ________ ___ ____________ was an early enlightenment thinker who attempted to blend together religion and enlightenment rationalism - Answer-Lord Herbert of Cherbyry Cherbury was considered the father of _______. - Answer-theism Cherbury said there were 5 natural laws of religion which can...

Apologetics EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) Apologetics - Answer- the reasoned defense of the Christian faith Worldview - Answer- outlook or perspective on the world that is in all of reality and all of our experience of it. Concerns how you think and interact with the world on a basic level Apologetics as proof - Answer- Reasons to believe the Christian worldview is true or reasonable. Positive function: asks why should I believe in Chri...

micro vs macro evolution -ANSWER micro: natural selection, mutation, migration, drift, sexual selection *(within species)* macro: speciation, extinction, phylogenetic analysis, coevolution, patterns of character evolution evolution occurs at what level? -ANSWER population NOT individual plato aristotle malthus Paley lamarck erasmus darwin lyell (uniform??) linneaus wallace luria and delbruck kimura hamilton and zuk buffon -ANSWER plato- eidos- ideal fit to environment *eidos...

DSST Introduction to World Religions

great chain of being - Answer-a hierarchical structure that distinguishes all things linearly based on medieval Christian beliefs that God intended for such order to exist in his world. God is at the top, angels, planets, kings, nobles, commoners, animals, plants, stones, metals, elements. Before adopted by medieval Christians, probably derived from philosophers like Aristotle and Plato. The natural order was present in society in terms of class and status, with exemplary challenges to the c...

Rosalind Franklin - correct answer produced x-ray photographs of DNA which help to uncover the structure Anaximander - correct answer speculated that living beings arose gradually from water and suggested that men originated from animals Aristotle - correct answer believed that species and the universe are fixed and determined and living species don't go extinct or evolve Great Chain of Being - correct answer scale of more complex organisms better than others William Paley - correc...

Major Ethical Frameworks correct answer: egoism, authority-based ethics, virtue ethics, natural law, deontology, consequentialism (teleological/utilitarianism), liberal individualism/rights, communitarianism, ethics of care/feminist ethics, casuistry Mappes' 2 criteria for evaluating ethical theories correct answer: 1. implications of theory must be largely reconcilable with experience of moral life 2. must provide effective guidance where most needed, in situations where substantial mora...

ethics test Divine Law revealed in the New Testament through the life and teaching of Jesus Christ and through the witness and teaching of the Apostles - correct answer new law our vocations as Christians, the goal of our happiness and existence it is true blessedness or happiness which we partially here on earth and perfectly in heaven - correct answer beatitudes sometimes called the commandments of the church these are basic obligations for all catholics that are dictated by the laws of ...