RLGN 104 CORE EXAM 2026 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Absolute Truth - ✔✔Something that is true at all times and at all places "Truth is true
whether we believe it or not. Truth is discovered or it is revealed, it Is not invented by a
culture or by religious men"
✔✔The Law of Non-Contradiction - ✔✔Something cannot both exist and not exist or be
true and false at the same time and in the same way.
✔✔Oversimplification - ✔✔Concluding that an effect has only one cause when it is
really the result of multiple causes.
✔✔Hasty Conclusion - ✔✔Making a judgment on the basis of one of even a few
samples.
✔✔Overgeneralizing - ✔✔Making a judgement about an entire group bases on
behavior, mostly undesirable, of a few from that group.
✔✔False Analogies - ✔✔Arguing on the basis of a comparison of unrelated things.
✔✔Slippery Slope - ✔✔Arguing against an action on the unsupported assertion that it
will inevitably lead to a much worse condition.
✔✔Sweeping Generalization - ✔✔Stating a general principle and then applying it in a
specific case as though it were a general rule.
✔✔Ad Hominem - ✔✔Seeking to discredit a person's argument by attacking their
personal character, origin, associations, etc.
✔✔Appeal to Authority - ✔✔Appealing to the opinion of a person who agrees with your
because they are generally respected by the audience, but have no real authority on the
topic at hand.
✔✔Appeal to Ignorance - ✔✔claiming that something is true simply because it cannot
be disproved, or that something is untrue because it cannot be proved. ex. God isn't real
because I can't see Him
✔✔Bandwagon - ✔✔Justifying a course of action because everyone it doing it.
✔✔Is/ought (or naturalistic fallacy) - ✔✔Concluding about the way things ought to be
simply on the basis of how things are or are assumed to be.
, ✔✔Genetic Fallacy - ✔✔Giving credit to a position or supporting a claim because of the
origin of the position when such an appeal to origin is irrelevant
✔✔Selective Perception - ✔✔Looking only for things that support our current ideas, and
ignoring evidence that does not.
✔✔False Dilemma - ✔✔Oversimplifying a complex issue to make it appear that only two
alternatives are possible.
✔✔Red Herring - ✔✔Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary
issue. This argument appeals to a person's fears of sense of pity.
✔✔Straw Man - ✔✔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 and then to act as if
the argument has been won when the real issue hasn't even been addressed.
✔✔Opinion - ✔✔A belief or conclusion about reality. Unlike facts, they are open to
question and analysis be critical thinking.
✔✔Argument - ✔✔In the formal sense, it is an attempt to offer evidence to demonstrate
the reasonableness of an opinion. Can be sound (logical) or unsound (dependent upon
logical fallacies).
✔✔Logical Fallacies - ✔✔Any error in reasoning.
✔✔External forces that can influence our worldview - ✔✔School, family, nationality,
peers, movies, songs, news media,...
✔✔3 Basis Concepts of Christian Worldview - ✔✔A. God exists.
B. God has revealed Himself to mankind.
C. Jesus Christ is God's son who is the redeemer of the world.
✔✔Salvation - ✔✔The intervention of God whereby He, on the basis of the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ, delivers (rescues) the sinner from the eternal
consequences, temporal control, and actual condition of sin.
✔✔Where is LU serve located? - ✔✔Dorm 20
✔✔Every worldview should answer? - ✔✔origin- " where did life begin?"
identity- " what does it mean to be human?"
meaning- " why are you here?"
morality- " how should I live?"
destiny- " is there life after death?"
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Absolute Truth - ✔✔Something that is true at all times and at all places "Truth is true
whether we believe it or not. Truth is discovered or it is revealed, it Is not invented by a
culture or by religious men"
✔✔The Law of Non-Contradiction - ✔✔Something cannot both exist and not exist or be
true and false at the same time and in the same way.
✔✔Oversimplification - ✔✔Concluding that an effect has only one cause when it is
really the result of multiple causes.
✔✔Hasty Conclusion - ✔✔Making a judgment on the basis of one of even a few
samples.
✔✔Overgeneralizing - ✔✔Making a judgement about an entire group bases on
behavior, mostly undesirable, of a few from that group.
✔✔False Analogies - ✔✔Arguing on the basis of a comparison of unrelated things.
✔✔Slippery Slope - ✔✔Arguing against an action on the unsupported assertion that it
will inevitably lead to a much worse condition.
✔✔Sweeping Generalization - ✔✔Stating a general principle and then applying it in a
specific case as though it were a general rule.
✔✔Ad Hominem - ✔✔Seeking to discredit a person's argument by attacking their
personal character, origin, associations, etc.
✔✔Appeal to Authority - ✔✔Appealing to the opinion of a person who agrees with your
because they are generally respected by the audience, but have no real authority on the
topic at hand.
✔✔Appeal to Ignorance - ✔✔claiming that something is true simply because it cannot
be disproved, or that something is untrue because it cannot be proved. ex. God isn't real
because I can't see Him
✔✔Bandwagon - ✔✔Justifying a course of action because everyone it doing it.
✔✔Is/ought (or naturalistic fallacy) - ✔✔Concluding about the way things ought to be
simply on the basis of how things are or are assumed to be.
, ✔✔Genetic Fallacy - ✔✔Giving credit to a position or supporting a claim because of the
origin of the position when such an appeal to origin is irrelevant
✔✔Selective Perception - ✔✔Looking only for things that support our current ideas, and
ignoring evidence that does not.
✔✔False Dilemma - ✔✔Oversimplifying a complex issue to make it appear that only two
alternatives are possible.
✔✔Red Herring - ✔✔Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary
issue. This argument appeals to a person's fears of sense of pity.
✔✔Straw Man - ✔✔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 and then to act as if
the argument has been won when the real issue hasn't even been addressed.
✔✔Opinion - ✔✔A belief or conclusion about reality. Unlike facts, they are open to
question and analysis be critical thinking.
✔✔Argument - ✔✔In the formal sense, it is an attempt to offer evidence to demonstrate
the reasonableness of an opinion. Can be sound (logical) or unsound (dependent upon
logical fallacies).
✔✔Logical Fallacies - ✔✔Any error in reasoning.
✔✔External forces that can influence our worldview - ✔✔School, family, nationality,
peers, movies, songs, news media,...
✔✔3 Basis Concepts of Christian Worldview - ✔✔A. God exists.
B. God has revealed Himself to mankind.
C. Jesus Christ is God's son who is the redeemer of the world.
✔✔Salvation - ✔✔The intervention of God whereby He, on the basis of the life, death,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ, delivers (rescues) the sinner from the eternal
consequences, temporal control, and actual condition of sin.
✔✔Where is LU serve located? - ✔✔Dorm 20
✔✔Every worldview should answer? - ✔✔origin- " where did life begin?"
identity- " what does it mean to be human?"
meaning- " why are you here?"
morality- " how should I live?"
destiny- " is there life after death?"
