FINAL EXAM 109 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
"Worldviews are like the foundation of a building"
"Worldviews are also like the lenses found in eyeglasses that serve as the means
through which a person sees the world"
"Worldviews are also like the image on the top of a jigsaw puzzle's box." -
CORRECT ANSWER List three analogies for worldview used in Chapter 1 of the
textbook
"A worldview is a foundational set of assumptions to which one commits that
serves as a framework for understanding and interpreting reality and deeply
shapes one's behavior"
"A conceptual framework, pattern, or arrangement of a person's beliefs"
"How one sees life and the world at large"
"A commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as
a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially
true, or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously, consistently
or inconsistently) about the basic constitution of reality, and that provides the
foundation on which we live and move and have our being" - CORRECT ANSWER
List the various definitions and descriptions of worldview found in the textbook
and lecture.
a. Theism
b. Deism
c. Pantheism
,d. Atheism - CORRECT ANSWER Match the following worldview terms - Atheism,
Pantheism, Theism, and Deism - with the correct description below.
a. Belief in a personal and relational God who created and sustains all that exists.
b. Belief in a God who created all things but is not relational or involved in the
world.
c. Belief that "all is god" and a strong sense of spiritualism but not in a personal
God.
d. Belief based only on the natural or physical realm with no spiritual or
supernatural.
Theism - CORRECT ANSWER According to Chapter 1 in the textbook and Lecture 1,
which worldview families use both faith and reason?
"Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their
tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless." - CORRECT ANSWER
What kind of person does James 1:26 speak about?
There is nothing more important than God's instruction, compared to silver, gold,
and rubies. - CORRECT ANSWER Summarize Proverbs 8:10-11.
"Worldviews are Shared: A set of foundational assumptions that groups of
individuals hold in common"
"Worldviews are Private: An individual's personal view of the world that is shaped
by that individuals life story, experience, social and cultural context, and
relationships"
"Both are present in all worldviews" - CORRECT ANSWER What is the difference
between private and shared worldviews?
, Coherence Test: Examined the internal consistency and rational coherence of
worldview assumptions
Correspondence Test: Examines a worldviews ability to provide a cogent
explanation of reality
Practical Test: Examines a worldviews workability and practical value in the most
important areas of life and experiences - CORRECT ANSWER Briefly describe the
three worldview tests.
a. Knowledge
b. Ultimate Reality
c. Ethics
d. Nature of the Universe
e. Purpose
f. Human Nature - CORRECT ANSWER Match the following worldview elements -
Ultimate Reality, Nature of the Universe, Human Nature, Knowledge, Ethics, and
Purpose - with the correct question below:
a. Is there absolute truth?
b. Is there a God?
c. How do we know right from wrong?
d. Is there a spiritual part to the universe?
e. Does life have meaning?
f. Are human's merely higher orders of mammals?