APOLOGETICS EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

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? 6. How is our knowledge of Christian truth related to our experience? 6 Apologetic Questions - Answer- 1. Why should we believe the Bible? 2. Don't all religions lead to God? 3. How do we know that God exists? 4. If God does exist, why does he permit evil? 5. Aren't the miracles of the Bible spiritual myths or legends and not literal fact? 6. Why should I believe what Christians claim about Jesus? Classical Apologetics - Answer- -the dominant approach to apologetics in church history, especially prior to the modern period -emphasizes the presentation of Christianity as rational-- as logically coherent and supportable by sound arguments. -offers what its advocates consider proofs of various types for the evidence of God -draws on the thought of Christian theologians and philosophers throughout church history Examples of apologetic argument found in the New Testament that might be used by classical apologists - Answer- -Acts 17 (Paul's speech in Athens) Justin Martyr (classical) - Answer- -developed elements of classical method in the second century -made use of philosophical proofs for God's existence, especially in his earlier writings Augustine (classical) - Answer- -cited miracles and fulfilled biblical prophecy and emphasized the dramatic growth and triumph of the church through centuries of persecution and suppression Anselm (classical) - Answer- -offers ontological argument for the existence of God both to edify believers and to challenge and persuade unbelievers (The Greatest Conceivable Being) -medieval Thomas Aquinas - Answer- -developed a number of philosophical arguments for the existence of God and expounded Christian teaching on the nature of God in Aristotelian philosophical categories. -rejected Anselm's ontological argument -prefers cosmological arguments -said that philosophical proofs are not the basis of faith Thomism - Answer- Thomas Aquinas' approach to philosophy Natural Theology - Answer- -the construction of arguments defending or proving a theistic worldview on the basis of rational considerations apart from divine revelation -became a regular part of Christian apologetics in the 17th century Charles Hodge - Answer- -wrote a three volume Systematic Theology that endorsed classical theistic proofs and was the most influential work of its kind in the 19th century B.B. Warfield - Answer- -Professor of theology at Princeton Theological Seminary -virtually all writings had a strong apologetic purpose and thrust to them -primary concern of his apologetics was to uphold the supernatural character of Christianity (unless Jesus Christ was a supernatural person, specifically truly God incarnate, and unless he rose supernaturally from the grave, Christianity is simply not true) -Christianity cannot be affirmed or accepted without the supernatural -showed this by harkening back to the christian church's history and its theologians -says that for theology to be properly grounded, we must know that the Bible is inspired from God Garfield's two-step method of defending the Christian faith - Answer- -establishes the truth of God's existence and the possibility of knowing God -One shows from the evidence that God is known in his revelation in Christ and Scripture Garfield's categorization of apology as a discipline - Answer- -a theoretical discipline at the head of theology. a branch of practical theology that deals with the pragmatic question of how Christians should explain and defend their belief C.S. Lewis - Answer- -Best known apologetic work was Mere Christianity -refutes atheism, naturalism, and dualism, and presented a case for the unique claims of Christ -not limited to rational argument, adopted a variety of genres -uses fiction to defend the Christian worldview through imagination instead of reason Norman Geisler - Answer- -advocates a formal theory of apologetic method -convinced Thomist in his philosophy and apologetics Norman Geisler's Two step method - Answer- -builds a case for theism by demonstrating how it conforms to rational criteria used to evaluate the truth claims of competing world-views -the apologist may then present the evidence for the historical claims of Christianity Geisler's most important works - Answer- -Philosophy of Religion and Christian Apologetics The four main divisions of Geisler's philosophy of religion - Answer- -religious experience: whether experiences of God or the supernatural can be considered rational -God and reason: the theist needs not be concerned about showing that God's nonexistence is inconceivable but only that it is undeniable -religious language: language of God must be understood univocally-- having an identity of meaning when referring to both God and creatures -the problem of evil: Peter Kreeft - Answer- -roman catholic professor of philosophy at boston college -models his approach on the work of thomas aquinas -presents arguments for the christian position "from premises accepted by the unbeliever as well as the believer" William Lane Craig - Answer- -forefront of evangelical apologetics in the early 21st century -presents christianity as rational as a means of encouraging unbelievers to receive the witness of the spirit Conflict between faith and reason in classical apologetics - Answer- -the christian worldview IS a reasonable faith, a step into the light of reason and truth rather than a leap into the darkness of irrationality and subjectivity