Liberty University RLGN 104; RLGN104 week 2 Quiz: Critical Thinking_ Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50 Submitted Fall 2025/26.

Liberty University RLGN 104; RLGN104 week 2 Quiz: Critical Thinking_ Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50 Submitted Fall 2025/26. Quiz: Critical Thinking Score for this quiz: 50 out of 50 Submitted Sep 27 at 10:52am This attempt took 16 minutes. “You can’t trust my opponent. Here she is speaking to you on the values of abstinence and abstinence education. Everyone knows she had a child out of wedlock while a teenager herself” is an example of: Ad Hominem Hasty Conclusion Bandwagon Appeal to Ignorance Evidence is: The basis or cause of a belief A statement of justification and explanation of a belief or action Both a and b None of the above The Design Argument is formally called the: Anthropological argument Teleological argument Deontological argument Ex Nihilo argument The Big Bang cannot explain where matter originated. True False The main point of the cosmological argument for the existence of God is to show that the universe was caused by some agent that was neither part of the universe nor itself was caused. True False Making a judgment about an entire group based on the behavior of a few from that group is what type of fallacy? Bandwagon Slippery Slope Overgeneralization Appeal to False Authority According to the text book, personal experience is not an argument for the existence of God. True False When a shooting takes place at a school, arguing that the reason it occurred was because of gun laws alone is what type of fallacy? False Analogy Red Herring Oversimplification Appeal to Authority Everyone has a right to an opinion but that does not make every opinion accurate or correct. True False The members of the Trinity do not all have the same eternal qualities. True False Muslims and Jews believe in the Trinity the same as Christians. True False Which of the following is not one of the three important steps involved in Critical Thinking? Rehearse Regenerate Reflect Reason The moral argument suggests that without God, morality is subjective. True False The term critical in critical thinking literally means to be unaccepting of any opinion outside of one’s own beliefs. True False Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all describe an intelligent designer. True False Accepting the opinions of others as one’s own opinion without applying critical thinking skills to that opinion is what type of decision-making? Indecision Passive decision-making Active decision-making None of the above When researching a topic, a critical thinker should avoid investigating the many sides of an issue to avoid confusion. The person should pick a position and find content to support the position. True False Seeking to discredit people’s arguments by attacking their personal character, origin, associations, etc. rather than their idea is what type of fallacy? Straw Man Bandwagon False Analogy Ad Hominem “Evidence does not exist to prove humans were created by God therefore man was not created by God” is an example of: Red Herring Appeal to Ignorance Overgeneralization False Dilemma According to Powell, which of the following point toward belief in a transcendent, personal, intelligent designer? Precision of the Universe The nature of information The complexity of living things Alll of the above Quiz Score: 50 out of 50 Previous Next Submission Details: