Phil 347 Midterm 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Theism Correct Answer Belief in God Natural Theology Correct Answer Philosophical reasons for belief in God (generic theism) Revealed Theology Correct Answer Belief in God based on authority (religion specific theism) Natural vs. Revealed Theology Correct Answer Natural takes you halfway to God; there might be a higher power Revealed takes you all the way to God; believing in the rules of the authoritative power - Most religions require generic theism Problem of evil Correct Answer How can there be a God if there is suffering in the world? The Problem of Divine Hiddenness Correct Answer God would not let me pray and have no answer for me Okham's Razor Correct Answer Don't multiply objects beyond necessity; if you can explain the world in its depth, then there is no need for further explanation based on a belief in God Kalam Timeline Correct Answer 400 BC - Plato 500 AD - Philoponus 1979 - William Craig Kalam - Plato Correct Answer Book: Timaeus "Everything that becomes must of necessity be created by some cause, fo without a cause nothing can be created" Kalam - Philoponus Correct Answer Based in Syria to arrive at name "Kalam" - Argued Aristotle on the eternity of the world; if you have a real infinity of past events, then you can't add to it, so the world cannot be infinite Kalam - William Craig Correct Answer Had secondary status within the Kalam argument until he published his thoughts (1979) Kalam Argument can be traced back to... Correct Answer Plato & Philo Ponus Kalam Argument Correct Answer 1. Everything that begins to exist has a distinct cause 2. The universe began to exist 2.a Because actual infinities are absurd per se