APOLOGETICS TEST LATEST
1-DR. COOK- BJU
T/F the Big Bang grew logically from the assumption that an expanding
universe can be traced back to a beginning- a singularity - ANSWERS-
True
T/F scientists were initially hostile to Big Bang - ANSWERS-True
Three crucial problems with Big Bang - ANSWERS-1. Where did it
come from
2. Violates known scientific laws( requires lots of energy)
3. Statistically impossible for a singularity to generate an ordered
cosmos
In the beginning....if not god then what? - ANSWERS-1. Nothing
created the universe
2. Something impersonal created the universe
3. Aliens created the universe
paleoanthropologists employ a common underlying hero narrative -
ANSWERS-Man undergoes a move from trees to ground (terrestriality);
the development of the upright posture (bipedalism); the development of
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, APOLOGETICS TEST LATEST
1-DR. COOK- BJU
the Brain intelligence and language (encephalization) and the
development of technology morals and society (civilization)
Should we believe in Adam - ANSWERS-Luke's genealogy links Christ
to Adam, Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 teach all humanity is related to
two people Christ and Adam
Aristotle argues that four causes are inherent in any creation -
ANSWERS-Material cause: what is it made of
Efficient cause: the production of the art itself
Formal cause: what gives it identity
Final cause: what was the artists purpose
Gods creation week activities embody all four causes
Positivism - ANSWERS-the belief that knowledge should be derived
from scientific observation, only empirically verified statements are true
Verification principle - ANSWERS-All meaningful claims are either
analytic or empirically verifiable. Can this be empirically verified?
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1-DR. COOK- BJU
T/F the Big Bang grew logically from the assumption that an expanding
universe can be traced back to a beginning- a singularity - ANSWERS-
True
T/F scientists were initially hostile to Big Bang - ANSWERS-True
Three crucial problems with Big Bang - ANSWERS-1. Where did it
come from
2. Violates known scientific laws( requires lots of energy)
3. Statistically impossible for a singularity to generate an ordered
cosmos
In the beginning....if not god then what? - ANSWERS-1. Nothing
created the universe
2. Something impersonal created the universe
3. Aliens created the universe
paleoanthropologists employ a common underlying hero narrative -
ANSWERS-Man undergoes a move from trees to ground (terrestriality);
the development of the upright posture (bipedalism); the development of
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, APOLOGETICS TEST LATEST
1-DR. COOK- BJU
the Brain intelligence and language (encephalization) and the
development of technology morals and society (civilization)
Should we believe in Adam - ANSWERS-Luke's genealogy links Christ
to Adam, Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 teach all humanity is related to
two people Christ and Adam
Aristotle argues that four causes are inherent in any creation -
ANSWERS-Material cause: what is it made of
Efficient cause: the production of the art itself
Formal cause: what gives it identity
Final cause: what was the artists purpose
Gods creation week activities embody all four causes
Positivism - ANSWERS-the belief that knowledge should be derived
from scientific observation, only empirically verified statements are true
Verification principle - ANSWERS-All meaningful claims are either
analytic or empirically verifiable. Can this be empirically verified?
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