Deck 4: Philosophy and God

Question 1

By "option" James meant a choice between beliefs that may be proposed to us.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Ernest Nagle rejected atheism.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Third Noble Truth concerns the ending of samsara.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Paley was the first to develop the argument from design.

Question 5

Who argued that the concept of an absolutely necessary being is not proven by the fact that reason apparently requires this?

A) Aquinas
B) Kant
C) Anselm
D) Guanilo

Question 6

Who, in 1802, presented a version of the design argument?

A) Paley
B) Pascal
C) Hume
D) Hicks

Question 7

Ninian Smart suggests that religion has four dimensions.

Question 8

The chief proponent of radical theology in our time is

A) William Craig
B) John Hicks
C) Christopher Hitchens
D) Paul Tillich

Question 9

Anselm developed a version of the

A) Cosmological argument
B) Argument from design
C) Ontological argument
D) Teleological argument

Question 10

One objection to the design argument comes from the theory of evolution.

Question 11

Which argument for the existence of God is accepted by George Ellis, J.

A) The ontological argument
B) The cosmological argument
C) Polinghorne, and Holmes Rolston?
C) The argument from first cause
D) The argument from design

Question 12

Anselm offered a version of the ontological argument.

Question 13

"The Road" is a parable told by John Hick.

Question 14

Aquinas offered a version of the cosmological argument.

Question 15

Which distinction does Hicks draw on to defend Aquinas' first-cause argument?

A) Between a regress of events and a regress of explanations
B) Between a regress of events and a regress of questions
C) Between a regress of explanations and a regress of questions
D) Between a regress of explanations and a regress of results

Question 16

Who said that many people believe that God is basically there to make us happy?

A) Immanuel Kant
B) John Hicks
C) Nicholas Smith
D) William Craig

Question 17

The belief in a personal God who is the creator of the world, present in its processes, and with whom we may come into contact, is

A) Theism
B) Monotheism
C) Agnosticism
D) Atheism

Question 18

Kierkegaard's distinction between the objective and the subjective thinker is essentially a distinction between

A) Passion and prudence
B) Reason and faith
C) Idealism and materialism
D) Sense and sensibilia

Question 19

Dembski argued that anything with "specified complexity" has to be produced by an intelligent being.

Question 20

What aspect of our nature did James say we should rely on when faced with living, forced, and momentous decisions?

A) Prudential
B) Rational
C) Spiritual
D) Passional

Question 21

The argument from design is often called the ____________________ argument.

Question 22

Do you believe that religion should be reason-based, faith-based, or experience-based? In answering this question take care both to justify your view, and also to explain what the differences between these approaches are.

Question 23

The Second Noble Truth identifies the source of the suffering that we experience in living as ____________________.

Question 24

In what ways might it matter how we define religion? In answering this question this question think of the special status that we often afford religious beliefs and their accompanying practices, as opposed to non-religious moral beliefs and practices.

Question 25

____________________ denies the major claims of all varieties of theism.

Question 26

Samsara ends with ____________________.

Question 27

Tillich contends that instead of viewing God as a being we should view him as ____________________ ____________________.

Question 28

Outline the Problem of Evil. Is this a problem for all religions, or not? Explain your answer. Do you think that this Problem can be met by the adherents of those religions that you believe it to be a problem for?

Question 29

Tillich is a proponent of ____________________ ____________________.

Question 30

In what way does evolution pose a problem for the design argument for God's existence? What other forms of non-designed order can you think of? Would these also pose a problem for the design argument?

Question 31

The view that the morality of an action is determined by the happiness or unhappiness that it produces is called ____________________.

Question 32

Outline Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God. Do you believe that Kant's objection to this argument is successful? Explain your answer.

Question 33

The mystical consciousness of the holy is termed ____________________ ____________________.

Question 34

Aquinas contended that there could be no ____________________ ____________________ in the casual sequences of the universe.

Question 35

Hindu thought has been primarily influenced by Bhagavad-Gita, or ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________.