Question 1

What is the definition of the following term:
-fallenness:

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Question 2

What is the definition of the following term:
-Four Noble Truths:

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Question 3

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided.
-Imago Dei

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A)  A character in many myths of Native religion who is unconsciously responsible for problems in the world. 
B)  An effort to explain a particular evil and how it's compatible with divine goodness. 
C)  Hindu idea of a deeper Self, impersonal and without individuality, in contrast to ego self. 
D)  Judaic idea that humans have spirits, minds that are like God's own qualities. 
E)  Judaic myth that seeks to explain why human life is no longer as perfect as God created it.
F) The way we experience ourselves in our unique individuality; the "I that I think I am."

Question 4

The "Self" as "impersonal essence" means somehow my "soul" is different from the "I" that I think I am.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The religious idea of the self as an impersonal essence means

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A)  the "real me" is my soul that (I hope) goes to heaven when I die. 
B)  the "real me" is a mysterious soul that is different from my recognizable empirical self. 
C)  the "real me" is the same thing as Allah. 
D)  there is no "real me."

Question 6

The author argues that claiming we humans are made "in the image of God" is

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A)  arrogant and ridiculous. 
B)  a dangerous idea, responsible in the West for humans trying to control and abuse nature. 
C)  an idea going back to the creation myths of Judaism and Christianity. 
D)  all of the above

Question 7

Explain from our text the concepts of heaven and nirvana and clarify how they are alike and different. Connect each idea to other religious truth claims about the self to illustrate each belief's consistency with a larger body of orthodox beliefs.

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Question 8

Our textbook suggests that religions try to help us understand our own "self" because

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A)  our sense of identity is, in many ways, mysterious to us. 
B)  many people have a sense that there is some eternal quality to us. 
C)  as Yoda said, "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." 
D)  all of the above

Question 9

Explain the textbook's use of the terms "empirical self" and Self as "impersonal essence," showing how the two are different.

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Question 10

In tribal religions, people can join their ancestors in the afterlife, in a kind of spiritual existence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is the definition of the following term:
-trickster:

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Question 12

The textbook author suggests that the problem of evil is a particularly religious problem because

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A)  the existence of evil proves there is no God. 
B)  we need the help of some Ultimate Being to overcome the injustices of the world. 
C)  religions seem to promise a greater, purer reality that seems falsified by the evils of the world. 
D)  without religion, life is meaningless.

Question 13

The concept of karma is logically connected to the idea of reincarnation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided.
-Theodicy

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A)  A character in many myths of Native religion who is unconsciously responsible for problems in the world. 
B)  An effort to explain a particular evil and how it's compatible with divine goodness. 
C)  Hindu idea of a deeper Self, impersonal and without individuality, in contrast to ego self. 
D)  Judaic idea that humans have spirits, minds that are like God's own qualities. 
E)  Judaic myth that seeks to explain why human life is no longer as perfect as God created it.
F) The way we experience ourselves in our unique individuality; the "I that I think I am."

Question 15

Describe some real or imagined disaster and use two different religious explanations of why such "evil" occurs. Connect each explanation to a concept of Ultimate Being and evaluate both views for logical consistency and explanatory value. Defend which view you think best helps to explain the human condition.

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Question 16

According to our text, the idea of a monistic Ultimate Being is most consistent with the belief that

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A)  we go to heaven to live in paradise after we die. 
B)  there is no afterlife at all and that this life should be renounced. 
C)  in salvation we merge into Ultimate Being like water poured into a lake. 
D)  you can build a rocket to go to the moon to get cheese.

Question 17

One religious explanation for the suffering of "innocent" people was exemplified in Buddhism by

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A)  the Ox Mountain parable. 
B)  the story of the monk Mogallana. 
C)  the story of Job. 
D)  trickster myths.

Question 18

What is the definition of the following term:
-anatman:

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Question 19

What is the definition of the following term:
-Atman:

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Question 20

What is the definition of the following term:
-ignorance:

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Exam 6: Miscellaneous Doctrines: the Truth of Self, Suffering and Salvation and Epilogue

What is the definition of the following term: -fallenness:

What is the definition of the following term: -Four Noble Truths:

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Imago Dei

The "Self" as "impersonal essence" means somehow my "soul" is different from the "I" that I think I am.

The religious idea of the self as an impersonal essence means

The author argues that claiming we humans are made "in the image of God" is

Explain from our text the concepts of heaven and nirvana and clarify how they are alike and different. Connect each idea to other religious truth claims about the self to illustrate each belief's consistency with a larger body of orthodox beliefs.

Our textbook suggests that religions try to help us understand our own "self" because

Explain the textbook's use of the terms "empirical self" and Self as "impersonal essence," showing how the two are different.

In tribal religions, people can join their ancestors in the afterlife, in a kind of spiritual existence.

What is the definition of the following term: -trickster:

The textbook author suggests that the problem of evil is a particularly religious problem because

The concept of karma is logically connected to the idea of reincarnation.

Matching: The letter of the correct definition is given in the space provided. -Theodicy

According to our text, the idea of a monistic Ultimate Being is most consistent with the belief that

One religious explanation for the suffering of "innocent" people was exemplified in Buddhism by

What is the definition of the following term: -anatman:

What is the definition of the following term: -Atman:

What is the definition of the following term: -ignorance: