Question 1

What is the ideal humanity defense of evil? Is it successful? Why or why not?

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Question 2

Kierkegaard's "leap of faith" is based on the assumption that religious commitment is justified only if it is consistent with our other beliefs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The teleological argument excludes the possibility of polytheism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

According to John Stuart Mill, any evidence for design is evidence against the view that God is

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A)  omnipotent. 
B)  unhappy. 
C)  human-like. 
D)  a machine. 
E)  all-seeing.

Question 5

Which of the following best describes the concept of God at work in Descartes' ontological argument?

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A)  the perfect being 
B)  creator of time 
C)  human-like 
D)  miracle worker

Question 6

The ontological argument gets its name from its attempt to prove that the existence of God is implied by the concept of God.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to Anselm's ontological argument, if God is the greatest conceivable being, and if it is greater for God to exist in reality and in our minds than solely in our minds, then God must exist in reality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to the cosmological argument for the existence of God, because nothing can cause itself, and the string of causes cannot stretch infinitely backwards in time, there must be a first cause, namely, God.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Descartes' ontological argument assumes that since it is better to exist than not to exist, God exists.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Gaunilo's Lost Island thought experiment shows that if Anselm's line of reasoning is correct, then

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A)  you could prove that the greatest anything exists. 
B)  God is evil. 
C)  heaven is like an island we can never find. 
D)  lost souls stay behind on earth.

Question 11

One consequence of the Hick's soul-building defense is that it is wrong to eliminate evil.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to the argument from mystical experience for the existence of God, the best explanation for mystical experiences is that God caused them.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Invisible Gardener thought experiment is intended to show that the assertion that God exists is a rational claim that can be falsified.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

If the argument from miracles is correct, then it establishes that God is

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A)  omnipotent. 
B)  omniscient. 
C)  omnibenevolent. 
D)  none of these. 
E)  all of these.

Question 15

What is the traditional cosmological argument for the existence of God? Is it sound? Why or why not?

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Question 16

What is the argument from miracles for the existence of God? Is it sound? Why or why not?

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Question 17

The Kalam cosmological argument originated from

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A)  the ancient Greeks. 
B)  Islamic theolgians. 
C)  Jesus. 
D)  the Apostles. 
E)  the theory of evolution.

Question 18

What is Pascal's wager? Does it provide a good reason for believing in God? Why or why not?

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Question 19

The ancient Greeks, who believed in 12 gods, were

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A)  agnostics. 
B)  polytheists. 
C)  monotheists. 
D)  atheists. 
E)  pantheists.
F) deists.

Question 20

Rowe's Fawn thought experiment is intended to show that

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A)  animals suffer. 
B)  God prevents unnecessary suffering. 
C)  there is no unnecessary evil in the world. 
D)  there is unnecessary evil in the world.

Exam 6: The Problem of Evil and the Existence of God

What is the ideal humanity defense of evil? Is it successful? Why or why not?

Kierkegaard's "leap of faith" is based on the assumption that religious commitment is justified only if it is consistent with our other beliefs.

The teleological argument excludes the possibility of polytheism.

According to John Stuart Mill, any evidence for design is evidence against the view that God is

Which of the following best describes the concept of God at work in Descartes' ontological argument?

The ontological argument gets its name from its attempt to prove that the existence of God is implied by the concept of God.

According to Anselm's ontological argument, if God is the greatest conceivable being, and if it is greater for God to exist in reality and in our minds than solely in our minds, then God must exist in reality.

According to the cosmological argument for the existence of God, because nothing can cause itself, and the string of causes cannot stretch infinitely backwards in time, there must be a first cause, namely, God.

Descartes' ontological argument assumes that since it is better to exist than not to exist, God exists.

Gaunilo's Lost Island thought experiment shows that if Anselm's line of reasoning is correct, then

One consequence of the Hick's soul-building defense is that it is wrong to eliminate evil.

According to the argument from mystical experience for the existence of God, the best explanation for mystical experiences is that God caused them.

The Invisible Gardener thought experiment is intended to show that the assertion that God exists is a rational claim that can be falsified.

If the argument from miracles is correct, then it establishes that God is

What is the traditional cosmological argument for the existence of God? Is it sound? Why or why not?

What is the argument from miracles for the existence of God? Is it sound? Why or why not?

The Kalam cosmological argument originated from

What is Pascal's wager? Does it provide a good reason for believing in God? Why or why not?

The ancient Greeks, who believed in 12 gods, were

Rowe's Fawn thought experiment is intended to show that