RLGN-105 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST 2024/2025 WITH
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED (DETAILED)
ANSWERS/ALREADY GRADED A
The Law of Non-Contradiction - ANSWER-something cannot both exist and not
exist or be true and not be true at the same time in the same way
Epistemology - ANSWER-the study of knowledge
Opinion - ANSWER-a belief or conclusion about reality, open to question
Argument - ANSWER-an attempt to offer evidence to demonstrate the
reasonableness of an opinion
Evidence - ANSWER-basis or cause of belief
Conclusion - ANSWER-decision based on reasoning, deduction, or inference
5 Questions that a worldview must answer - ANSWER-1. Question of origin
2. Question of identity
3. Question of meaning
4. Question of morality
5. Question of destiny
,3 Major Claims of Differing Worldviews - ANSWER-- Naturalism
- Pantheism
- Theism
Naturalism - ANSWER-only reality exists in the natural realm
Pantheism - ANSWER-God and the world are the same
Theism - ANSWER-God exists, was the creator of the world, and is personally
and intimately involved with His creation. He operates through natural law but
can and does intervene in affairs of mankind
Materialism - ANSWER-reality is based on what we can "know" through our
senses, mankind seeks satisfaction in material things
Subjectivism - ANSWER-no absolute truth, feelings are authoritative
Hedonism - ANSWER-defines pleasure and pain according to the human
condition and sensory input alone, no other measure of good and evil, pursuit
of comfort, safety, pleasure.
Pragmatism - ANSWER-utilitarian philosophical belief that the ends justify the
means ("I wanna get into that school, it doesn't matter if I have to cheat"), key
concept is doing what's good for them
Three criteria for determining a Valid Worldview (answers about questions
regarding worldview must be...) - ANSWER-- Coherence: consistent w/one
another
, - Adequacy: completely with all facts
- Relevance: makes sense of emotions and feelings
Worldview - ANSWER-a way of looking at life and the world around us, the
framework we bring to life
Every worldview has a system thats... (3 things) - ANSWER-integrated,
coherent, consistent
Two main divisions or worldview? - ANSWER-Atheism and Theism
Theocentric - ANSWER-God centered
Anthropocentric - ANSWER-Man centered
Syncretism - ANSWER-Idea of indiscriminate blending values and concepts from
opposing systems
(a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into one faith)
Nihilism - ANSWER-the view that there's no meaning for life
Origin of morality/right & wrong - ANSWER-within the unchanging character of
God
Essentialism - ANSWER-God's unchanging character that is perfect holiness and
love
God's unchanging DNA - ANSWER-Divinity, Nature, Attributes
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