Apologetics Midterm WOLBI New Exam 100%
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Which passages help with the definition of Apologetics? - ANSWER 1 Peter 3:15, and
Acts 17
What is the definition of Apologetics? - ANSWER The study of how Christians can give a
rational defense for the hope that is in them
Which viewpoint believes there is NO relationship or overlap between faith and reason
(faith alone) - ANSWER Fideism
Which of the following positions holds that faith is utterly unnecessary because
everything which is knowable by human reason and intellect is true in Reason Alone -
ANSWER Rationalism
Why is Fideism not one of our tenable options? - ANSWER We usually have grounds or a
reason for having faith in something
Why is it we refuse to be rationalists? - ANSWER We can never know everything about
anything so we still require faith
T/F Reason can produce faith - ANSWER False; reason accompanies, but does not
cause, faith
How might one have "stupid faith"? - ANSWER 1. relying too heavily on a single piece of
evidence
2. Ignoring evidence that counters your view
, What is the purpose of apologetics? - ANSWER 1. To confirm the faith of Christians
2. to introduce new evidence into the minds of believers
What must an apologist consider scripture to be? - ANSWER divinely inspired and
authoritative
Philosophical principle: what can an effect [the world] not arise from? - ANSWER from
something with lesser power than itself [a wooden idol]
What is the human attempt to think hard about the crucial questions of life? - ANSWER
philosophy
What does philosophy aid us to evaluate? - ANSWER our worldview and the worldview of
others
What will happen when a Christian is not familiar with philosophy? - ANSWER They will
be easily defeated by foolish claims
What does a statement describe? - ANSWER some aspect of the way the world exists
that is either true or false
T/F Statements can be questions or commands - ANSWER False; they must make a claim
to truth. They must be either true or false
Which of the principles of logic holds that a statement and its negation cannot both be
true? - ANSWER Principle of noncontradiction
Which of the principles of logic holds that statements are either true or false? - ANSWER
Principle of excluded middle
Which of the principles of logic holds that something is identical to itself? - ANSWER
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