In the Beginning
This famous moral argument against God's existence actually works better as an argument for God's existence.
What is the problem of evil?
The word that refers to the study of biblical interpretation.
What is hermeneutics?
An atheist Bible meme suggests that God has a much higher kill count than this biblical character by the millions.
Who is Satan?
This king had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
Who is King Solomon?
The name of the first VeggieTales movie we watched in our first annual movie marathon.
What is Rack, Shack, and Benny?
The two broad categories of God's self-disclosure to humankind.
(100 points each)
What are (1) general revelation and (2) special revelation?
Often misunderstood as indicating inferiority, this word is used to describe both women and God in the Old Testament.
What is a "helper"?
While not meant to last forever, this type of slavery was permitted by the Mosaic Law.
What is debt-slavery/debt-servanthood?
The plant which Jesus cursed for not producing fruit.
What is a fig tree?
The ethical rule whose uniqueness to Christianity supports the view that Christianity is both good and true.
What is the Golden Rule?
(Corey Miller Lecture)
The three most commonly used arguments for God's existence.
(100 points each)
What are the (1) cosmological argument, (2) design (teleological) argument, and (3) moral argument?
Contrary to the warfare imagery that saturated the temples dedicated to gods of other ANE nations, the iconography of Yahweh's temple was limited to these three categories.
(100 points each)
What are (1) nature (flora/fauna), (2) geometric shapes, and (3) angels?
The three major Christian views on the doctrine of Hell.
What are (1) eternal conscious torment, (2) terminal punishment/conditional immortality, and (3) universalism?
The man who flipped over tables and chased people around with a whip.
Who is Jesus?
Individuals with whom it is rarely wise to engage when sharing your faith online.
What are internet trolls?
(Jordan Schriver FSU Symposium Lecture)
This objection to God's existence claims that if God did exist, then he would make himself known as clearly and evidently as possible to everyone.
What is the problem of divine hiddenness?
The four levels of context used to help interpret difficult passages of Scripture (and answer atheist Bible memes).
(100 points each)
What are (1) historical context, (2) cultural context, (3) literary context, and (4) theological context?
In our "Bad Things Done by the Church" discussion series, these four case studies nicely highlighted the fact that not everything done in the name of Christ is actually of Christ.
(100 points each)
What are (1) the crusades, (2) the Spanish inquisitions, (3) witch hunts, and (4) residential schools?
For uncertain reasons, the Mosaic Law forbids boiling this specific animal in its mother's milk. (Apparently, any other animal is just fine.)
What is a goat/kid?
The percentage of young people leaving the church before they finish college or university.
What is 60-90%?
(Bruce Fawcett Prof Talk Interview)
This famous paradox asks the question of whether God can create a stone he cannot lift.
What is the omnipotence paradox?
This is the name of the interpretive approach that understands God's permitting or prohibiting certain things at different times in biblical history as part of his progressive revelation of himself and universal moral/ethical ideals.
What is the redemptive-movement hermeneutic?
The five major Christian positions on the destiny of the unevangelized.
(100 points each)
What are (1) restrictivism, (2) universal opportunity before death, (3) inclusivism, (4) post-mortem evangelism, and (5) universalism?
These five "fairytale creatures" are mentioned in various places throughout the King James Version of the Bible.
(100 points each)
What are (1) witches, (2) unicorns, (3) dragons, (4) a cockatrice, and (5) a satyr?
The Gospel writers are frequently accused of having copied the beliefs of this ancient Egyptian cult when writing of Jesus' death and resurrection.
What is the cult of Osiris?
(Spike Sprague Talk/Discussion)