Lesson 1
What is theology?
The study of God or gods.
What is the Trinity?
God is one in three persons.
What is causal argument?
Anything that begins to exist must have been caused to exist by something else.
What are moral absolutes?
Universal moral standards that are true for all people, at all times, in all situations.
What is Neo-Darwinism?
The theory that new species arise from natural selection over time.
What is philosophy?
The study of truth, knowledge, and ultimate reality.
What is atheism?
The belief that there is no God.
List the four familiar ways of gaining knowledge.
Experience, Authority, Reason, and Intuition.
The belief that since moral laws exist, there must be a Lawgiver.
What is moral arguement?
What is the difference between microevolution and macroevolution?
Macroevolution is small adaptive changes over time that make new species. Microevolution is small adaptive changes that make variations in a gene pool.
What are two metaphors used to illustrate a worldview?
The fruit tree and eyeglasses.
What are four main beliefs that answer the question: Does God exist?
Atheism, pantheism, polytheism, and monotheism.
Investigating the world through empirical observation, hypothesizing, and experimentation.
What is science?
What is cultural moral relativism?
The belief that right and wrong vary from culture to culture.
Using the design argument, show the complexity of the human eye.
The eye has millions of tiny parts that help it function.
What are ethics?
The study of why and how we make moral choices.
The belief that God is everything and everything is God.
What is Pantheism?
What is wisdom?
The ability to make decisions that glorify God.
What is moral relativism?
The belief that there is no objective moral norms that apply to everyone.
The theory that life only comes from preexisting life and cannot generate itself.
What is Biogenesis?
The study of human societies and institutions.
What is sociology?
To obey God, care for His creation, and serve Him.
Three Biblical answers to the questions: Why am I here?
Does Colossians 2:8 tell us not to study philosophy?
It tells us to not listen to people that don't know the truth.
Why is it impossible for human beings to create standards that exceed God's standards?
God's standards are so great we can't even get close to surpassing them.
What is Intelligent Design?
The theory that the universe didn't come into existence by chance.