We perceive the world directly and correctly as it is.
What is Direct (or Naive) Realism
100
Constituted by a set of beliefs, actions, and experiences, both personal and corporate, organized around a concept of an Ultimate Reality which inspires worship or total devotion.
What are Religious Beliefs
100
"Since evil and suffering exist, an all-loving, all-good, all-power God cannot exist.”
What is the Logical Problem of Evil
200
According to this philosopher, Jesus was the greatest thinker who ever lived.
Who is J.P. Moreland (or who is Dallas Willard)
200
Using a conclusion as a premise to prove the conclusion.
What is Arguing in a Circle/Begging the Question
200
An external world does not exist; there is no mind-independent reality.
What is Idealism
200
An idea of the greatest conceivable being (GCB).
What is the Ontological Argument
200
Wrongful and hurtful acts (1 Peter 3:9-12) and
bad character traits of human beings (Matt. 15:19)
What is Moral Evil
300
Wrote the Allegory of the Cave
Who is Plato
300
Arguing without good reason that taking a certain step will lead to inevitable (perhaps catastrophic) consequences.
What is the Slippery Slope Fallacy
300
Reason alone is sufficient to knowing/discerning everything about the world/life
What is Rationalism
300
There must be a first, uncaused cause.
What is the Cosmological Argument
300
For all we know, it is impossible for God to guarantee that a world containing free creatures would be free from evil.
What is The Free Will Defense (Plantinga)
400
From the certainty of “I think, therefore I am,” one moves to other rational affirmations.
Who is Rene Descartes
400
Arguing against a position because its origins are suspect, or how a person came to hold a belief.
What is the Genetic Fallacy
400
All knowledge is based on experience and the senses
What is Empiricism
400
The universe is probably intelligently designed.
What is the Teleological Argument (or Fine-Tuning Argument)
400
For humans to have free will, God must be at an epistemic distance (or intellectual distance) from humans, far enough that belief in God remains a free choice.
What is St. Irenaeus’ Theodicy
500
This philosopher says that much suffering comes from unfulfilled desires of the heart, and that Theodicies are deficient when they do not consider these desires of the heart.
Who is Eleonore Stump
500
Arguing from contradictory premises.
Example: Trying to please different groups (or individuals) one might say contradictory things about an issue to win the favor of each group (or individual).
What is the Inconsistency fallacy
500
Knowledge (or warranted assertion) is the product of inquiry, a problem-solving process by means of which we move from doubt to belief.
What is Pragmatism
500
A slight difference and the universe would have either quickly collapsed or expanded too rapidly to form stars, which would have meant no life possible.
What is the Rate of Expansion (of the Fine-Tuning Argument)
500
There is no theodicy that makes sense without the central reality of spiritual warfare and God’s giving creature free will and moral choice.