Metanarrative/Intro
What is the name of the belief that God is all?
Pantheism
What is religious pluralism?
The belief that all religions are true.
What is the Road Runner Tactic?
The process of turning a self-defeating statement on itself.
What are the four categories of reasons people believe the things they believe?
What is the name of belief that there is no God at all?
Atheism
Why is it impossible for religious pluralism to be true?
Because accepting all religions as true is not logically sound. All religions cannot be true at the same time because they are contradictory.
What is skepticism?
Doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion, especially Christianity
What are 2 examples of sociological reasons people believe what they believe?
What are 2 examples of religious reasons to believe something?
Name two of the five questions that make up a worldview.
1. Where did we come from?
2. Who are we?
3. Where did we come from?
4. How should we live?
5. Where are we going?
Why do many religions have a similar moral code?
God has implanted right and wrong on our consciences
What is the traditional meaning of tolerance?
to put up with something you believe to be false
What are 3 examples of psychological reasons people believe something?
What are 3 examples of philosophical reasons for believing something?
What is the Gospel?
Christ Jesus died for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again on the third day. All who believe in Him and call on His name will be saved.
Can beliefs change a fact if they are sincerely held? Why or why not?
No, Beliefs cannot change a fact, no matter how sincerely they are held. Truth is unchanging even though our beliefs about truth change.”
Defeat this statement: what is true for you is not true for me.
Truth is absolute.
What was the philosophical view of Immanuel Kant?
Can the laws of logic tell us if a conclusion is True? Why or why not?
No, because the logic could be correct but the premises could be true.
Tell a brief version of the metanarrative of Scripture.
God created the world and everything in it. God created man and woman in His image, sinless, to live in relationship with God. Man and woman broke that relationship through rebelling against God’s command (sin). The punishment for sin is death. But God, in His love and kindness made a way for people to be reconciled to Himself through His Son, Jesus. Jesus, God’s sinless and spotless Son, took the punishment that we deserved in His body through His death on the cross. He died and was buried. He rose from the grave alive on the third day. This salvation is freely offered by God to all who call on Jesus as Lord and believe that God raised Him from the dead.
How do false ideas about truth lead to false ideas about life?
These false ideas can give apparent justification for what is really immoral behavior.
Why is the statement, “You should not force your morals on others” self-defeating?
The person saying it is forcing their morals on others
Name 2 two examples of first principles.
How are truths about God known?
By observing His effects (ex: creation)