Intro to Christian Philosophy
Attacking a person rather than their ideas.
What is Ad Hominem?
The perspective of God where God is a bigger/better version of ourselves.
What is God as Super-Being?
One of the Bible stories we studied in class that would be rated "M for Mature" if it were made into a video game.
Answers may vary.
The belief that God and the universe are one in the same.
What is pantheism?
The approximate number of authors the Bible has.
What is 40+?
The mental tension we experience when new information conflicts with our worldview.
What is cognitive dissonance?
The most orthodox of the 4 perspectives of God.
What is, God as Hyper-Being?
The three books of the Bible we studies to show its diversity.
What are Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job?
The definition/description of agnosticism.
What is, there is not enough evidence or knowledge to definitively prove, or disprove, the existence of a god?
Pastor Adam’s favorite art piece.
What is “The Oxbow” by Thomas Cole?
Humans' tendency to under-emphasize information that disagrees with their beliefs, and over-emphasize information that agrees with their beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
The perspective of God where God is the name we give to that which calls us to greater love and grace.
What is God as Event?
The two reasons the Bible is often ambiguous.
What are, it is impossible to make a perfect guidebook for human morality over time, and the Bible expects us to use wisdom”?
The belief that God exists in some form, but is not present and active in life.
What is Weak Theism?
The two things we can do to deal with Cognitive Dissonance.
What are, "awareness and giving the information a chance"?
What is, "presenting arguments as an either/or choice when more options exist"?
The definition/description of God as Hyper-Being.
What is, "God cannot be fully conceptualized; we contain a fragment of God, but God fully contains us"?
The meaning behind the idea that the Bible is not “true”.
What is, “the Bible is not just a textbook of facts. Like a work of art, the Bible is meant to inspire and transform us”?
The definition/description of Weak Atheism?
What is, there is significant evidence against a god, but further evidence could change this idea?
The explanation behind “the Bible is not God”.
What is, “the Bible contains an important piece of God, but God is not contained by the Bible”?
6 of the 8 Logical fallacies we studied in class.
What are Ad Hominem, Straw Man, Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Popularity, False Dichotomy, Slippery Slope, Hasty Generalization, Burden of Proof?
The definition/description of God as Ground of Being.
What is, "encountering God through that act of giving yourself to the world in love"?
All 6 lessons of what the Bible is/is not.
What is, "the Bible is ancient, diverse, and ambiguous, and the Bible is NOT a kid's book, God, and ‘true'"?
The definition/description of strong atheism.
What is, “a non-belief in any god, and that evidence in our universe points to this as a reality”?
All 6 of the belief systems we studied in class.
What are Strong Atheism, Weak Atheism, Agnosticism, Weak Theism, Strong Theism, and Pantheism?