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Nihilism, Existentialism, Postmodernism
Nihilism, Existentialism, Postmodernism
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What did Lewis imagine a person who has been trained to have appropriate responses having a hard time doing?
Cutting up a dead human body
All of the above
Even cutting down trees
Dissecting a live animal
2
What are the four bridges from Naturalism to Nihilism? These are things that the logic forces us to give up.
Religion, science, philosophy, and poetry
Security, significance, individuality, and love
Free will, morality, knowledge, and meaning
Sports, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll.
3
According to Lewis, why did science thrive while magic shriveled and died?
There weren't enough magic teachers to really help it spread
Science works and magic doesn't
Science is safe and magic is dangerous
The church stamped out magic
4
What does the root word of nihilism mean?
Nothing
Naked
Numb
Hilarious
5
What does having well trained sentiments, a "strong chest" do for a person?
They don't look foolish in public for saying or doing inappropriate things.
It helps them lift heavy objects.
It helps them love other people the way Jesus does.
It is the power that helps the head (intellect) rule the belly (instincts).
6
In contrast to postmodern ways of thinking, what do Christians claim about their meta-narrative?
It should be told in Hebrew
It is only for the chosen few
It has been lost
It is objectively true
7
When thinking like an existentialist, how would a Christian view their relationship with God?
God just wants me to be happy and feel good about myself.
God is the supreme authority who drives the whole relationship.
Existentialists don't believe a relationship with God is possible.
I start knowing only myself and must reach out in faith to meet God.
8
Which of our topics this unit is the logical result of starting with naturalism? (Following four bridges)
Postmodernism
Existentialism
Idealism
Nihilism
9
What insights (existentialist ones) for Christians did we get from people like Martin Buber and C. S. Lewis?
All people are basically the same
Stay grounded in objective reality
The image in your head of God is totally accurate
Don't treat people (subjects) like objects
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What can Christians do when it feels like they are arguing with postmoderns about narratives vs. objective truth?
Let them have their stories
Insist that they listen to all our arguments
Step back, acknowledge the worldview differences
Punch them in the kidney
11
When Christians start our story from the subjective world (like existentialists), what virtue becomes very important?
Fairness
Charity
Perseverence
Faith
12
Which subjects first used the word "postmodern" to describe some of their ideas?
Biology and botany
Architecture and art
Philiosophy and religion
Politics and economics
13
What happens to people who actually start believing the nihilist conclusions about free will, morality, etc.?
They feel set free
They die from boredom
They become "cases" of mental illness
They become violent and aggressive monsters
14
How do existentialists describe the way the subjective and objective worlds interact?
Seamlessly and smoothly
They don't ever meet
They are the same thing
Conflict and absurdity
15
What identical goal did Lewis say that both magic and science have?
To satisfy our thirst for knowledge
To get rich and impress the ladies
To conquer and control the world around us
To be able to do really cool things
16
According to existentialists, what is prime reality?
The world of dreams
The spiritual world
The physical world
The subjective world
17
What do most post modern people think about others who try to convince them to change their beliefs or their "stories"?
They don't care because nothing really matters.
Others are always wrong, only they have the true story.
They think those others are being extremely rude and intolerant.
They love it, it helps them find the truth.
18
Martin also said connecting with other subjects is the best part of life. What is his famous quote about this?"
Knowing about is not the same as knowing
Tis better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.
The only way to have a friend is to be one
All real living is meeting
19
When we discussed the example of rain, which of these was its FINAL cause?
The substance of rain - water
The reason for rain - plants and animals need it
The properties of rain - liquid with a boiling point and freezing point
The environment around the water - how cold it is, etc.
20
What kinds of emotions are connected with nihilism?
Depression and despair
Rage and anger
Joy and happiness
Confidence and determination
21
What two pursuits did Lewis say were "twins" that both emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries?
Science and magic
Democracy and Capitalism
Socialism and Marxism
Theater and Sport
22
According to C. S. Lewis in the Abolition of Man, what key part of education has been cut out in our modern approaches?
Studies of the Bible and Christian doctrines
Higher levels of math and logic
Ancient languages like Greek and Latin
Training in making appropriate emotional responses and value judgments.
23
Where do post modern people find and connect with "their people"?
In "tribes" of people who share the same story
In churches
In multi-cultural gathering places
In political parties
24
What do postmoderns claim about metanarratives?
That none of them can claim to be objectively true
That there is ultimately only one.
That they were written by Mark Zuckerberg
That none of them really make sense.
25
Which of the four causes is NOT something a modern scientist would accept as a cause for any physical event?
The efficient cause
The final cause
The formal cause
The material cause
26
The word postmoderns use to mean "an over-arching story that gives shape to a person's life."
Meta-narrative
Soliloquy
Quantum-message
Solipsism
27
What does Lewis call these "emotions organized by well trained habit"?
The head (the intellect)
The chest (stable sentiments)
The belly (animal instincts)
The eye (prophetic intuition)
28
Which worldview is responding directly to nihilism, trying to overcome it?
Naturalism
Theism
Existentialism
Postmodernism
29
From what famous Nihilist did we spend a day looking up quotes?
James Sire
Jason Mraz
Aristotle
Friedrich NIetzsche
30
What ancient Greek philosopher thought everything that happened was the result of FOUR causes?
Aristotle
Socrates
Pythagoras
Anaximander
31
What do existentialists think about the four bridges, the four things that nihilists have let go?
Nihilists are wrong, we definitely have them!
Nihilists are right, they don't exist
They're real, but don't matter
They add two more to make six things we give up.
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What can Christians learn from postmodernism?
To keep up to date
The power of story telling
Tolerance
To believe in evolution
