2025 Christian Thought from Start to Finish

Which of the following is NOT a place of worship in Hinduism?

T/F: Maimonides lived in Al-Andalus, also known as Muslim France.

Which major ethical system is concerned with the meaning of moral language?

Inspiration is the belief that God prompted the writers of the Bible to communicate the truth of God.

Normative--> Deontological--> Based on how people know to act (even if they don't do it , AKA the moral law)

This part of the unit framework includes things like Purim, Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Eid al-Fitr, and Easter.

Which term means "right practice"?

T/F: Premises and conclusions are necessary statements for an argument.

Which is NOT a place of pilgrimage for a Buddhist?

The (false?) idea that we can somehow look into the past and see when something became inevitable.

Wisdom is the grading category for communicating.

T/F: All three theistic religions assert that Jesus is part of the Trinity.

Moral reflection is "waking up" to moral experience, to being a moral agent.

Christians should concern themselves with revelation (while having nothing to do with reason).

Remember Abraham, Samuel, and Moses, and the prophets: God is not caught off guard by the death of Jesus.

Hebrews 2 reminds us that Jesus is able to help us in our suffering because he suffered, too.

He helped lead the Zionist movement.

In Hinduism, artha is the wheel of existence.

Which argument suggests that the universe is the work of an intelligent designer?

The Genetic Fallacy occurs when you make a comparison that doesn't really communicate because things aren't equal.

Which movement in Judaism is considered the most liberal?

Morals is the process of determining right and wrong.

Which worldview asserts that the universe is the most real thing?

Which of the following is NOT on Maimonides's list of key Jewish beliefs?

A collection of books used by some Catholics that includes 1st Maccabees.

According to Charles Taylor, BUFFERED selves are open to the experience of something beyond themselves.

There is a strong connection between divine command and virtue theory in Christian ethics.

In both Hinduism and Buddhism, yoga is a way of practicing control, particularly over the body.

Our fifth unit of study is about reason.

Live "by faith" and follow Jesus, the "pioneer and perfecter."

"Glory to God Alone"

In Hinduism, he is the first creator.

In Hinduism, final release is called moksha. In Buddhism, it is called nirvana.

This New Testament passage is NOT from Act Four of the Biblical Story.

Which ethical system is most concerned with someone's character?

Which argument suggests that the universe is a contingent thing depending on a necessary God?

When someone argues with a view no one actually holds.

This Old Testmanet passage is NOT from the third act of the Biblical Story

A Christian understanding of truth involves both reason and revelation.

Utilitarianism is when you do what is best for yourself.

Our third unit of study in this course involves thinking about experience.

Which is not one of the three poisons in Buddhism?

Which is NOT part of the definition of a worldview?

Which worldview question deals with order and chaos?

Metaethics is concerned with the meaning and usage of moral language.

What do you call it when an argument is valid and true?

What worldview question is our focus for this unit?

Multiverse Theory suggests that we are all just simulations in some futuristic computer simulation.

This term from the Reformation means "faith alone."

Which group is known for being mystics in the Muslim faith?

An inductive argument is necessarily true.

To which Normative subset does Utilitarianism belong?

Which unit was for "thinking about reason"?

Which of the following is the second premise of the classical argument for evil?

No concept of eternal judgment can be found in the New Testament.

Normative--> Relativistic--> the consensus of people at a particular time and place

Which is NOT a name for a meeting place in Judaism?

The first major writings in Hinduism.

Which group would assert that evil is just a part of the universe and a matter of perspective?

Assumptions that are the result of "considered, rational, and critical thought."

The ability to "hold it together" when listening to someone you strongly disagree with.

The destructive earthquake brings the community together.

Thomas Aquinas helped articulate these two arguments.

This religious view saw the spiritual as good and the physical as bad.

What question should Christians ask about life in the fifth act?

What terms means "God is everywhere by nature of his knowledge and activity"?

Who asserted that evil is a problem of mixing the MORAL and the MYSTERIOUS?

The "end point" of the world around us and of human history is that God will dwell with mankind.

What cardinal virtue is also known as courage?

Which term means that God is unlimited in being and capacity?

T/F: Shiite Muslims are the larger, less conservative group of Muslims.

Which is not a Hindu holiday?

This ancient Greek philosophy encouraged "rising above" the pains and pleasures of this life in the pursuit of virtue.

These are the commentaries on the Vedas.

Which kind of judgment is more about "ought" than about "good for me"?

Which thinker helped articulate both the Comsological and Teleological arguments?

What do you call it when the form of an argument is correct?

Keywords like "Karen" are a primary way people "indicate their group affililations or disaffiliations."

Which 5-Minute Find was the first time the Hebrew Old Testament was translated into Greek?

These texts are common to Hinduism and Buddhism.

T/F: Many Christians, Jews, and Muslims practice fasting.

A complex good is when something bad comes from something good (but it doesn't justify the bad).

"Live by the Spirit" and "nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus."

Which worldview question is important because it helps us know what we can rely on as we experience the world?

Which is NOT something the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch communicates about the Bible.

Who was the monastic scholar who first articulated the ontological argument?

Intersectionality is when someone belongs to more than one oppressed group and is called to their common cause.

"Faith Alone"

Settled convictions are important: "we can't make progress until somethings are no longer up for grabs."

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for the Jewish Mashiach?

Which major ethical system is concerned with character formation?

To which Normative subset does Divine Command belong?

Which type of revelation is about God revealing more of Himself over time?

Louis Farrakhan leads the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

"Waking up" to being a moral person in a moral world.

This 4th century theologian wrote Confessions and The City of God.

What does RCO stand for?

What caused the Buddha's death?

Which Normative subset is also known as "duty ethics"?

Clothing and fringes worn as reminders of God's commandments.

"You were bought with a price" and "honor God with your bodies."

New Age Thought presupposes that life is meaningless and therefore absurd.

Heresy that denies Jesus was human with a body; condemns the God of the Old Testament.

Athanasius wrote a letter that defined and closed the New Testament canon.

Which part of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral is concerned with making choices based on personal life events?

Which is NOT part of the definition of a worldview?

Making a decision based on the Bible is an example of which part of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral?

Which worldview question helps us know what to expect about the way the world works?

This act of the Biblical Story is a period of escalating evil.

Jesus experiences personal, systemic, and supernatural suffering.

Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" suggests that shadows are the real thing.

Which argument spoke of "that than which nothing greater can be conceived"?

The Bhagavad Gita is an example of a Hindu Upanishad.

Illumination is the belief that the Spirit helps us understand and do the Word of God.

This grading category is for communicating.

The term the Bible uses to describe mankind's fallen nature.

This fallacy is concerned with hypocrisy.

Which is considered more reliable?

Which argument suggests that God's existence is either necessary or impossible?

Gnosticism asserts that everyone has easy access to secret knowledge and can transcend this false world.

Which is NOT one of the original languages of the Bible?

To which Normative subset does Moral Subjectivism belong?

The Septuagint was also known as the XXL.

A judgment made because it was good or bad for you, not because you ought to have done it.

Heresy that says Jesus' body was actually an illusion, so he didn't really suffer.

"Adversaries of Utopia" are people who don't believe the world can be totally fixed (like some do).

T/F: Logic uses proofs and arguments to show something to be true or false.

Which kind of manuscript is more reliable?

Which of the following is NOT one of Henri Blocher's perspective on the death of Jesus?

Christians shouldn't really consider themselves stewards of the world God created.

Which concept is about thinking that is quick and intuitive?

Cammy robs a bank of $1,000,000.

Christians believe the Most Real Thing exists as a Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

You went to the store this morning. This afternoon, merchandise was missing. Therefore, you stole the merchandise.

T/F: The greater jihad is not the internal struggle but the struggle against socio-political enemies.

A collection of books/writings/events that are considered authoritative.

The theistic form of the evidential argument concludes that "there is no God."

According to the notes, which of the following was NOT a time that Jesus dealt with the question of evil?

This grading category is about applying what you've learned to life.

Looking forward; working towards resolving an ethical issue.

Which is not a miracle said to be performed by the Buddha?

Which term means "God's existence depends on nothing outside itself to perpetuate itself"?

In the Creation-to-Consummation Framework, this is where you affirm what is true and beautiful.

"An agreement that political adversaries ought to abide by the same rules" in order to maintain order.

This ethical system specific involves legislation, laws, and rights.

Which worldview question has secondary questions like "is it God?" and "are there multiple gods?"

In ancient Greek thinking, eudaimonia was the happy, good life.

Which term means that God is timelessy eternal, unchanging in character and purpose?

"Right doctrine" or "right belief" are known as orthodoxy.

Which of the following "jewels" is the "teaching"?

Which of the following is NOT considered a sacred text?

In both Hinduism and Buddhism, the soul is called this.

Deism presupposes that the matter of the universe is the "most real thing."

Like ancient temples, people bearing God's image mark this world as being God's world.

This fallacy has been committed when irrelevant information is treated as if it were important.

This virtue is concerned with fairness.

This, based on action, moves us up or down the wheel of existence.

Which argument suggests God must exist because ethical obligations exist?

One requirement for a writing to be included in the New Testament was that it had to be used universally.

In the Creation-to-Consummation Framework, this is where you offer correctives and improvements.

This grading category is about remembering.

"Sunk costs" are "unrecoverable investments" that shape our decisions.

Which of the following did Siddhartha NOT see on his journeys beyond the palace?

What kind of argument has a conclusion that is more likely true?

Which term means "God possesses all the power that a being can possess"?

N. T. Wright suggests that Scripture is a key way God exercises His authority.

Which 5-Minute Find included parts of every Old Testament book except Esther?

The cosmological argument for God's existence can help us see that even right and wrong are contingent on God.

Which worldview asserts that we are all extensions of the universe?

Pantheistic Monism presupposes that we are all simply extensions of the universe.

Making a decision about a current event after consulting newspapers and statistics is an example of what quadrant?

Which worldview question is our primary focus for this quarter?

Heresy that says Jesus was not part of the Trinity, just a moral man "set apart" by God at his baptism or resurrection.

The name for how one classifies different things into categories.

Which is NOT a major worldview question?

Which Normative subset is concerned with the end results of an action?

What term means "God is not limited by time"?

The Gospel of Thomas casts Judas as a "hero" in the story of Jesus.

Which argument asserts that things in the universe are like man-made machines?

Dialectic is the grading category for remembering.