2025 Final Christian Thought

What caused the Buddha's death?

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

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

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

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

When someone argues with a view no one actually holds.

Which of the following is NOT considered a sacred text?

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

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

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

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

Which movement in Judaism is considered the most liberal?

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

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

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

This grading category is for communicating.

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

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

To which Normative subset does Divine Command belong?

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

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

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

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

The Bhagavad Gita is an example of a Hindu Upanishad.

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

Jesus experiences personal, systemic, and supernatural suffering.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which major ethical system is concerned with character formation?

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

What worldview question is our focus for this unit?

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

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

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

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

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

Which is not one of the three poisons in Buddhism?

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

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

Which thinker helped articulate both the Comsological and Teleological arguments?

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

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

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

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

This term from the Reformation means "faith alone."

Which term means "right practice"?

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

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

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

Which argument suggests God must exist because ethical obligations exist?

In Hinduism, he is the first creator.

This fallacy is concerned with hypocrisy.

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

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

To which Normative subset does Utilitarianism belong?

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Which worldview question deals with order and chaos?

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

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

Morals is the process of determining right and wrong.

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

These are the commentaries on the Vedas.

To which Normative subset does Moral Subjectivism belong?

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

Which is NOT a place of pilgrimage for a Buddhist?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which is not a Hindu holiday?

Which kind of manuscript is more reliable?

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

Which worldview question is our primary focus for this quarter?

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

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

Thomas Aquinas helped articulate these two arguments.

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

He helped lead the Zionist movement.

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

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

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

Wisdom is the grading category for communicating.

Which is NOT a major worldview question?

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

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

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

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

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

The name for how one classifies different things into categories.

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

Which unit was for "thinking about reason"?

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

The first major writings in Hinduism.

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

This virtue is concerned with fairness.

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

The Septuagint was also known as the XXL.

Louis Farrakhan leads the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

The destructive earthquake brings the community together.

In Hinduism, artha is the wheel of existence.

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

Dialectic is the grading category for remembering.

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

Utilitarianism is when you do what is best for yourself.

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

Which is NOT part of the definition of a worldview?

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

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

Which is considered more reliable?

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

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

"Faith Alone"

These texts are common to Hinduism and Buddhism.

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

"Glory to God Alone"

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

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

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

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

A Christian understanding of truth involves both reason and revelation.

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

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

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

Looking forward; working towards resolving an ethical issue.

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

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

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

An inductive argument is necessarily true.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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