What relationship Jerusalem and Athens?

We read the classical inheritance in light of the Bible.

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What would Milton think?

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1
Is the earth the center of the universe?
Uncertain.
You shouldn't ask the question.
Definitely yes, we're at the center of creation.
Definitely not, it's the sun
2
There is life on other planets.
possibly
God doesn't know
No, because Giordano Bruno was a heretic, and he thought so.
definitely not - it's an impious idea.
3
How does Milton NOT picture angels and demons?
Sexual and material.
Winged and robed.
Sexless and immaterial.
With their Biblical names .
4
The best political organization is
constitutional monarchy
plutocratic aristocracy
monarchy
meritocratic republicanism
5
Satan is "pure evil"
True
False
6
Sex is the result of the fall.
False
True
7
Evil came into the world through the free choice of our first parents.
False
True
8
Marriage should be
hierarchical and companionate
egalitarian and companionate
forever
egalitarian
9
God foresees everything, so he foreordains everything.
False
True
10
What is Hell like? What is Heaven like?
Nothing at all - they are imaginary places.
It's impossible to say - these are spiritual ideas.
We can't know.
Like earth, only more intense.
11
Work is the result of the fall.
False
True
12
What relationship Jerusalem and Athens?
We should only read the Bible.
The Bible and the classical stories are equally untrue.
The classical world is superior to biblical culture.
We read the classical inheritance in light of the Bible.
13
God foresees everything, so he knows what will happen from a position above time.
False
True
14
Evil came into the world through the pride and envy of Satan.
False
True
15
If God cursed the serpent to go on its belly, how did it go before?
upright, on its tail.
The serpent is just a symbol for temptation.
It had legs, which it lost.
It's borrowed from near eastern fertility religions.

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