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Empiricism
The problem with the coherence theory of truth is
8th Grade Bible_Worldview_Truth
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The problem with the coherence theory of truth is
There is no truth
It is only a theory, not a scientific fact
Something can be consistent, yet false
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Empiricism
What your preferences are
What you feel
What works
What can be proven with your five senses
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What is one of the biggest problems in religious pluralism?
There are too many religions for someone to know them all
All religions cannot be true because they teach contradictory things
A person must follow one of the paths to get to God
There are no problems with religious pluralism
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How does Satan attack the truth?
He denies or questions what God has said.
He questions Adam’s authority
He is completely truthful
He doesn’t lie to people, he lies to God.
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Coffee is better than tea
Insulin
Ice cream
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If morality was like ice cream instead of insulin, what would result because of it?
Morality would become better because ice cream is better than insulin
Nothing in society and culture would change
Morality would become nothing more than a personal preference for people
Morality would have an objective standard of right and wrong
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Right and wrong
Metaphysics
Theology
Philosophy
Morality
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Murder is wrong
Ice Cream
Insulin
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All religions could be false
False
True
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What is the pragmatic theory of truth?
A statement or belief is true if it is built upon other truth beliefs
Something is true if it produces a desirable effect
Something is true if it is something you can experience
A statement or belief is true if it has an undesirable effect
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All views have equal merit and no one's ideas or more true than another's
False
True
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The problem with the pragmatic theory of truth is that something can useful but not true or true but not useful
True
False
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Who asked Jesus, "What is truth?"
Simon Peter
Pontius Pilate
Luke
The Apostle Paul
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Truth is like a
GPS
Compass
Road Map
All of the above
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Claims that don't depend on the beliefs of someone
Objective statements
Preferences
Relative truth
Subjective claims
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What is the coherence theory of truth?
a. Something is true if you believe it is true
A belief or statement is true if it works
A belief or statement is true if it is consistent with other beliefs
A belief or statement is true if it is written with correct grammar
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What is the dominant worldview of today’s culture?
Objectivism
Relativism
Christianity
Islam
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A statement is true when it matches up with reality
The Objective Theory of Truth
The Subjective Theory of Truth
The Corrective Theory of Truth
The Correspondence Theory of Truth
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The definition of religious pluralism is
There is only one true path to God
Each religion has branches within the overarching religion
There are many religions in the world
All religions are legitimate roads to God
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A statement that matches reality
Truth
Emotion
Relative
Pragmatism
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If someone says, "Truth is relative," they are saying there is objective truth.
True
False
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Before we can argue that Christianity is true, what must we do?
Teach them the basics of Christianity
Take a class about sharing the Gospel
Convince people that truth exists
Tell them the flaws of all other religions
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Theological claims are like
Insulin
Ice Cream
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Dogs are cuter than cats
Insulin
Ice Cream
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How can you expose the faulty thinking in the claim “There is no truth”?
Simply tell the person that they are wrong
Argue that truth exists using the Bible
Ask the question “Is it true there is no truth?”
Agree that there is no truth
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All religions can be true
True
False
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Truth has
Feelings
Consequences
Questions
Thoughts
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Your feelings will always tell you what is objectively true
True
False
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What might happen even if a person speaks truth with love?
The person speaking truth might not be talking to the right person
The receiver might fall asleep when being told the truth
The receiver might still be offended because the truth is offensive
Receiver might get offended because of the love in which truth was spoken
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Personal and private claims that depend on the beliefs, opinions, and preferences of an individual
Absolute truth
Facts
Objective truth
Subjective truth
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Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War
Insulin
Ice Cream
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Religious ideas are most concerned with
Being a good person
Eternal life
Truth
Feelings
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What is religious relativism?
One religion is true for everyone in the world
People who follow relativism religiously
The idea that religion can be true for one person but not for everyone
Religions are all related to each other
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Believing something is true makes it true
True
False
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A self-defeating claim
Subjective truth is based on opinions
There is no objective truth
Objective truth is based on facts
Coffee ice cream is the best ice cream
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If Christ has not been raised from the dead, your faith is
Worthless because you are still in your sins
True for you because you believe it
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Moral Claims are like
Ice Cream
Insulin
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Pragmatism
What is objectively true
What works
What can be proven with your five senses
What you feel
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Theology is the study of the nature of God and religious belief
True
False
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All religions can't be true because they make contradicting claims
False
True
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What does 2 Thessalonians say will happen to people who don't love the truth?
Nothing happens to them
They are fulfilled
They live happily
They perish
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Jesus is the only way because He is the only one who paid for sin
False
True
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What are the two extremes Christians can face when communicating truth?
Loving a person and hating a person
Telling too much of the truth and telling too little of the truth
Talking way too much about truth and not talking at all about truth
Love without truth and truth without love
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When sharing the passage about Jesus being the only way, what is the usual response people give in our culture today?
This must be true for everyone
Ok, I believe Jesus is the only way
That may be true for you, but not for me
Can you clarify what that means?
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One of the lies you'll hear about truth is....
Two contradictory statements can't both be truth
Truth is absolute
If there is objective truth, you can't know what it is.
There is objective truth
