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In Hinduism, Brahman is...
Which is not a Biblical Truth?
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Which is not a Biblical Truth?
God Created Humans
God did not create morality, humans did.
God Communicates with Humans
Humans can know the World and God
2
In Hinduism, Brahman is...
Similar to karma
A perfect being e should strive to be like
A book of good teachings
ultimate reality and is beyond good and evil
3
Biblical theists believe that ethics are universal because they are based on the unchanging character of a good God
True
False
4
Nihilism is the denial of any Worldview or Philosphy
False
True
5
Which is NOT a concept connected to Karma
the Eastern version of "you reap what you sow"
God loves us and accepts us by grace
Ultimate reality is beyond good and evil
every soul should suffer for the past evil it has done
6
Deists describe God as a Divine Watchmaker
False
True
7
Which political system attempts to put naturalism into practice According to James Sire
Capitalism
Monarchy
Democracy
Marxism
8
What best describes the progression of worldviews in the West?
belief in God → an impersonal God → no God → no purpose at all
natural beliefs -> supernatural beliefs
trusting science -> Trusting Scripture -> trusting science
It has not progressed at all
9
Which movie does not have New Age themes?
Star Wars
Jaws
E.T.
The Matrix
10
Atman is Brahman means...
ultimate reality is unknowable
the individual "soul" is the "Soul" of the whole cosmos
Atman was a religious leader in Hinduism who changed his name to Brahman
that Jesus Christ is Lord in Hindi
11
Which is NOT a worldview question based upon Sire's book
The Universe Next Door
?
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Why is it possible to know anything at all?
What is the meaning of human history?
How do we know what is right and wrong?
12
what is a definition of a metanarrative
the opposite of modernism
the value of a story
A virtual world
a master story encompassing all other stories
13
ex nihilo means....
No More
Nada
Nothing Exists
Out of Nothing
14
According to Nihilism, humanity's emergence can be attributed to
The souls of the Universe combining into one
God
Love
Chance
15
Eastern Pantheistic Monism is expressed very differently across many different religions
False
True
16
Sire claims that any time Nihilists are trusting their thinking they are being...
Good Nihilists
Thoughtful
Inconsistent
Weird
17
Which brand of Deism is popular with most American teenagers and young adults?
American Teenager Deism
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Postmodern Deism
Make-Your-Own-God-Deism
18
Early Deists believed...
There is no God
God is personal and loving
God created the world
Our God is an Awesome God
19
James Sire Described Existentialism as a ______ of Naturalism
2nd cousin
Brother
Twin
parasite
20
A common New Age belief is that...
human nature is evolving to higher consciousness.
Nothing Matters
We are at our best when we are praying to God
Nature has reached its highest possible state of consciousness
21
A Biblical Worldveiw says - God created the universe to operate with a uniformity of cause and effect in an open system.
False
True
22
The Muslim prayer
Allahu akbar
is proclaimed five times a day and is translated to...
Bless them all
Pray without ceasing
Peace Forever
God is Love
23
Postmodernism is not that difficult to categorize, the origin of the term comes from sociology rather than philosophy.
False
True
24
Jean Paul Satre said...If God doesn't exist, there is at least one being in whom existence precedes essence... ________?
This being is Man
This being is not real
This being can never be known
This being is Dumb
25
In the biblical worldview history is...
linear, going toward a certain end
cyclical, it will repeat over and over again forever
chaotic, no one can know its direction or purpose
absurd, doesn't matter.
26
Sociologists and philosophers share the same ideas regarding categories of being, knowing, and ethics.
False
True
27
'Theism puts being before knowing' means that
it is important to start with metaphysics before going to epistemology
postmodernism believes the exact same thing as Christians
it is impossible to have any certainty knowing if God is real
I don't care. I'm a nihilist.
28
Is this question EXACTLY how it appears in the textbook?
Why is it possible to believe anything at all?
True
False
29
Buddism and Hinduism are similar in almost every way
True
False
30
When Clarles Baudelaire said, "If God exists, he must be the devil"
True
False
31
Albert Camus and other Existential authors sought to transcend Nihilism.
True
False
32
According to Naturalists, where do ethics not come from?
Trial and Error
God
Ourselves
Human Experience
33
"What personal, life-orienting core _____________________ are consistent with this worldview?"
behaviors
feelings
commitments
beliefs
34
What is the ___________ of human history?
Outcome
Goal
Meaning
Reason
35
The worst sin in Islam is
shirk
, which when translated into English means
Sinner
idolatry
Liar
Murder
36
aestheticism-the idea that the purpose of life is to create beauty and meaning out of absurdity-is another expression of
Existentialism
Eastern Pantheism
Deism
Naturalism
37
James Sire identified the first "bridge" that led from Naturalism to Nihilism as...
the lack of a basis for humans to have any real choice
the depressing music of the era
a belief in absolute truth
a belief in Jesus Christ as Lord of all
38
Theism is the foundational worldview of all other worldviews?
True
False
39
Which is a worldview question based upon Sire's book
The Universe Next Door
?
Is it possible to know anything that is real?
What is the meaning of life?
What is a human being?
What is the permanent reality?
40
James Sire believes postmodernism is incorrect in its critique of optimistic forms of naturalism.
True
False
41
Holistic (alternative) Medicine might have its source in New Age beliefs
True
False
42
From a the biblical theist perspective, what is the basis for morality?
parents teaching their children rules
the majority-view of society, since society bears the imago Dei
God’s law as passed down by Abel and his descendants
the nature and character of God as is revealed in his Word
43
James Sire claims that his book of worldviews is...
Just okay I guess
The Textbook for ACU's LIA102 class.
more basic than formal studies in philosophy, theology, etc.
The ultimate guide to all things worldview.
44
Which is NOT a stated purpose of James Sire's book
The Universe Next Doo
r?
To outline the basic worldviews of the Western world
To trace historically how worldviews have developed
To answer questions of life "Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?"
To show how postmodernism puts a twist on various worldviews
45
What is
solipsism?
The belief that...
the Bible is NOT absolute truth
there is no reality
the Bible IS absoulte truth to Christians only, but not to unbelievers
each person alone is the determiner of values
46
Which is NOT a metaphor Sire uses to describe the worldview of Nihilism
zero point
a rainbow that vanishes when one approaches the end
a foggy bottomland through which we modern people must pass
the number 42
47
Which is not a belief of a Bibilcal Worldview
We can determine our own purpose and meaning in life
Jesus is the only way of salvation
we are called to share the gospel with the whole world
people are made in the image of God
48
New Age is a set of pessimistic beliefs about human nature.
False
True
49
James Sire commented that when we examine New Age beliefs we are studying a worldview in its
pure essence
dying years
late adolescence
absurdity
50
What is the main point of this quote from an Existentialist? "The brain secretes thought as the liver secretes bile."
there is a huge mystery in the workings of the human mind
the human mind is separate from the brain
thoughts are not from the spirit but are chemical reactions of the brain
Who cares, I am a nihilist.
51
According to James Sire, this medical doctor is a promoter of New Age beliefs...
Dr. C Everett Coop
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Andrew Weil
Dr. John
52
According to a biblical worldview when people die they will spend eternity in heaven.
True
False
53
According to Naturalism, the cosmos exists as a uniformity of cause and effect in a closed
system
.
True
False
54
Naturalist Richard Dawkins described natural selection as
perfect
the great good
the blind watchmaker
amazing
55
According to Sire, one's worldview is a commitment of the heart.
True
False
56
According to Sire, Nihilism is a denial of everything.
False
True
57
According to a biblical worldview Humans, created in the image of God, are Social Beings
False
True
58
According to Sire, which is NOT an Existentialist author
Heidegger
Baudelaire
Camus
Satre
59
What did James Sire Claim about people and their Worldviews?
All people get their worldview from LIA102
They all have a Biblical Worldview at heart
People are rarely aware of the assumptions they have about their worldviews
Sire claimed that people are always perfectly aligned with one worldview
60
A Muslim declaration of faith is...
"Everyone should be Muslim"
"God is distant and unknown"
"We must do anything for Allah"
"There is no God but Allah and Muhammed is the Prophet of God."
61
Which is NOT a viewpoint about prime reality held by biblical theists?
God is infinite
God is personal
God both exists and does not exist
God is transcendent
62
There is only one impersonal element that constitutes reality in Eastern Pantheism
False
True
