Free will in theology - Quiz
A) An offshoot of Buddhism B) A single strictly unified tradition C) A conglomerate of different religious traditions D) A purely monastic order
A) Complete rejection of karma B) Indeterminism C) Fate-based approach D) Theory of absolute free will
A) Proponents for the theory of free will B) Elimination of karma C) Strictly fate-based approach D) Denial of individual existence
A) Scientific observations of nature B) Historical texts alone C) Conceptions of the supreme Being and the individual Self D) Political laws and societal structures
A) Karma dictates or is dictated by the individual Self B) Karma is controlled solely by human governments C) Karma has no connection to maya D) Karma destroys the individual Self completely
A) Only foreign philosophers B) Only ordinary human beings C) Certain saints, mystics, and the supreme being D) No one, as the future is entirely blank
A) Only future events B) Past, present, and all things yet to come C) Nothing about human actions D) Only the past and present
A) Not necessarily, as both can exist simultaneously B) Yes, destiny completely destroys free will C) Yes, free will is proven to be an illusion D) No, because destiny does not exist at all
A) Only pious activities B) All human sinful activities C) Every single action of the mind D) No one's sinful or pious activities
A) Surrender it completely to maya B) Punish the physical body C) Withdraw it and bring it back under control D) Let it wander freely without interference
A) God forces the mind to wander B) God dictates all pious actions C) God does not control anyone's will D) God controls every single thought
A) Six B) Four C) Two D) Ten
A) Matter is without freedom and Self lacks control over matter B) Matter has complete freedom C) Both matter and Self are fully autonomous D) Self controls the unfolding of matter
A) Gaining power through Ishvara B) Realizing the ultimate separateness of matter and self C) Controlling the material world D) Merging completely with maya
A) Only human beings B) Every living entity (jiva) C) The material nature (prakrti) D) Only Ishvara
A) Because Ishvara is bound by karma B) Because Ishvara only controls humans C) Because it is distinct from all feelings, thoughts, actions, or wills D) Because Ishvara does not exist
A) A belief in absolute free will B) The non-existence of karma C) A belief in determinism D) The supremacy of maya
A) The definition of the supreme being B) Explicit claims about determinism or free will C) The concept of the soul D) Rules regarding ritual worship
A) Swami Vivekananda B) Madhvacharya C) Chandrashekhara Bharati Swaminah D) Arjuna
A) There cannot be any such thing as free-will; the words are a contradiction B) Free will is the ultimate truth of the universe C) Free will exists outside of time and space D) Will is completely unconditioned by causality
A) Uncaused spontaneous events B) The independent choices of jivas C) Pure human desire and maya D) Conditions of time, space and causality
A) By mastering the physical body B) By accumulating good karma C) By exercising free will within the material world D) To get beyond the limitations of this universe
A) Only the Nyaya school B) Mimamsa, Vedanta, Shaivism, and Vaishnavism C) Only the Samkhya and Yoga schools D) Advaita schools exclusively
A) As completely controlled by matter B) As lacking any form of consciousness C) As being of a higher nature who have freedom to exploit inferior material nature D) As being entirely made of inferior material nature
A) Souls are entirely independent of God B) Souls dictate the actions of Lord Vishnu C) Souls do not have any free will as Lord Vishnu prescribes all their actions D) Souls possess absolute autonomous free will
A) That future rewards are random and past actions are ignored B) That God dictates all rewards without regard to human effort C) That past actions are erased and present actions do not matter D) That we pay for past actions and our present actions be free enough to deserve future results
A) Past karma B) Present karma C) Divine intervention D) An illusion created by maya
A) Present karma B) Past karma C) The will of Ishvara D) Destiny
A) Fate is real while free-will is a total illusion B) They are really one, that is, karma, differing only in time C) Free-will creates fate without any connection to karma D) They are in permanent and irreconcilable conflict
A) The direct commands of Lord Vishnu B) The unconditioned laws of the material universe C) The past exercise of your free-will D) Random chance within maya
A) Escape the cycle of time permanently without karma B) Eliminate the universe entirely C) Wipe out past records or add to them D) Change the nature of Ishvara
A) Calvinist Protestants B) Eastern Orthodox Church C) Pelagian scholars D) Roman Catholic Church
A) Total depravity B) Ancestral sin C) Personal fault D) Initial grace
A) Predestination B) Pelagianism C) Synergy D) Total depravity
A) Predestined fate B) Working together C) Absolute control D) Divine isolation
A) Pontius Pilate B) Vladimir Lossky C) St. Augustine D) St. John Cassian
A) Divine grace B) Human perfection C) Baptismal regeneration D) Priesthood mediation
A) Alexander Solzhenitsyn B) Leo Tolstoy C) Anton Chekhov D) Fyodor Dostoevsky
A) Demons B) Notes from Underground C) The Brothers Karamazov D) Crime and Punishment
A) Unconditional love B) Blind obedience C) Religious conversion D) Suicide
A) Calvinist Protestantism B) Lutheran monergism C) Strict Pelagianism D) Roman Catholic teaching
A) Predestination alone B) Total depravity C) Original sin D) Justification
A) The Holy Spirit's obedience to man B) God's initiative C) Man's independent choice D) The collaborative effort starting simultaneously
A) St. John Chrysostom B) Vladimir Lossky C) Pontius Pilate D) Fyodor Dostoevsky
A) 1500-1520 B) 1450-1470 C) 1600-1620 D) 1545-1563
A) Manichaeism B) Arianism C) Jansenism D) Pelagianism
A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau B) Blaise Pascal C) René Descartes D) Voltaire
A) Libertas Praestantissimum B) Humanae Vitae C) Deus Caritas Est D) Rerum Novarum
A) 1865 B) 1901 C) 1545 D) 1888
A) The writings of John Duns Scotus B) Physicalism/materialism C) St. Augustine's theology D) The Council of Trent
A) Omniscience B) Transcendence C) Immanence D) Omnipresence
A) Søren Kierkegaard B) Alvin Plantinga C) Aristotle D) William of Ockham
A) Indeterministic B) Random C) Deterministic D) Probabilistic
A) Divine foreknowledge B) A human's soul C) The natural philosophy D) The physical reality
A) Divine beings B) Omniscient beings C) Non-human animals D) Religious philosophers
A) Yachid B) Jabr C) Neshama D) Yechida
A) Destiny B) Neshama C) Jabr D) Yechida
A) William of Ockham B) al-Ash'ari C) Alvin Plantinga D) Søren Kierkegaard
A) al-Ash'ari B) William of Ockham C) Søren Kierkegaard D) Alvin Plantinga
A) Aristotle B) al-Ash'ari C) Philo D) Alvin Plantinga
A) Judaism B) Gnosticism C) Platonism D) Stoicism
A) Michael Frede B) Tertullian C) Alister McGrath D) Troels Engberg-Pedersen
A) Jewish rabbis B) Egyptian pharaohs C) Pagans D) Roman politicians
A) Michael Frede B) Alister McGrath C) Paul D) Tertullian
A) Second-century B) Third-century C) Fourth-century D) First-century
A) Princeton historian B) Harvard researcher C) Oxford scholar D) Cambridge professor
A) Old Testament studies B) Stoic philosophy C) Pauline expert D) Patristic theology
A) Non-Chalcedonian Churches B) Western Churches C) Chalcedonian Churches D) Post-Nicene Churches
A) Pelagius B) Georges Florovsky C) John Chrysostom D) John Cassian
A) Synergy B) Justification C) Blasphemy D) Theosis
A) Yes B) Only some C) No D) None
A) Civil righteousness B) Everyday actions C) Goods and possessions D) Spiritual matters
A) Eternal righteousness B) God-ward righteousness C) Spiritual righteousness D) Civil righteousness
A) Adam B) Henry Cole C) Erasmus D) The Holy Spirit
A) Henry Cole B) Erasmus C) Rupp and Watson D) Paul Althaus
A) The Bondage of the Will study B) The Paul Althaus study C) The Henry Cole study D) The Rupp/Watson study
A) Liberum B) Metanoia C) Monergism D) Arbitrium
A) The corruption of an act B) The evil of an effect C) The sinfulness of an intent D) An act's effect
A) Boethius B) John L. Girardeau C) Loraine Boettner D) Jonathan Edwards
A) John Calvin B) Boethius C) Loraine Boettner D) Jonathan Edwards
A) Libertarianism B) Anabaptism C) Open theism D) Lutheranism
A) Reformers B) Puritans C) Calvinists D) Lutherans
A) John Calvin B) Jesus Christ C) Jacobus Arminius D) Thomas Jay Oord
A) Jacobus Arminius B) John Calvin C) Thomas Jay Oord D) Jesus Christ
A) Sovereign grace B) Divine determinism C) Absolute predestination D) Essential kenosis
A) Genesis 1:1 B) John 3:16 C) Luke 13:34 D) Romans 8:28
A) Capernaum B) Jerusalem C) Rome D) Nazareth
A) A hen B) A lion C) A shepherd D) An eagle
A) Divine determinism B) Spiritual blindness C) Moral agency D) Absolute predestination
A) Emanuel Swedenborg B) Mormon leaders C) Lucifer D) The New Church
A) Mormonism B) Latter Day Saint movement C) Protestantism D) Swedenborgianism
A) Emanuel Swedenborg B) Lucifer C) Classical Protestant reformers D) Mormon leaders
A) jabr B) qadar C) bechirah D) mitzvot
A) mitzvot B) bechirah chofshit C) qadar D) jabr
A) axiomatic B) optional C) accidental D) heretical
A) the Quran B) the Mishnah C) the New Testament D) the Torah
A) Exodus B) Leviticus C) Genesis D) Deuteronomy
A) Deuteronomy 20:5 B) Deuteronomy 30:1 C) Deuteronomy 30:19 D) Deuteronomy 15:10
A) curse B) life C) silence D) death
A) the physical laws of nature B) the translation of the Torah C) the historical exile of the Jews D) the closely related resultant paradox |
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