Criticism of atheism - Quiz
Criticism of atheism
  • 1. What is William Lane Craig's counter-argument to the 'Hiddenness of God'?
A) There is no reason to believe more evidence would increase belief in God.
B) Evidence for God is already too abundant to be ignored.
C) God does not want to be found by humans.
D) The hiddenness of God is a necessary condition for free will.
  • 2. How does Craig respond to the 'Incoherence of Theism' argument?
A) He claims it helps refine the concept of God.
B) He claims that theology should never be subject to logic.
C) He dismisses it as being purely based on atheistic bias.
D) He argues that scripture is irrelevant to logical coherence.
  • 3. What are the two types of the 'Problem of Evil' mentioned in the text?
A) The historical and the contemporary problems.
B) The logical and the illogical problems.
C) The scientific and the philosophical problems.
D) The intellectual and the emotional problems.
  • 4. According to Craig, what has no one successfully shown regarding the intellectual problem of evil?
A) That suffering does not exist in the real world.
B) That the existence of God and suffering are logically incompatible.
C) That humans are incapable of understanding evil.
D) That God is responsible for all evil in the world.
  • 5. What is the 'evidential problem of evil' based on?
A) The claim that God lacks the power to stop evil.
B) The claim that evil is merely an illusion of the mind.
C) The claim that all suffering is deserved by humans.
D) The claim that apparently gratuitous suffering is evidence against God.
  • 6. Why does Craig argue that suffering might not actually be gratuitous?
A) All suffering is known to have a clear divine purpose.
B) Gratuitous suffering is a scientific impossibility.
C) God is always testing human faith through suffering.
D) Humans cannot estimate which actions lead to the ultimate greatest happiness.
  • 7. What is T.J. Mawson's criticism of the maximal multiverse hypothesis?
A) It suggests that our universe is the only one that matters.
B) It fails to account for the existence of morally sentient creatures.
C) It is based on flawed mathematical principles.
D) It explains too much and still requires further explanation.
  • 8. What inductive argument does Mawson use against the existence of infinite universes?
A) Infinite universes would contradict the laws of physics.
B) Infinite universes would make the existence of gems impossible.
C) Infinite universes would make observations unpredictable.
D) Infinite universes would lead to a lack of moral freedom.
  • 9. According to Helen De Cruz, what are the two general positions of atheistic arguments?
A) Proactive and reactive.
B) Scientific and theological.
C) Global and local.
D) Universal and regional.
  • 10. What is the definition of 'local' atheism according to De Cruz?
A) Denying the existence of a particular concept of God.
B) Denying the existence of religious institutions.
C) Denying the existence of any god whatsoever.
D) Denying the existence of God in a specific geographic location.
  • 11. What evidence does De Cruz use against global atheism?
A) The failure of atheistic arguments to provide moral guidance.
B) Widespread beliefs in god configurations and religious experiences.
C) The lack of scientific evidence for the non-existence of God.
D) The historical necessity of religion in human society.
  • 12. What does Amanda Askell identify as a prudential objection to atheism?
A) The emotional comfort provided by religious belief.
B) The capacity to rationalize prudence and Pascal's Wager.
C) The scientific proof of a creator.
D) The historical reliability of religious texts.
  • 13. According to C. Stephen Evans, what offers a normative objection to atheism?
A) The lack of evidence for evolutionary biology.
B) The fear of death among atheists.
C) Our normative propensities to commit to morality.
D) The existence of universal laws of nature.
  • 14. What is C. Stephen Evans' view on the process of coming to know God?
A) It requires moral and spiritual development.
B) It is a process that has no relation to morality.
C) It is impossible for humans to achieve.
D) It is an instantaneous realization for all people.
  • 15. In what year did Antony Flew write 'The Presumption of Atheism'?
A) 2007
B) 1990
C) 2010
D) 1976
  • 16. What term is used in the text to describe Flew's redefinition of atheism?
A) Logical positivism
B) Humpty-Dumptyism
C) Theological deconstruction
D) Empirical revisionism
  • 17. Who stated that Flew's presumption of atheism is followed by today's 'new atheism'?
A) William Lane Craig
B) William Crawley
C) Antony Flew
D) An unnamed BBC editor
  • 18. Which of the following is listed as an argument critical of the positions of atheism?
A) The scientific proof of creation
B) The sociological study of church attendance
C) The argument for divine command theory
D) The logical argument from evil
  • 19. Who did Francis Collins find persuasive in convincing him that theism is more rational than atheism?
A) Voltaire
B) Edmund Burke
C) Pope Pius XI
D) C. S. Lewis
  • 20. What did John Locke believe the denial of God's existence would lead to?
A) Scientific enlightenment.
B) Personal liberty.
C) Social chaos.
D) Totalitarianism.
  • 21. According to Pope Pius XI, what was the aim of Communist atheism?
A) Undermining Christian civilization.
B) Promoting absolute scientific freedom.
C) Establishing democratic governance.
D) Fostering individual liberty.
  • 22. Which historical event was cited by critics for its 'atheistical fanaticism'?
A) The Reformation.
B) The Renaissance.
C) The Industrial Revolution.
D) The French Revolution.
  • 23. Which encyclical denounced the atheism of the Soviet Union?
A) Humanae Vitae
B) Divini Redemptoris
C) Laudato Si
D) Rerum Novarum
  • 24. Which philosopher argued that the true default position is neither theism nor atheism, but agnosticism?
A) Anthony Kenny
B) William Lane Craig
C) Kai Nielsen
D) Alvin Plantinga
  • 25. According to Anthony Kenny, what does a claim to knowledge require?
A) Scientific consensus
B) Divine revelation
C) Refutation
D) Substantiation
  • 26. Plantinga compares belief in God to the belief in what other concept for which there is no evidence?
A) The existence of atoms
B) Other minds
C) The reality of time
D) Historical events
  • 27. Whose position argues that the burden of proof rests on the atheist?
A) Alvin Plantinga
B) Kai Nielsen
C) Anthony Kenny
D) Ralph McInerny
  • 28. Who does William Lane Craig suggest makes no knowledge claim regarding God's existence?
A) The theist
B) The atheist
C) The scientist
D) The agnostic
  • 29. What is Phil Zuckerman's stance on the correlation between atheism and societal health?
A) There is no correlation between atheism and societal health.
B) Higher atheist populations are the direct cause of societal health.
C) Atheism is proven to be the primary driver of societal health.
D) Correlation does not necessarily indicate causation.
  • 30. What is atheism connected to in some industrial nations according to William Bainbridge?
A) Increased involvement in theistic communities.
B) Higher fertility rates.
C) Lower fertility rates.
D) Higher rates of social obligation.
  • 31. What historical legacy is attributed to atheists in the context of racism?
A) They were never involved in academic or scientific fields.
B) Supporting scientific racism.
C) They were the primary leaders of anti-racist movements.
D) They had no historical influence on societal views of race.
  • 32. What is the demographic composition of many contemporary atheist groups?
A) Mostly represented by religious minorities.
B) Highly diverse with a majority of women.
C) Dominated by white men with few minorities or women.
D) Evenly distributed among all gender and ethnic groups.
  • 33. Which novelist is mentioned alongside John Locke regarding the danger of excluding God?
A) Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
B) George Orwell.
C) Leo Tolstoy.
D) Franz Kafka.
  • 34. Which country became the first formally declared atheist state in 1967?
A) Soviet Union
B) Albania
C) Cambodia
D) China
  • 35. Which ideology was adopted by the Soviet Union that impeded biological research?
A) Mendelian genetics
B) Lysenkoism
C) Capitalist materialism
D) Darwinian evolution
  • 36. Who led the Cambodian genocide and purged religion following Mao's influence?
A) Pol Pot
B) Mao Zedong
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Enver Hoxha
  • 37. What did Alister McGrath point out about Charles Darwin?
A) Darwin was a harsh critic of Christian theology
B) Darwin published an atheist manifesto
C) Darwin never called himself an atheist
D) Darwin's work was ignored by Christian scientists
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