A) The hiddenness of God is a necessary condition for free will. B) God does not want to be found by humans. C) Evidence for God is already too abundant to be ignored. D) There is no reason to believe more evidence would increase belief in God.
A) He claims it helps refine the concept of God. B) He claims that theology should never be subject to logic. C) He argues that scripture is irrelevant to logical coherence. D) He dismisses it as being purely based on atheistic bias.
A) The logical and the illogical problems. B) The intellectual and the emotional problems. C) The scientific and the philosophical problems. D) The historical and the contemporary problems.
A) That suffering does not exist in the real world. B) That God is responsible for all evil in the world. C) That humans are incapable of understanding evil. D) That the existence of God and suffering are logically incompatible.
A) The claim that God lacks the power to stop evil. B) The claim that apparently gratuitous suffering is evidence against God. C) The claim that all suffering is deserved by humans. D) The claim that evil is merely an illusion of the mind.
A) Humans cannot estimate which actions lead to the ultimate greatest happiness. B) God is always testing human faith through suffering. C) Gratuitous suffering is a scientific impossibility. D) All suffering is known to have a clear divine purpose.
A) It explains too much and still requires further explanation. B) It is based on flawed mathematical principles. C) It fails to account for the existence of morally sentient creatures. D) It suggests that our universe is the only one that matters.
A) Infinite universes would lead to a lack of moral freedom. B) Infinite universes would contradict the laws of physics. C) Infinite universes would make observations unpredictable. D) Infinite universes would make the existence of gems impossible.
A) Universal and regional. B) Scientific and theological. C) Global and local. D) Proactive and reactive.
A) Denying the existence of religious institutions. B) Denying the existence of God in a specific geographic location. C) Denying the existence of any god whatsoever. D) Denying the existence of a particular concept of God.
A) The historical necessity of religion in human society. B) Widespread beliefs in god configurations and religious experiences. C) The failure of atheistic arguments to provide moral guidance. D) The lack of scientific evidence for the non-existence of God.
A) The emotional comfort provided by religious belief. B) The scientific proof of a creator. C) The historical reliability of religious texts. D) The capacity to rationalize prudence and Pascal's Wager.
A) Our normative propensities to commit to morality. B) The existence of universal laws of nature. C) The lack of evidence for evolutionary biology. D) The fear of death among atheists.
A) It is an instantaneous realization for all people. B) It is impossible for humans to achieve. C) It is a process that has no relation to morality. D) It requires moral and spiritual development.
A) 1990 B) 2007 C) 1976 D) 2010
A) Theological deconstruction B) Logical positivism C) Empirical revisionism D) Humpty-Dumptyism
A) Antony Flew B) An unnamed BBC editor C) William Lane Craig D) William Crawley
A) The logical argument from evil B) The argument for divine command theory C) The sociological study of church attendance D) The scientific proof of creation
A) C. S. Lewis B) Edmund Burke C) Voltaire D) Pope Pius XI
A) Totalitarianism. B) Scientific enlightenment. C) Social chaos. D) Personal liberty.
A) Fostering individual liberty. B) Promoting absolute scientific freedom. C) Undermining Christian civilization. D) Establishing democratic governance.
A) The French Revolution. B) The Industrial Revolution. C) The Renaissance. D) The Reformation.
A) Humanae Vitae B) Divini Redemptoris C) Rerum Novarum D) Laudato Si
A) Anthony Kenny B) William Lane Craig C) Alvin Plantinga D) Kai Nielsen
A) Substantiation B) Refutation C) Scientific consensus D) Divine revelation
A) The existence of atoms B) The reality of time C) Other minds D) Historical events
A) Ralph McInerny B) Kai Nielsen C) Anthony Kenny D) Alvin Plantinga
A) The agnostic B) The atheist C) The scientist D) The theist
A) There is no correlation between atheism and societal health. B) Atheism is proven to be the primary driver of societal health. C) Correlation does not necessarily indicate causation. D) Higher atheist populations are the direct cause of societal health.
A) Lower fertility rates. B) Higher fertility rates. C) Increased involvement in theistic communities. D) Higher rates of social obligation.
A) They had no historical influence on societal views of race. B) They were never involved in academic or scientific fields. C) They were the primary leaders of anti-racist movements. D) Supporting scientific racism.
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.
A) George Orwell. B) Franz Kafka. C) Leo Tolstoy. D) Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
A) Cambodia B) Soviet Union C) Albania D) China
A) Lysenkoism B) Capitalist materialism C) Darwinian evolution D) Mendelian genetics
A) Joseph Stalin B) Mao Zedong C) Pol Pot D) Enver Hoxha
A) Darwin published an atheist manifesto B) Darwin never called himself an atheist C) Darwin's work was ignored by Christian scientists D) Darwin was a harsh critic of Christian theology |