APOL 220 Fall 2022 – Quiz 8 Making a Case
Which of the following inquiries are considered among life’s universal questions?
All of the above
When thinking about miracles, which point(s) below is valid?
All of the above
The authors note that sociologists have increasingly emphasized that religion is
not going away
Due to lack of evidence, many New Testament scholars today agree that Jesus did not
die at the hands of the Romans by crucifixion.
False
Regarding morality, the authors explicitly state that science does not provide this.
Moral obligations
Who is quoted as saying “The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility . . .
the fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle”?
Albert Einstein
Perhaps the best way to ground morality, as the authors suggest, is to ground it in
culture.
False
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Which of the following inquiries about the disciples substantiate the story of the
resurrection?
Only A and B
Which ancient historian provides Christianity with historical evidence for the persecution
of early Christians?
All of the above
Many Jews looked forward to a future bodily resurrection.
corporate
The work of scholars, such as N. T. Wright, has shown that the resurrection of Jesus
was a(n) notion with first-century Greeks.
unpopular
Apologetics at the Cross calls the church to:
All of the above
Various philosophers have argued that, in fact, if naturalism and evolution are both true,
“our cognitive faculties would very likely not be reliable.”
True
The unlikely discipleship of Paul and James provide us with a good reason to believe
the resurrection happened.
True
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The responses to defeaters and arguments for Christianity are in some cases able to be
abstracted from genuine discipleship and worship of the church.
False
As Christians living in the late modern era, it would be proper to simply give an
unbeliever logical arguments for Christianity.
False
We are all acting, thinking, and feeling out of backgrounds and frameworks which we do
not fully understand.
True
Both natural laws and divine miracles have a common source: the Creator.
True
Possible skeptical explanations for miracles include that people are lying, hallucinating,
or merely wish to experience one.
True
Only shallow truths can be proven absolutely; the deepest answers of life are beyond
absolute proof.
True
Which of the following considerations pushed science towards to idea that the universe
had an origin, and away from the idea that the universe is eternal?
All of the above
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The worship of a crucified and resurrected Messiah was scandalous within the first-
century world and calls for an explanation.
True
According to Alister McGrath, the best way to break the spell of a closed world system
is best done by rational argument instead of an imaginatively compelling alternative.
False
According to the authors, currently, there is far more of a consensus among scientists
than one might expect that the universe had a beginning.
True
Christian persuasion should be holistic
True
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