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Defending the Faith unit 6
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Religious Studies
11th Grade
05/19/2013

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T or f
The opening quote from Napoleon Bonaparte regarding Jesus Christ suggests that Jesus is a fraud
Definition
false
Term
t or f
The interrelated presuppositions that people have will to a large degree determine what they do with the evidence for the uniqueness of Christ
Definition
true
Term
t or f
most of the 53 different geographical locations in the Gospel of Luke have been shown to be accurate
Definition
false
Term
t or f
jesus clearly accepted the major tenets of the Jewish faith and the authority of the Torah
Definition
true
Term
T or F
Jesus did not see himself as a prophet, this was something others ascribed to him
Definition
false
Term
t or f
Jesus referred to himself as the, son of man, and was one of his favorite self designations
Definition
true
Term
t or f
ignatius, referring to Jesus as God, is considered a friendly witness to the historicity of Jesus
Definition
true
Term
t or f
when you look closely at the founders of other religions and compare their claims to theclaims of Jesus you will find fundamental differences and superficial similarities.
Definition
false
Term
t or f
Mohammed, like Jesus, also claimed to be born of a virgin and claimed to perform miracles.
Definition
false
Term
t or f
the teachings of confucius emphasize gentlemanliness, humaneness, kindness, but he did not claim to be divine or even good.
Definition
true
Term
t or f
in buddhism the goal of religious practice is freedom from suffering and the illusion of the self
Definition
true
Term
t or f
Siddhartha Gautama thought of himself as divine, much like Jesus
Definition
false
Term
t or f
Hindus have around three hundred million gods and a varied group of religious traditions
Definition
true
Term
t or f
considering the evidence, jesus clearly stands out as unique amont the world's religious leaders therefore the world has responded by bringing Jesus down by reducing him to a legend, fable, or invention
Definition
true
Term
t or f
out apologetics should rest primarily on the person of christ and not on metaphysical abstractions-but the person of Christ is the mosr compelling argument
Definition
true
Term
The post modern world should be understood as
a. world encounter
b. world viewing
c. world making
d. all of the above
Definition
c
Term
The gospel of Matthew was in circulation as early as
a. the time of theeyewitnesses
b. the time of the second generation of Christians
c. the time of the third generation of Christains
d. none of the above
Definition
a
Term
Which of the follwoing is not part of Jesus' self-understanding
a. jesus claimed to be the messaih
b. jesus understood himself to be the son of god
c. Jesus believed he had the authority to forgive sins
d. jesus rejected worship of himself by others
e. both b and d
f. none of the above
Definition
d
Term
The Jewish Historian Flavius Josephus wrote, ' At this time there appeared jesus, a wise man. For he was a doer of startling deeds, a teacher of the people who received the truth with pleasure.." in light of this quote, Josephus is considered what type of witness to the historicity of Jesu Christ/
Definition
***
Term
Works like The Da Vinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail all depend on documents
a. that the church secretly hid away
b. that have gone missing
c. that can't be corroborated
d. a and b
e. b and c
f. all of the above
Definition
b
Term
The idea of revelation from a personal God is a doctrine unique to
a. juidaism
b. christianity
c. cults
d. copycats of christianity
e. a and b
f. all of the above
Definition
f
Term
in trying to authenticate the claims jesus makes about himself what types of support does one find?
a. internal
b. external
c. metaphysical
d. epistemological
e. all of the above
f. none of the above
Definition
e
Term
according blaise pascal the only proof of the living god is
a. Jesus Christ
b. Confucious
C Siddhartha Gautama
d. Mohammed
Definition
a
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