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| What does the Preface tell us about bias? Why shouldn't the authors be dismissed because they're Christians? |
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| Everyone has a bias. They can make us ignorant to other facts. |
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| If you're a Christian, what convinces you that Christianity is true? |
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| Personal experience, scared the hell, artifacts |
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| Why do people disbelieve the truth of Christianity? |
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| One cannot see God. There are many tribulations in the Christian life. |
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| Explain the box top analogies used by the authors. |
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| Religions will try to attempt to provide closure or a leave that there is something to look forward to, which is being able to see the big picture of the actual world after following their faith. |
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| List five questions of existence. |
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1. Where did we come from?
2. Who are we?
3. Why are we here?
4. How should we live?
5. Where are we going? |
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| Someone who is unsure about the existence of God |
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| What does the text tell us about truth claims? |
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| Can tell the differences in truth based on evidence. |
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| What are the three categories of objections to the belief in Christianity? |
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| Intellectual objections, emotional obstacles, violation reasons |
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| Why is it dangerous to live your life based on half-truths or unverified assumptions? |
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| Half-truths can both hurt or be good for person because part is true and the other is not. |
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| Why do many people demand absolute truth in every area of their lives except religion and morality? |
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| It is hard to explain your support religion and morality with evidence or absolute truth. |
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| List 6 truths about truth described in the text. |
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1. truth is discovered, not invented.
2. truth is transcultural.
3. truth is unchanging.
4. truth is not affected by the attitude of the one professing it.
5. all truths are absolute truths. |
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| What makes a statement self-defeating? |
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| The statement that fails to meet its own standard |
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| Write some examples of self-defeating statements. |
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| There is no truth. all language is meaningless. you can't know everything for sure. |
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| Correspondence definition of truth |
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| A proposition is objectively true when it corresponds to reality |
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| Something that is true for all people at all times and all places |
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| The hat of doubting truth claims; Makes the truth claim that truth claims can't be made. |
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| The believe that all religions are true |
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| Common sense definition of Tolerance |
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| Treating those with different ideas respectfully |
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| Postmodern wacko definition of tolerance |
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| Supposed to accept every belief as true |
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| Four categories of reasons people choose their beliefs |
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| Sociological, psychological, religious, and philosophical |
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| Which category does the text say is the best way discover the truth? |
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| The law of non-contradiction |
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| Contradictory claims cannot be true at the same time in the same sense |
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| What is a reasonable response to someone who said they didn't believe in the law of non-contradiction? |
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| So the law of non-contradiction is both true and false? |
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| How can you use the Road Runner tactic to defeat Hume's and pure schism, or the principle of empirical verifiability? |
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| Hume contradicts his own premise is saying no one can know the real world. |
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| How can use the roadrunner tactic to defeat Kant's agnosticism? |
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| He claims you can't know anything about the real world. |
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| Someone shows how good reason and evidence supports or contradicts a particular belief |
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| Theories of knowledge; the study of how we come to know things |
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| Said something about the object |
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| Say something about the subject |
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| Knowledge is derived from experience |
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| Principle of empirical verifiability |
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| Something can only be meaningful if it empirically verifiable or true by definition |
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| Tripartite definition of knowledge |
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| Knowledge= true, justified, belief |
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