RLGN 104 Test 2: Religion: Liberty University

RLGN 104 Test 2: Religion: Liberty University RLGN 104 Quiz #2 • Question 1 3.5 out of 3.5 points Making a judgment about an entire group based on the behavior of a few from that group is what type of fallacy? Selected Answer: Overgeneraliza tion • Question 2 3.5 out of 3.5 points “Evidence does not exist to prove humans were created by God therefore man was not created by God” is an example of: Selected Answer: Appeal to Ignorance • Question 3 is analogy used by the textbook to describe the Trinity. 3.5 out of 3.5 points Selected Answer: Wat er • Question 4 3.5 out of 3.5 points Using the Begging the Question fallacy is the same as using circular reasoning. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 5 3.5 out of 3.5 points Indecision, not making a decision, is actually a decision in itself. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 6 3.5 out of 3.5 points Accepting the opinions of others as one’s own opinion without applying critical thinking skills to that opinion is what type of decision-making? Selected Answer: Passive decision- making • Question 7 3.5 out of 3.5 points The main point of the cosmological argument for the existence of God is to show that the universe was caused by some agent that was neither part of the universe nor itself was caused. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 8 3.5 out of 3.5 points An argument is an attempt to offer evidence to demonstrate the soundness of an opinion. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 9 3.5 out of 3.5 points Irreducible complexity is the idea that many molecular machines are simply too complex to have formed via evolution. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 10 3.5 out of 3.5 points We should apply critical thinking to communications and information that we receive from: Selected Answer: All of the above • Question 11 3.5 out of 3.5 points The Anthropic Principle makes an argument based on order in the universe that was designed to accommodate life. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 12 3.5 out of 3.5 points Seeking to discredit people’s arguments by attacking their personal character, origin, associations, etc. rather than their idea is what type of fallacy? Selected Answer: Ad Hominem • Question 13 3.5 out of 3.5 points The moral argument suggests that without God, morality is subjective. Selected Answer: Tru e • Question 14 3.5 out of 3.5 points The members of the Trinity do not all have the same eternal qualities. Selected Answer: Fals e • Question 15 Muslims and Jews believe in the Trinity the same as Christians. 3.5 out of 3.5 points Selected Answer: Fals e • Question 16 3.5 out of 3.5 points “Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary issue” is which of the following Informal Logical Fallacies: Selected Answer: Red Herring • Question 17 3.5 out of 3.5 points The Argument from Design, observes nature, and concludes that it demonstrates randomness rather than intentionality or a plan. Selected Answer: Fals e • Question 18 3.5 out of 3.5 points “You can’t trust my opponent. Here she is speaking to you on the values of abstinence and abstinence education. Everyone knows she had a child out of wedlock while a teenager herself” is an example of: Selected Answer: Ad Hominem • Question 19 Critical thinking: 3.5 out of 3.5 points Selected Answer: All of the above • Question 20 3.5 out of 3.5 points According to Powell, which of the following point toward belief in a transcendent, personal, intelligent designer? Selected Answer: Alll of the above