SAINT LEO PHI110 RS Module 5 Content QUIZ 4

SAINT LEO PHI110 RS Module 5 Content QUIZ 4

1. Question : With which of the following statements would Pascal most likely agree?

Student Answer: Seeing is believing. If there is no evidence for God’s existence, then belief in God should be withheld.

It takes one to know one. Because I know that I exist, I can also know that God exists.

Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith. It can be rational to believe in God without evidence.

It will all work out in the end. If you follow the evidence, you’ll find that God really does exist.

Points Received: 5 of 5

Comments:

Question 2. Question : Pascal’s Wager argument is best characterized as a type of:

Student Answer: evidentialist argument.

nonevidentialist argument.

naturalistic argument.

supernaturalistic argument.

Points Received: 5 of 5

Comments:

Question 3. Question : According to James, a hypothesis is considered “live” for someone:

Student Answer: only if it appeals to that person as a real possibility.

if and only if an inescapable choice must be made.

only if there is overwhelming objective evidence to confirm it.

if and only if the hypothesis is consistent with the current body of scientific knowledge.

Points Received: 0 of 5

Comments:

Question 4. Question : Which of the following is not a feature of a “genuine” option as identified by James?

Student Answer: A genuine option is live.

A genuine option is verifiable.

A genuine option is momentous.

A genuine option is forced.

Points Received: 0 of 5

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Question 5. Question : In order to account for the fact that not everyone believes in God, Bergmann points to the following traditional Christian doctrine:

Student Answer: creation ex nihilo

original sin

the atonement

eternal punishment

Points Received: 0 of 5

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Question 6. Question : With which of the following statements would representatives of Reformed Epistemology, such as Plantinga and Bergmann, most likely disagree?

Student Answer: The belief that God disapproves of me when I do wrong is paranoid and irrational.

The belief that God loves me can be a perfectly rational belief.

The belief that God is watching me when I do wrong is properly basic.

The belief that God made the universe can be both rational and basic.