Questions
Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the main premise of the argument from miracles?
- Miracles are impossible.
- Miracles are evidence of God's existence.
- Miracles are evidence of a supernatural being.
- Miracles are evidence of a higher power.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the problem of evil?
- The existence of evil is evidence against the existence of God.
- The existence of evil is evidence of God's omnipotence.
- The existence of evil is evidence of God's omniscience.
- The existence of evil is evidence of God's omnibenevolence.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the response to the problem of evil known as the free will defense?
- God created humans with free will, and humans are responsible for the evil in the world.
- God created humans without free will, and God is responsible for the evil in the world.
- God did not create humans, and the evil in the world is a result of natural causes.
- The evil in the world is an illusion.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the argument from design?
- The universe is designed, and therefore there must be a designer.
- The universe is not designed, and therefore there is no designer.
- The universe is designed, but there is no designer.
- The universe is not designed, but there is a designer.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the problem of fine-tuning?
- The universe is fine-tuned for life, and therefore there must be a fine-tuner.
- The universe is not fine-tuned for life, and therefore there is no fine-tuner.
- The universe is fine-tuned for life, but there is no fine-tuner.
- The universe is not fine-tuned for life, but there is a fine-tuner.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the ontological argument?
- God is a necessary being.
- God is a contingent being.
- God is both a necessary and a contingent being.
- God is neither a necessary nor a contingent being.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the cosmological argument?
- The universe exists, and therefore there must be a creator.
- The universe does not exist, and therefore there is no creator.
- The universe exists, but there is no creator.
- The universe does not exist, but there is a creator.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the teleological argument?
- The universe is designed, and therefore there must be a designer.
- The universe is not designed, and therefore there is no designer.
- The universe is designed, but there is no designer.
- The universe is not designed, but there is a designer.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the moral argument?
- Moral values are objective, and therefore there must be a moral lawgiver.
- Moral values are subjective, and therefore there is no moral lawgiver.
- Moral values are objective, but there is no moral lawgiver.
- Moral values are subjective, but there is a moral lawgiver.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the argument from religious experience?
- People have religious experiences, and therefore there must be a God.
- People do not have religious experiences, and therefore there is no God.
- People have religious experiences, but there is no God.
- People do not have religious experiences, but there is a God.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the argument from miracles?
- Miracles have occurred, and therefore there must be a God.
- Miracles have not occurred, and therefore there is no God.
- Miracles have occurred, but there is no God.
- Miracles have not occurred, but there is a God.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the Humean argument against miracles?
- Miracles are impossible.
- Miracles are possible, but they are very rare.
- Miracles are possible, but they are not evidence of God's existence.
- Miracles are possible, and they are evidence of God's existence.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the response to the Humean argument against miracles known as the evidential argument?
- Miracles are evidence of God's existence, even if they are rare.
- Miracles are not evidence of God's existence, even if they are common.
- Miracles are evidence of God's existence, but only if they are performed by a prophet.
- Miracles are not evidence of God's existence, even if they are performed by a prophet.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the problem of induction?
- Induction is always reliable.
- Induction is sometimes reliable.
- Induction is never reliable.
- Induction is sometimes reliable, but it is not always reliable.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
What is the response to the problem of induction known as the transcendental argument?
- Induction is reliable because it is based on the laws of nature.
- Induction is reliable because it is based on the laws of logic.
- Induction is reliable because it is based on the laws of mathematics.
- Induction is reliable because it is based on the laws of metaphysics.