UTT Chapter 08 Test

Which prominent atheist had a big influence on the American educational system?

• a. Bertrand Russell

• b. Julian Huxley

• c. Isaac Asimov

• d. John Dewey

• e. Paul Kurtz

What is the contemporary form of atheism that not only denies the existence of God but also vehemently criticizes and condemns religion?

• a. Pantheism

• b. Polytheism

• c. New atheism

• d. Agnosticism

• e. Deism

Marx saw God as an enemy of what?

• a. Science

• b. Materialism

• c. Socialism

• d. Communism

Which philosopher promoted the idea that God is merely a projection of humanity's own making?

• a. Thomas Aquinas

• b. Blaise Pascal

• c. Ludwig Feuerbach

• d. John Duns Scotus

• e. A and B only

Which of the following worldviews hold to atheism?

• a. Secularism

• b. Marxism

• c. New Spirituality

According to Postmodernism, religion is what?

• a. A social construction

• b. A metanarrative

• c. True for everyone

According to New Spirituality, human beings are ultimately what?

• a. Physical brains

• b. Physical bodies

• c. Evolved animals

• d. Energy fields

What does the word "holy" mean?

• a. Sacred

• b. Set apart

• c. Consecrated

To be secular means to admit to nothing higher than man.

• True

• False

For Marx, the war against capitalism was also a war against religion.

• True

• False