Test #1 Prep [PRAYER]

What are the FOUR categories of prayer?

• Adoration, Praise, Singing, Petition

• Worship, Thanksgiving, Complaining, Singing

• Adoration, Thanksgiving, Repentance,

  & Petition

• Adoration, Thanksgiving, Petition, Worship

What would be the harm of only giving God petitions?

• You don't want a relationship with God

• You are only interested in what God can give you

• You are using God, much like a shallow friend

• You are asking but not giving anything back

• All are correct

How can it be possible to ask God for Petition without being shallow?

• There is no way to not be shallow in asking God, and we have to accept that

• We have to give God something He wants if we expect Him to do what we want

• Give the other three types of prayer, and God will respond to Petitions

• To primarily desire God as first, and be at peace about Petitions

What would be the highest purpose of human beings?

• Satisfying as many desires as possible

• To worship that which is greatest, Who would be God

• To get to Heaven, where all our dreams come true

• To eat some really good food, the tastier the better

In the Happiness Formula discussed in class, what was the role of the Intellect?

• It examines the world for what is good

• It chooses what to do and what not to do

• It is the desirable element we are after

• It bonds with the object of desire, producing happiness

In the Happiness Formula discussed in class, what was the role of the Will?

• It examines the world for what is good

• It chooses what to do and what not to do

• It is the desirable element we are after

• It bonds with the object of desire, producing happiness

How does someone maximize their Happiness?

• When they're able to do everything they ever wanted

• Being freer from suppressing their true feelings

• Desiring and pursuing the greater good to a greater ability

• The more someone has the happier they will be

Why are humans never perfectly satisfied?

• "The grass is always greener on the other side"

• All humans are naturally greedy and envious

• So we perpetually chase after the highest good

• This is a design flaw, and an injustice we have to face

What makes something “Good”?

• Something is good if it helps fulfill our greatest purpose

• If we try it and it makes us happy, it's good

• There is nothing objectively good in this world, it's all point of view

• There is nothing good in this world, except for God Himself

Does the pursuit of Happiness always lead us to “Good” things?

• No, sometimes we want undesirable things to happen to ourselves

• No, sometimes we chase "perceived goods" when actually they are not good

• Yes, different things are good for different people

• Yes, if it makes us happy then it is good for us