UTT Chapter 8 Test

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

• Bertrand Russell

• Julian Huxley

• Isaac Asimov

• John Dewey

• Paul Kurtz

What is the contemporary form of atheism that not only denies the

existence of God but also vehemently criticizes and condemns religion?

• Pantheism

• Polytheism

• New atheism

• Agnosticism

• Deism

Marx saw God as an enemy of what?

• Science

• Materialism

• Socialism

• Communism

• All of the above

Which philosopher promoted the idea that God is merely a projection of

humanity’s own making?

• Thomas Aquinas

• Blaise Pascal

• Ludwig Feuerbach

• John Duns Scotus

• A and B only

Which of the following worldviews hold to atheism?

• Secularism

• Marxism

• New Spiritually

• All of the above

• A & B only

According to Postmodernism, religion is what?

• A social construction

• A metanarrative

• True for everyone

• All of the above

• A & B only

According to New Spirituality, human beings are ultimately what?

• Physical brains

• Physical bodies

• Evolved animals

• Energy fields

• A & B only

What does the word “holy” mean?

• sacred

• set apart

• consecrated

• all of the above

• none of the above

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