Quiz on Miracles

What type of miracle involves Jesus bringing someone back to life?

• Healing

• Nature

• Exorcism

• Raising to life

What is an example of a nature miracle performed by Jesus?

• Healing a paralyzed man

• Calming a storm

• Casting out demons

• Raising someone from the dead

What did many people in the first century believe was the cause of illness?

• Luck or coincidence

• Punishment for sin

• Modern scientific discoveries

• Psychosomatic illness

What did first-century Jewish people believe would accompany the coming of the Messiah?

• Scientific discoveries

• Miracles

• Psychosomatic illness

• Luck or coincidence

How is mental illness understood today compared to the first century?

• As possession by evil spirits

• As a result of modern scientific discoveries

• As psychosomatic illness

• As a punishment for sin

How does the conservative interpretation view miracles?

• As symbolic and not literal

• As 100 percent accurate

• As possible but accounts may have changed over time

• As caused by modern scientific discoveries

What did David Hume say about the evidence for miracles?

• It was strong and convincing.

• It was weak and unconvincing.

• It was scientifically proven.

• It was universally accepted.

What did David Hume believe about the likelihood of a miracle happening?

• It was very high.

• It was moderate.

• It was nil.

• It was unpredictable.

What does Richard Swinburne believe about science and miracles?

• Science can only tell us what might happen.

• Science can prove miracles.

• Science can disprove miracles.

• Science has no relation to miracles.

What did the man with an evil spirit call Jesus?

• A prophet.

• A teacher.

• God's holy messenger.

• A healer.