UTT Chapter 08 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

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

Which of the following worldviews hold to atheism?

• Secularism

• Marxism

• New Spirituality

• All of the above

According to Postmodernism, religion is what?

• A social construction

• A metanarrative

• True for everyone

• True for no one

According to New Spirituality, human beings are ultimately what?

• Physical brains

• Physical bodies

• Evolved animals

• Energy fields

What does the word “holy” mean?

• Sacred

• Set apart

• Consecrated

• 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