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OCR RS revision - Existence of God

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the meaning of the word 'cosmos'?
a)
the galaxy
b)
the cosmopolitan
c)
the universe
d)
the world
2.
Which philosopher argues that the existence of the universe is simply 'brute fact'?
a)
Frederick Copleston
b)
Bertrand Russell
c)
St Thomas Aquinas
d)
Richard Dawkins
3.
What is Aquinas' third way?
a)
The argument from contingency
b)
The unmoved mover
c)
The uncaused causer
4.
What is the fallacy of composition?
a)
The criticism of Paley's watch analogy.
b)
The argument that Aquinas' analogy of the archer and the arroe is flawed.
c)
Hume's analogy of the builder and architect.
d)
The argument that just because causation is perceived in the world on an individual level, it does not mean that there is a cause to the whole series.
5.
Aquinas' Fifth Way is an example of what kind of argument?
a)
Cosmological
b)
Teleological
c)
Theological
d)
Ontological
6.

What analogy does William Paley use to prove design in the universe?

a)

Watch

b)

Phone

c)

Thumb

d)

Gravity

7.
The Scientific Theory of Evolution, first posed by Charles Darwin in Origin of the Species, poses that the intricacy of life sprang from the process of natural selection, not a pre-designed plan.  This argument most clearly attacks
a)
The Ontological Proof
b)
The Teleological Proof
c)
The Constitutional Proof
d)
The Cosmological Proof
8.
The Cosmological Argument claims that the universe
a)
 goes back into infinity
b)
contains more than one intelligent life form
c)
has to have had a first cause
d)
is not yet understood, and all stories are myths
9.

What is an inductive argument?

a)

An argument in where the conclusion is possible but never certain

b)

An argument where the conclusion is 100% certain

c)

An argument where there is no conclusion

d)

An argument that has at least 5 premises

10.

What is the Teleological argument also known as?

a)

Argument from Motion and change

b)

The argument from design and purpose

c)

Cosmological argument

d)

The Goldilocks theory

11.

What is the Name of the book where the First Cause Argument was written?

a)

Summer Theologica

b)

Summative theories of God

c)

Summa Theologica

d)

Winter Theologica

12.

What is meant by necessary?

a)

something that relies on something else to exist

b)

Something that does not rely on something else for its existence

c)

something that is really important

13.

what is meant by contingent?

a)

Something that does not rely on something else for its existence

b)

Something that requires the origin of the universe

c)

something that has been designed by nature

d)

something that relies on something else for its existence

14.

What is the Name of Leibniz's version of the Cosmological Argument?

a)

The Argument from Design

b)

The Principle of Sufficient Reason

c)

The Cosmological Argument

d)

The Principle of Justice

15.

What argument does the Problem of Evil attack?

a)

The Teleological argument

b)

the Cosmological Argument

c)

The Theory of Evolution

d)

The Principle of Sufficient Reason

16.

"Just because every human has a mother doesn't mean the universe has one" Who said this?

a)

Kant

b)

Tennent

c)

Hume

d)

Russell

17.

Which of the following 2 statement are criticisms of the Teleological argument from David Hume?

a)

Why must it be the God of Classical Theism?

b)

Sub Atomic particles appear and disappear at random

c)

The universe has both order and chaos

d)

The teleological argument does not need prior belief in God to understand

18.

The Cosmological argument has been presented by...

a)

St Thomas Aquinas

b)

St Anselm of Canterbury

c)

Aristotle

d)

St Augustine of Hippo

19.

How many 'ways' does Aquinas present as proofs of God?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

2

d)

6

20.

How many of Aquinas' ways are cosmological arguments?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

5

21.

Bertrand Russell argued that the universe...

a)

is just 'there' and doesn't need an explanation

b)

doesn't have enough evidence in it to prove God

c)

needs an explanation but God is not it

d)

was caused by scientific processes

22.

Hume criticises the fact that Aquinas has jumped from a necessary being to God. He calls this...

a)

an inductive leap

b)

an a posteriori argument

c)

a knowledge jump

d)

a premise error

23.

Hume also argues that ___________________ could be necessary.

a)

the universe

b)

humans

c)

parents

d)

planet earth

24.

Aquinas' first Way argues from...

a)

Cause

b)

Motion

c)

Contingency

d)

Necessity

25.

Aquinas' second Way argues that there has to be

a)

An Unmoved Mover

b)

A Prime Mover

c)

An Uncaused Cause

d)

A necessary being

26.

What analogy did Aquinas use to illustrate an intelligent mind behind the universe?

a)

A sculptor

b)

An architect

c)

A beehive

d)

An archer