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Aquinas, Fowler, Pascal Take Home Quiz. MART

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many faith stages are there in the Stages of Faith?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Four

d)

Six

2.

Can an individual miss out a stage of faith?

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

Data is inconclusive from case studies

3.

Can an individual revert to a previous stage of faith?

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

Data is inconclusive from case studies

4.

Select the Faith Stage that best describes the following individual:'James understands the Earth was actually created by God in the Seven Days of Creation'.

a)

Intuitive

b)

Mythic - Literal

c)

Synthetic - Conventional

5.

Select the Faith Stage that best describes the following individual:

'Sam becomes easily frustrated when his friends call the Catholic Church into question'.

a)

Mythical - Literal Faith

b)

Individuating - Reflective Faith

c)

Synthetic-Conventional

6.

Select the Faith Stage that best describes the following individual:People like Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Marlin Luther King placed their emphasis on community rather than personal concerns'.

a)

Universalised Faith

b)

Individuative - Reflective

c)

Mythical - Literal

7.

Select the Faith Stage that best describes the following individual:

'3 year old Devon states God lives in my heart when asked where is God found?'

a)

Paradoxical - Consolidative Atheistic Faith

b)

Intuitive - Projective Faith

c)

Universalising faith

8.

Select the Faith Stage that best describes the following individual:

Carmen engages with other faiths as she believes it can develop her Catholic faith'.

a)

Universalized Faith

b)

Paradoxical - Consolidative Faith

c)

Agnostic--Faith

9.

What is the easiest Faith Stage to recognize?

a)Mythical - Literalb)Paradoxical - Consolidative Faithc)Synthetic - Conventionald)All Stages of Faith are easy to recognise

a)

Paradoxical - Consolidative Faith

b)

Mythical - Literal

c)

All Stages of Faith are easy to recognize

10.

The first stage in the stages of faith, is really not included in the other stages. It is from age 0--2. It is called primal or undifferentiated

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the meaning of the word 'cosmos' in terms of a scientific or philosophical study

a)

cosmopolitan

b)

the universe

c)

the world

d)

the examination of beauty and fashion

12.

The Cosmological argument has been presented by...

a)

St Thomas Aquinas

b)

St Anselm of Canterbury

c)

St Augustine of Hippo

13.

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

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

10

14.

The argument of The Wager of Faith posits (argues)

a)

that humans bet with their lives that God either exists or does not.

b)

God is the unmoved mover

c)

that God does not exist

15.

Blaise Pascal was not only a philosopher and inventor, but also a

a)

monk

b)

mathematician

c)

painter and artist

16.

The purpose of Pascal's Wager was not to provide an argument to convince atheists to believe, but to show the fallacy of attempting to use logical arguments to prove or disprove God, and to persuade atheists to sin less, as an aid to attaining faith

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Criticism of Pascal's wager began in his own day, and came from both atheists, who questioned the "benefits" of a deity whose "realm" is beyond reason, and the religiously orthodox, who primarily took issue with the wager's deistic and agnostic language.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The universe is therefore also contingent, so at one point nothing existed. This means there must be a...

a)

necessary being

b)

contingent being

c)

Big Bang that randomly happened and was just accidentally started the growth of the universe

19.

So for Aquinas the universe exists because there is a divine being who

a)

Once created and is now dead

b)

Creates, sustains and still resides in the universe

c)

never existed and is an invention in the bible

20.

Way One of Aquinas on the Prime Mover argues from

a)

Cause

b)

Motion

c)

Contingency

d)

Necessity

21.

Way 2 of Aquinas argues that there has to be prior events that are brought on by other events, there must be a being who brought about all events in the first place

a)

An Uncaused Caused

b)

An Unmoved Mover

c)

A Watchmaker who created, but no longer exists

22.

The last argument of Aquinas state that inanimate things function together to accomplish an ordered purpose, this can not happen by chance but requires some intelligent being who has existed before all time

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The last argument(Way,Proof) of Aquinas is called from

a)

Motion

b)

Design

c)

Perfection/Imperfection

24.

Of the five proofs of Aquinas which one makes the most sense

NOT GRADED

a)

Motion

b)

Causality

c)

Imperfection

d)

Design

e)

None of them make sense to me or seem credible or believable

25.

As a concept of faith and psychology the stages of faith seems to be

a)An accurate description of the stages that people go through in terms of both faith and psychological developmentb)It seems like a bunch of malarchy(untruth) created by a man who seems obsessed with religion and faithc)I don't have enough information at this time to make an informed decision on the concept of faith development

a)

a)An accurate description of the stages that people go through in terms of both faith and psychological developmen

b)

It seems like a bunch of malarchy(untruth) created by a man who seems obsessed with religion and faith

c)

don't have enough information at this time to make an informed decision on the concept of faith development