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Question 1
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Revelation is a form of...
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Miracle
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Disembodied Existence
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Religious Experience
Question 2
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What is Propositional Revelation?
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A revelation experience where God reveals knowledge (noetically) about Himself or his plans etc.
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The indirect knowledge of God through, for example, his creation
Question 3
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Non-propositional Revelation indirectly makes himself known. It is ineffable.
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- True
- False
Question 4
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Which one of the following is NOT a revelation of God
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Conscience
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Creation
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Religious Experience
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Scripture
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Miracle
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Business Ethics
Question 5
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General Revelation is that available to everyone at all times (eg. creaion) whereas Special Revelation is God's revelation to specific people at specific times (eg. visions).
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- True
- False
Question 6
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For some Christians, the writer of the Bible is merely an amanuensis. What does this mean?
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The Bible is only moral guidlines
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The Bible should be demythologised
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The Bible is written by someone when they are reflecting on a Religious Experience
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The Bible is written by God through a human scribe
Question 7
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Friedrich Schleiermacher believed that Biblical writings come from the non-propositional revelation when the writer reflects on a religious experience.
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- True
- False
Question 8
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Karl Barth objected to Natural Theology because when using miracles we only get further from true knowledge. The only way to know true knowledge about God is through revelation.
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- True
- False
Question 9
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Which of the following are topics discussed in Barth's book 'Church Dogmatics'?
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God is revealed at his own choice
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Revelation is ineffable
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God can be described through analogy
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Bible only conveys revelation; it is not God's exact words
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God is revealed only through conscience
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God can only be understood through his intervention in the world through miracles
Question 10
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Psalms often speak in a human voice - this can mean that God is calling for our prayers or Christianity is only wishful-thinking written down
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- True
- False
Question 11
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Which of the following suggest that we should ignore the Bible completely? (Tick Four)
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If there is one God, why has he spoke through many writers instead of one? - such as four gospels instead of one (Perhaps this is God calling for us to unite in faith)
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Some teachings, such as the condemning of homosexuality and the marginalising of women are not applicable in the current - non-patriarchal - society.
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Some Biblical accounts are inconsistent with each other, such as the Gospel accounts of the resurrection of Jesus
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Science can argue that some Biblical events are impossible, for example, Moses could not have lived to 800 years old (However, this could be symbolic for the continuing of his bloodline in his descendants. Science also suggests that the world is much older than 6000 years.
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The Bible has been relied on for thousands of years
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Millions of people have faith in the Biblical teachings
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The Bible merely needs demythologising, as Boltman suggested, so that we can understand the true word of God.
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Without the moral guidance of the Bible, morality in our world has no purpose or foundations
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