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Miracles
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1Who defined a miracle as 'an occurrence of a non-repeatable counter instance to a law of nature'?
- ADavid Hume
- BRichard Swinburne
- CPaul Tillich
- DThomas Aquinas
2How does David Hume define a miracle?
- AA violation of the laws of nature
- BThat which has a divine cause, not that whose cause a human person fails to understand
- CAn event through which we become vividly and immediately conscious of God as acting towards us
3Why do miracles matter for religious believers?
- AMiracles show that prayers are answered
- BMiracles support arguments for God's existence
- CMiracles show God's providence
- DMiracles show that Jesus is from God
- EThe miracle of the resurrection
- FMiracles are signs of God's continuing activity in the world
- GMiracles show God as anthropomorphic
- HThey are a sign that people must restrict their diet
- IMiracles are evidence of God's bias
- JMiracles are interesting
4In the Bible, Jesus brings a synagogue's ruler's daughter back from the dead claiming she was only drunk
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
5In Joshua, God throws what at the opposition?
- AHailstones
- BLightning bolts
- CBones
6Why is Jesus' resurrection an important example of a miracle in the New Testament?
- AOpens the possibility of eternal life
- BShows that Jesus has magic
7What problems are raised involving bias and God in the Bible?
- AGod's actions fit with human rationality
- BIt is beyond human ability to fully understand the purposes and actions of God
- CGod doesn't heal enough people
- DHumans cannot comprehend the extent of God's knowledge
- EJoshua isn't a nice person
8Problem or strength?
Miracles seem to occur by chance, at random- AProblem
- BStrength
9Problem or strength?
Miracles seem to occur by chance, at random- AProblem
- BStrength
10Problem or Strength?
If God has the power to control nature, as shown in the Bible, why does He not prevent natural evils, such as tsunamis?- AProblem
- BStrength
11Lack of convincing testimony, miracles only seem to happen among ignorant and barbarous people and contradictory reports of miracles occurring in different religions are all examples of the practical argument against miracles posed by which philosopher?
- ADavid Hume
- BRichard Swinburne
- CPeter Vardy
- DPaul Tillich
12Which of the following arguments was put forward by David Hume?
- AThe probability of miracles happening is so low that it is irrational and illogical to believe that miracles do occur
- BIf God has reason to interact with us, he has reason to occasionally intervene and suspend those natural laws by which our life is controlled
- CIf miracles are violations of the laws of nature they have to occur infrequently to avoid the concept of laws of nature becoming meaningless
13What are Brian Davies' arguments against Hume?
- AWe have for 100s of years observed man not walking on the moon, doesn't mean that we must disbelieve that Armstrong walked on the moon
- BHume's idea that miracles need to be supported by a weight of evidence greater than that which they are contradicting is nonsense
- CIf evidence cannot prove a miracle, then by extension it cannot prove scientific laws either
- DMiracles do not have to be subjective
- EHume does not specify how many honest upstanding men would be "sufficient" for him to prove a miracle
14What are Swinburne's arguments against Hume?
- AIf evidence cannot prove a miracle, then by extension it cannot prove scientific laws either
- BHistorical evidence can be used to support miracles rather than scientific evidence - memory, testimony of others and physical traces left by others
- CHume does not specify how many honest upstanding men would be " sufficient" for him to prove a miracle
- DWe have for 100s of years observed man not walking on the moon, doesn't mean that we must disbelieve that Armstrong walked on the moon
15Who said that if God answered most prayers for a relative to recover from cancer, then cancer would no longer be a problem for humans to solve and prayers would become the cure?
- ARichard Swinburne
- BDavid Hume
- CMaurice Wiles
- DBrian Davies
16Who said that people are so influenced by religion/God and wanting to believe in miracles that they disregard the possibility of coincidence even after knowing the natural, physical truth?
- AR.F.Holland
- BDavid Hume
- CC.S.Lewis
17R. F. Holland believed that miracles are nothing more than a coincidence
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
18What are the 3 characteristics of miracles according to Paul Tillich?
- AThey reveal something about God's nature
- BThey appear to be magic
- CEvents that reveal God to people and it is this revelation which causes the ecstatic overwhelming experience for the recipient
- DGod does something that nature can do but not in that sequence or connection
- EMiracles are astonishing events but that does not mean that they have to violate the laws of nature
- FMust happen only to humans
19Who believes that God should be denied freedom to act in the world because of His failure to act on a wider scale?
- AMaurice Wiles
- BC. S. Lewis
- CThomas Aquinas
20Maurice Wiles believes that God takes many forms
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
21What are Brian Davies' 3 objections to belief in a God?
- AGod's not real
- BIt's wish fulfilment
- CThere is no test for God
- DYou cannot experience God
- EIt's fulfilment for the absence of a father figure
22Who raises the question:
'God has been said to be omniscient but how can anyone recognise omniscience simply by encountering something omniscient?' ?- ABrian Davies
- BR. F. Holland
- CPaul Tillich
23Who believed that we need to remember the implications involved in our notions of mistaken identity, misinterpretation of evidence and hallucination?
- we need to distinguish between being sure and being right- ABrian Davies
- BDavid Hume
- CPeter Vardy
24What points were raised by C. S. Lewis about the existence of miracles?
- AIf something is self-contradictory, it is absolutely impossible
- BGod's omnipotence means power to do all that is intrinsically possible, not to do the intrinsically impossible
- CGod can and does, on occasions, modify the behaviour of matter and produce miracles
- DExperience is a source of knowledge
- EYou need background knowledge to be taken into account
25Richard Dawkins thought that people seek publicity or are deluded or hallucinate and so on and that is why they believe in miracles
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
26Who defines miracles into 3 ranks?
- AThomas Aquinas
- BC. S. Lewis
- CMaurice Wiles
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- AS Philosophy Quiz am Miracles, erstellt von Alex T am 27/05/2014.
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