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Study Guide for the Final Exam
RLGN 105 Spring 2021
Please use this Study Guide to help you prepare for your Final Exam. There are 100 questions: 31 Multiple Choice, 38 Matching, and 31 True/False. Questions come from your class notes, the
reading assignments and in-class instruction. I am praying for you as you study. Know the following terms and concepts
1.
Worldview Fundamental orientation of the heart, can be expressed as a story or set of presuppositions. Provides foundation for our beliefs, basis for decision making, and big picture of how we view the world.
2.
Essentialism
God is unchanging in his essential nature. His essential nature is perfect holiness and love, and whatever God wills flows from his nature.
3.
Atheism
disbelief or lack of belief in God
4.
Natural and Special Revelation
in a general way God has revealed and continues to reveal his moral will to all of mankind. We see it evidenced through our conduct and our conscience and through our codes and conflicts.
5.
Proof-texting
using isolated, out of context evidence to prove a point
Informal Logical Fallacies:
6.
Bandwagon
– Justifying a course of action because everyone is doing it.
7.
Straw Man
– Misrepresenting a position to make it seem weaker than it really is or t demonize the position to make it sound worse than it is and then to act as if the argument has been won when the real issue hasn’t even been addressed. 8.
Ad Hominem
– (Lit. “To the man”) Seeking to discredit a person’s argument by attacking
their personal character, origin, associations, ect. 9.
Is/Ought Naturalistic Fallacy
– Concluding about the way things to be simply on the basis
of how things are or are assumed to be.
10. Red Herring
– Raising an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the primary issue. This argument appeals to a person’s fears sense of pity.
Know the following key concepts of each of the following:
11. Know the five-worldview questions. Origin, Identity, Meaning, Morality, Destiny
12. Know the characteristics of critical thinkers.
They constantly evaluate their own attitudes, values, and opinions
They understand that having a right to an opinion does not mean that every opinion is right, including their own
They do not pretend to know what they do not know
They do not blindly adhere to tradition
They resist and refuse to use manipulation
They seek clarification of terms
They explore many sides of an issue
They base their opinions and judgements on evidence
They are eager to learn from the experiences of others
They look for fallacies in the arguments of others
13. The Law of Non-Contradiction
Definition: Something cannot both exist and not exist or be true and false at the same time and in the same way.
14. Know the difference between Traditional Tolerance and the New Tolerance
Tolerance in light of how we respond to people we disagree with, not how we respond to ideas we think are false. We respect others, listen to other perspectives,
live peaceably with others, accept others and value and respect them
To be truly tolerant, you must agree that another person's position is just as valid as your own. You must give your approval, endorsement, sincere support, beliefs and behaviors
15. The Stronger/Weaker brother/sister
Stronger brother: This is a person who participates in an ethical gray area in full assurance of his conscience because of his understanding of Christian freedom.
Weaker brother: The person who does not participate in an ethical gray area because of the sensitivity of his conscience: his participation would be a sin to him.
16. Know the following terms for racism: Stereotyping, Prejudice, Discrimination
Stereotyping:
A usually negative overgeneralization about a certain people group as a whole based on unaccepted behavior of a few members of that group
Prejudice:
Prejudging an individual in a negative way because he/she happens to be from a stereotyped group
Discrimination:
unequal treatment of a person on the basis of his/her people group membership
17. Know the key content of the following court cases: Roe v. Wade, Doe v. Bolton, Griswold v. Connecticut, Eisenstadt vs. Baird, Baby Doe, Cruzan v. Missouri, Planned Parenthood vs. Casey
Roe v. Wade:
Jane Roe, lifted bans on abortion in all 50 states. A woman's "right to privacy" extends to her liberty to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. The constitution does not define person, person has application only postnatally, and the word person does not include the unborn
Doe. V. Bolton:
Expanded the definition of the "health" of the mother to include familial, financial, and psychological issues, etc. as determined by her physician.
Griswold v. Connecticut: Director of planned parenthood in CT in 1965. Married couple came to
him to talk about "family planning". Arrested because he was not a family doctor. Gives married people the right to privacy.
Eisenstadt vs. Baird:
Professor at Boston college arrested for giving a girl contraception after teaching on ethics. Gives single people the right to privacy.
Baby Doe: sets guidelines for treatment of severely disabled or seriously ill newborns, regardless
of the wishes of the parents. Resulted from a woman refusing to allow her child to have life saving esophageal surgery, and allowed her to die for lack of treatment.
Planned Parenthood vs. Casey:
Discarded 3 trimesters of Roe and focused on the "viability" of the fetus as the determining point where a state's interest in unborn life begins.
Cruzan v. Missouri:
Nancy Cruzan was in a car wreck and ended up in a coma with brain damage. The supreme court would not allow life support removal. Girls from her ethics class testified it's what she would have wanted, and she was removed.
18. Know the following people: Norma McCorvey, Karen Ann Quinlan, Nancy Cruzan, Terry Schiavo, Derek Humphrey
Norma McCorvey:
The plaintiff in the Roe v Wade case who revealed herself as Jane Doe in court to explain why she had sought an abortion.
Karen Ann Quinlan:
Was in a persistent vegetative state and was taken off life support in 1976 and lived 10 more years.
Nancy Cruzan: Was in a car wreck and in a coma and was not removed from life support until friends from her ethics class testified it's what she would have wanted
Terry Schiavo: suffered severe brain damage in 1990 and was finally taken off life support in 2005 and died. Her parents argued that she was responsive, but her husband planned to have her killed so he could marry someone else
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Derek Humphrey: Head of the Hemlock society who wrote a controversial book after becoming frustrated with failed suicide. He included a lethal drug table in the book
19. Be able to identify a surgical or chemical abortion method. Chemical abortion methods:
RU 486
Prostaglandin
Saline Injection
Surgical abortion methods:
Dilation & Curette
Suction & Aspiration
Dilation & Evacuation
Hysterotomy
Dilation & Extraction
20. Which abortion method(s) stop the implantation of a fertilized egg?
IUD's, morning after pill, birth control pill
21. What was the first state in the U.S. to allow Doctor-Assisted Suicide?
Oregon
22. Review the readings assignments used for quizzes. 23. Be able to identify the factors for the Love Test, Factors of Compatibility during Engagement and the Danger Signals in Dating.
Factors for the Love Test:
1.
Spiritual Consideration
2.
Intelligence and Ability
3.
Common Interests
4.
Similarity of backgrounds
5.
Attitude or philosophy of life (worldview)
Six factors of compatibility during engagement to determine if you should get married:
1.
Spiritual
2.
Financial
3.
Parenthood
4.
Relatives
5.
Social Activities
6.
Friends and Associates
Danger Signals in Dating:
1.
Fighting
2.
Breaking up Frequently
3.
Serious doubts
4.
Desire to date others
5.
Depression/Moodiness
6.
Extreme difference in friendships
7.
Physical/emotional abuse
8.
Length of acquaintance
9.
Desire to marry in spite of warnings
24. Review the notes on Homosexuality and the myths addressed in class. Myths:
Myth: Homosexuality qualities for minority status and special legal protection.
Myth: Homosexuals compose 10% of the U.S. Population. Myth: Homosexuality is genetically determined, thus uncontrollable
Myth: Homosexuals Cannot change
25. Know the difference between Voluntary Passive, Voluntary Active, Involuntary Passive and Involuntary Active Euthanasia. Voluntary Passive: Patient requests their own death, either verbally, in writing or living will (some states recognize testimony of family/friends, but not all). Passive means withholding medical treatment or discontinuing treatment … “Letting die” cause of death
is the same as the condition causing the suffering (disease, respiratory failure, ect). Voluntary Active: Patient requests their own death, either verbally, in writing or living will (some states recognize testimony of family/friends, but not all). Active means actively doing something to bring about the death of the patient … legal injection … smothering with a pillow, ect. the cause of death is not the condition causing the suffering
but rather something else.
Involuntary Passive:
Patient does not request their own death – someone else decides for them that they are better off dead. This usually occurs when a patient is unable to communicate (coma) or unable to understand their condition. Passive means withholding medical treatment or discontinuing treatment “letting die.”
Involuntary Active Euthanasia: Patient does not request their own death – someone else decides for them that they are better off dead. Active means actively doing something to bring about the death of the patient … legal injection … smothering with a pillow, ect. the cause of death is not the condition causing the suffering but rather something else.
26. What is Palliative Care/Hospice? a.
Help patients and families deal with the fear of the unknown
b.
Help with pain control
c.
Thoughts of suicide and depression are dealt with
d.
They deal with the “burden” issue
e.
They help the family deal with the care of dying
Know the main idea of each of following scriptures. 27. I Corinthians 10:31
13
No temptation
[
a
]
has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;
he will not let you be tempted
[
b
]
beyond what you can bear.
But when you are tempted,
[
c
]
he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
28. Psalm 139:13-16
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together
in my mother’s womb.
14
I praise you
because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made
in the secret place,
when I was woven together
in the depths of the earth.
16
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained
for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
29. Exodus 20:13
“You shall not murder.
30. II Timothy 3:16-17
16
All Scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching,
rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17
so that the servant of God
[
a
]
may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
31. Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,
[
a
]
and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27
So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God
he created them;
male and female
he created them
32. Genesis 1:28
28
God blessed them and said to them,
“
Be fruitful and increase in number
;
fill the earth
and subdue it. Rule over
the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
33. Genesis 19:5
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They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
34. Romans 1:24-27
24
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
25
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie
, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. 26
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.
27
In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
35. Acts 17:26
26
From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
36. Ephesians 4:15
Instead, speaking the truth in love,
we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,
that is, Christ.
37. II Corinthians 6:14
14
Do not be yoked together
with unbelievers.
For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
38. Romans 12:16-18
16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.
[
a
]
Do not be conceited.
17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
18
If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Suggestion: I would write the verse(s) out on one side of a 3x5 card and the text on the other side. Carry them around with you while you are waiting for something. You will be required to match the text with a key concept of the passage. There are 10 matching questions from these verses. This should be easy if you take the time to study them
Know the key facts about Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. For example:
39. Know the founders (if there is one) for each religion.
Hinduism has no founder
Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama
Islam was founded by Muhammed
40. What is the view of suffering in Hinduism and Buddhism?
Hindu view of Suffering:
Suffering, both mental and physical, is thought to be part of the unfolding of karma and is the consequence of past inappropriate action (mental, verbal, or physical) that occurred in either one's current life or in a past life. It is not seen as
punishment but as a natural consequence of the moral laws of the universe in response to past negative behavior.
Buddhist View of Suffering:
Life consists of Suffering. Everything is impermanent and we suffer because we desire impermanent things. We must stop craving/desiring the temporary. Desires can be eliminated by following the Eightfold Path. Who is god/God in each religion?
Hinduism: there is no one way of understanding "god"
Buddhism: there is no personal god
Islam: Allah
What are the following concepts and which religion supports these concepts? The Middle
Path, the Eightfold Noble Path, Tipitaka, Maya, the Five Pillars, Karma, the Qur’an. The Middle Path (Buddhism)
harsh self-denial of not just bodily wants but bodily needs- contributed by Gautama
The Eightfold Noble Path (Buddhism)
Buddhism, the practice of Buddhism / wisdom, ethical conduct, mental discipline
Tipitaka (Buddhism)
"three baskets", 3 main sections of Buddhist scriptures passed on orally
Maya (Hinduism)
Our perceptions are actually all an illusion
Karma (Hinduism)
cause and effect based on actions and deeds
The Five Pillars (Islam)
1. the confession of faith 2. the contact prayers 3. alms or poor tax 4. fasting during Ramadan 5. the pilgrimage to mecca
The Quran (Islam)
41. Know the following terms: Viability, Hospice, and Gender Dysphoria.
Viability:
functionality of the heart and the lungs
Hospice:
Helps patients and families deal with the fear of the unknown, helps with pain control, thoughts of suicide and depression are dealt with, they deal with the "burden issue", and they help the family deal with the care of the dying
Gender Dysphoria:
refers to deep and abiding discomfort over the incongruence between one's biological sex and one's psychological and emotional experience of gender
42. T/F questions come from the topics discussed in class and your reading assignments. I would encourage you to read over your notes several times for recall during the test. This
test is cumulative.
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