1) Definitions of civility and perspective!
Civility: The virtue of love applied to dialogue.!
Perspective: The virtue of love applied to relationship by asking questions, listening, and validating.!
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2) Different worldview tests?!
• The Coherence Test: Checks the internal consistency of a worldview to see if one's specific values
and beliefs contradict any other beliefs within the worldview.!
• The Correspondence Test: Examines how well a worldview corresponds to reality. It evaluates
evidence and experiences to see if the worldview matches with what one perceives in the real
world.!
• The Practical Test: Evaluates a worldview's livability. Does the worldview bring satisfaction as one
faces life's challenges, or is it found to be lacking.!
3) Different worldview elements?!
• Ultimate reality!
• Nature of the Universe!
• Human Nature!
• Knowledge!
• Ethics!
• Purpose!
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4) Difference between objective and subjective claims?!
Subjective Claim: A claim about matters of personal preference!
Objective Claim: A claim that can be proven true or false because it pertains to matters of the
external world.!
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5) Six views of evolution and creation chart and their main ideas!
• Atheistic Evolution!
• Pure Intelligent Design advocates have varying views of these claims, but this theory centrally
claims that scientific evidence can be used to demonstrate the agency of a designer, usually
thought to be the Christian God of the Bible.!
• Theistic Evolution!
• Evolutionary Creation: (Theistic evolution) accept these central conclusions.!
• Old Earth Creationists accept the central conclusion about the age of the Earth and universe, but
not the central claim that all life evolved from common ancestors.!
• Young Earth Creationists do not accept either claim from the physical or life sciences.!
6) The study of biblical manuscripts?!
Textual Criticism: Copyists have worked meticulously until the invention of printing press in the 1400s
to carefully transmit the text. Examination of a test itself and all associated manuscripts.!
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7) Six main acts of the bible!
• Creation!
• Fall!
• Israel!
• Redemption!
• Church!
• Restoration!
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