Definitions of Civility and Perspective Study Guide

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.! ! 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! ! 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.! ! 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.! ! 7) Six main acts of the bible! • Creation! • Fall! • Israel! • Redemption! • Church! • Restoration! ! ! ! !