Exam 2: God and Evil

A) Since God is supremely good, He would only allow evil to exist if He could bring good out of it
B) In order for good to exist, evil must exist
C) God is infinitely good
D) None of the above

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A) A theist in the broad sense can't be an atheist in the narrow sense.
B) A theist in the narrow sense can't be an atheist in the narrow sense
C) An atheist in the broad sense cannot be a theist in the narrow sense
D) A theist in the broad sense can't be an atheist in the broad sense

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A) The G.E. Moore shift
B) The Lewis Carroll shift
C) Modus ponens
D) Modus tollens

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A) Made Antony worry about how there could be morality without God
B) Reassured Antony that moral value didn't depend on God's existence
C) Was Antony's first brush with atheism
D) Led Antony to adopt Divine Command Theory

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A) Because sometimes people become so hardened by evil that goodness can surprise us
B) Because of its beauty
C) Because the same parts of the brain that trigger sadness can trigger happiness
D) Because it means coming into contact with God

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A) That intense suffering cannot be an evil
B) That intense suffering cannot be evil and is justified
C) That intense suffering is still an evil but it is justified
D) That intense suffering is an evil and still isn't justified

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A) Catholic
B) Humanist
C) Agnostic
D) Pragmatist

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A) Both hypotheses are momentous.
B) The truth of the hypotheses is of great significance.
C) Both hypotheses make some appeal to your belief.
D) The truth of the hypotheses require belief in them.

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A) A good incommensurate with any worldly good
B) Only God is a transcendent good
C) Worldly goods, such as art and culture
D) Religious goods

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A) Because it is frustrating for children to go without having their questions answered
B) Because God gave us rationality, and respecting others means taking rationality seriously
C) Because we are rational creatures, and we owe it to each other to reveal the basis for our beliefs
D) All of the above

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A) Carpenters are people
B) Carpenters cause the relation between the parts of what they create and its use
C) Carpenters have to study a craft
D) Carpenters aren't found in fields

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A) There is too much evil in the world for God to be perfectly good
B) There seems to be no reason why God would permit evil
C) Omniscience, omnipotence, and perfect goodness are incompatible
D) There seems be no way for God to reassure us in the face of evil

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A) believe in; understands
B) understand; trusts
C) understand; believes in
D) trust in; understands

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A) It is impossible to remove the human defects that lead to evil
B) It is impossible to comprehend why God permits evil
C) There is no point to attempting to help others; evil is simply overwhelming
D) It is necessary to combat evil no matter what

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