INSTRUCTIONS: Please, answer all questions by filling appropriate bubbles on the scantron sheets. Use pencils and the scantrons distributed in class. Exactly one answer to each question is best and thus true. Due Tuesday at the beginning of the class
PART I1. Cosmological arguments for the existence of God assume, or postulate, that there are various things around us and that their existence requires an explanation.
A) TRUE B) FALSE2. They also postulate that God is the ultimate explanation (e.g., the ultimate cause) of universe (or/and things in the universe)
A) TRUE B) FALSE3 According to a typical version of cosmological argument, the universe exists because God created the universe (caused it to exist)
A) TRUE B) FALSE4. According to Paley
A) the universe displays an intelligent design
B) if the universe displays an intelligent design, then it is designed
C) if the universe is designed, then there is God
D) all of the above
E) none of the above5. According to Stef's criticisms of Paley's argument, to show that God exists it is not enough to show that the universe was designed; in addition we would have to show the following:
A) The Universe was designed by exactly one person.
B) The Universe was created ex nihilo.
C) The Universe was created by the being who designed it.
D) The creator of the Universe is an omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly good, and immaterial being
E) All of the above.6 According to the argument from Scripture, we know that God exists because
A) What the holy books say is true and they say (or imply) that God exists
B) God is all good and he would not deceive us
C) God created the Universe
D) All of the above
E) None of the above7. According to the Argument from Evil, God does not exists because....
A) Satan (e.i. evil incarnated) exists
B) various bad things happen, there is evil in the world
C) neither of the above8. According to Aquinas
A) evil does not exist, it is merely privation of good.
B) evil exists, but the existence of evils such as pain and disease makes possible the existence of higher (or greater) goods, such as sympathy, benevolence, heroism, etc.
C) God uses evil to bring about some greater (or higher) goods.
D) The all-powerful and malevolent being, and not God, is responsible for all the evil in the world.
E) None of the above9. According to the virtue defense, evil exists because
A) evil does not exist, it is merely privation of good
B) the existence of evils such as pain and disease makes possible the existence of higher (or greater) goods, such as sympathy, benevolence, heroism, etc.
C) evil is a result of free human actions
D) the all-powerful and malevolent being, and not God, is responsible for all the evil in the world
E) none of the above.10. According to the free will defense, evil exists because
A) Evil is a privation of good.
B) The existence of evils such as pain and disease makes possible the existence of higher (or greater) goods, such as sympathy, benevolence, heroism, etc.
C) Evil is a result of free human actions
D) The all-powerful and malevolent being, and not God, is responsible for all the evil in the world.
E) None of the above.PART II The following claims can be used in traditional defenses of the traditional theism that, although God is the supreme being, the existence of God is compatible with the existence of evil. A) TRUE; B) FALSE. (Assume that the accounts of God offered by Owens, Wierenga and Geach are examples of traditional. theism.)
11. God is not omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent.
12. God is omnipotent, that is God has maximal powers, but there are some limitations on what God can do (God cannot do absolutely everything).
13. God does not care about the world.
14. Evil is a privation of good so evil does not really exist.
15. The existence of evils such as pain and disease makes possible the existence of higher (or greater) goods, such as sympathy, benevolence, heroism, etc.
16. The existence of some evils is the result of free human actions (results from human freedom).
17. The all-powerful and all-malevolent being, and not God, is responsible for all the evil in the world.
18. The powerful and malevolent being, and not God, is responsible for some of the evil in the world.