What to study for Test on Unit 2

Know the meaning of these five words:
-Metaphysics- Philosophy- Ontology- Cosmology- Epistemology

1. How do some Christians use Colossian's 2:8 to support their belief that faith does not need to be defended on philosophical grounds? What is wrong with this interpretation?
2. What does “faith precedes reason” mean? How does Edward T. Ramsdell explain this idea?
3. What three things form Christianity’s basis for special revelation?
4. What is the essence of naturalism?
5. For the naturalist, what is the ultimate means of perception?
6. Are Muslims naturalists or supernaturalists? Why? Do Muslims believe in life after death?
7. What is the Christian view of the relationship between the natural and the supernatural? How
does this view differ from that of the naturalist?
8. How does the naturalist’s monistic view of the mind and body differ from the Christian’s dualistic view?
9. How does Lenin describe matter?
10. What is the Marxist dialectic and how does it work?
11. What is the Cosmic Humanist view of philosophy?
12. How do Cosmic Humanists understand truth? Where does the Cosmic Humanist look to find truth?
13. Why is the statement “God so loved the world” nonsensical to a Postmodernist?
14. What is literary deconstruction? What does this theory mean for the Bible?