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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the most likely products of a state-administered religion?
2. How should the spiritual faults of others be viewed, according to Lewis?
3. What types of matters did the member's of Lewis' club discuss?
4. Why are Christians sometimes hesitant to "witness" to those they care about?
5. Lewis points out that the question of being good without being a Christian should be applied to which of the following?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the problem with relying only on experience according to Lewis' argument in Part I, Essay 2, "Miracles"?
2. What is an "animal stage"?
3. Why does Lewis believe that the gospels are not legend?
4. Why does the answering of prayers not always necessitate supernatural intervention?
5. What mistakes does Lewis believe that the Bishop of Woolwich makes in his arguments about scripture?
6. What does Dr. Pittenger say about Lewis' arguments in his earlier works?
7. Explain the distinction that Lewis makes between thinking and imagining.
8. What is the purpose of the prayer books according to Lewis?
9. According to Lewis, how are laws of nature, causes, events, and the creator related?
10. What does Lewis believe about the roles of suffering and discomfort in Christianity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dogma is the more or less unchanging set of beliefs and rules that establish and maintain a religion's identity. Although often vehemently despised by materialist thinkers and liberal churches, Lewis contends that dogma is an important component of faith and essential for a mature religion.
1) Explain what dogma is, especially in the Christian church, and how and why is remains unchanging. Explain one element of Christian dogma that has not changed significantly in a very long time.
2) Discuss the problems that outsiders, liberal thinkers, and materials have with dogma.
3) Explain how dogma aids a religion in maintaining its cohesion, and explain Lewis' suggestion that dogma's unchanging nature is a strength, and not a weakness.
Essay Topic 2
Lewis concedes that animal pain is a major problem for theist belief. Although there are many classical arguments to explain the experience of pain by humans, who are able to learn and grow as a result of suffering, there are very few ways to explain the necessity for animals to suffer.
1) Summarize the "problem of pain" for Christianity specifically and for theist belief as a whole that Lewis outlines. Explain how Lewis resolves this problem in the case of human beings.
2) Discuss why the experience of pain by animals remains problematic for Christian apologists.
3) Describe Lewis' theory of "animal stages" and how it acts to explain away some of the problem of animal pain.
Essay Topic 3
The title essay of the book expresses Lewis' misgivings about the way that modern man approach the subject of God. Many, especially Materialists, attempt to place God in judgment.
1) Explain what Lewis means by the statement that modern men judge God. Explain the typical judgments that are laid against the Christian God.
2) Discuss the way that Lewis believes the subject of God should be approached.
3) Speculate as to how modern mindsets such as individuality and scientific reasoning contribute to what Lewis views as a flawed approach to the subject of God.
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