Study your lesson carefully before answering the exam questions.

True Or False Questions
Listed below are several statements concerning the information in Lesson 1. After each statement, indicate whether the statement is "True" or "False" (20 points).

1. The body is more important than the soul.

        True    False       

2. The problems of belief in God are greater than the problems of unbelief.

        True    False       

3. The universe gives every evidence of careful planning and design.

        True    False       

4. Atheists offer us the only reasonable solution to the origin of the universe.

        True    False       

5. All scientists are unbelievers in God.

        True    False       
 

Multiple Choice Questions
Click the button to the left of the letter that corresponds to the correct or most nearly correct answer (40 points).

6. That scientific enlightenment and true religious belief are incompatible is:
a. a widely believed error.
b. the verdict of all thinking people.
c. a true statement of fact.
d. the wisest position to adopt.

7. The chance that the human body could have "just happened" is described by one famous statistician as:
a. a statistical certainty.
b.  the conviction of most statisticians.
c. a statistical monstrosity.
d. having nothing to do with statistics.

8. In view of the illustration of the jet, which of the following is the most reasonable way to account for the existence of the universe?
a. It created itself by its own inherent powers.
b. There is no way to account for it at all.
c. It came into being by sheer accident.
d. It was planned by an intelligent Being.

9. One reason suggested in this lesson to account for the refusal of many people to face the fact of God is
a. The intellectual impossibility of believing in God.
b. The inconsistent lives of those who say they believe in God.
c. The unwillingness of people to face the moral implications involved in admitting that there is a God.
d. The growing popularity of atheism.

10. When faced with the prospect of eventually meeting your Creator, the wisest thing to do is
a. face honestly all the issues involved.
b. postpone facing this possibility.
c. ignore it entirely.
d. deny that there is a God.
 

Bible Study Questions
You should use your Bible to answer these questions.

Given below are a series of Scripture references followed by a list of statements covered in Lesson 1. Next to each statement, put the scripture that best supports it from the list provided. (40 points).

a. Genesis 1:1 e. Psalm 14:1
b. Genesis 15:5-6 f. Psalm 19:1-3
c. Job 38:31-32 g. Psalm 115:16
d. Psalm 8:3-4 h. Romans 1:19-20

11. God is stated to be the Creator of the universe. 

           Scripture: 
 

12. The heavens are said to declare God's glory to all men regardless of their mother tongue. 

           Scripture: 
 

13. The created universe witnesses to God's eternal power and Godhead and leaves men without excuse for their disbelief in God.

           Scripture: 
 

14. The atheist's attitude toward God is said to be one of folly.

           Scripture: 
 

15. The question "What is man?" was prompted by a consideration of the splendor of the heavens.

           Scripture: 
 

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