REL 2300 - Quiz 1
Instructions:  If your last name begins with a letter A - G, use quiz 1(RED, questions 1,2,3,4).  For H-M, use quiz 2 (BLUE, questions 5,6,7,8).  For N-S, use quiz 3 (GREEN, questions 9,10,11,12). For T-Z, use quiz 4 (PURPLE, questions 13,14,15,16).

1. Name any three elements of that which constitutes religion.
2. Name a non-philosophical argument for God’s existence.
3. According to William James, what is the term describing the necessity to make a choice between options?
4. Who is the main proponent of Utilitarian moral theory who argues that it's not a philosophy fit for pigs?
5. What is the  term describing the notion that everything is Divine, or everything is God?
6. What is the term describing the belief that there are many gods, but a subscriber to this belief would worship only one god at a time?
7. What is the term describing a theological position where a person or group believes that the universe is composed of both a material and a spiritual element?
8. Who argued that belief in God’s existence is one’s “best bet”?
9. What is the term describing the belief that the existence of God can’t be proven, that no one can know anything about God?
10. What is the ultimate goal of Utilitarianism?
11. What assumption does the author of the text make regarding human nature in its relationship to religion?
12. When theists conceive of time, what is ONE of the two ways in which they do it?  That is, how do they understand time?
13. Which theorist claimed that we subscribe to religious beliefs as a result of fear of parents?
14. Name a polytheistic religion mentioned in class.
15. Name the three major monotheistic religions mentioned in class and in the notes.
16. In which religious orientation, Sacramental, Prophetic, or Mystical, does the believer hold primarily that faith alone is all that is required with respect to our obligations to an ultimate being?