APOL 330 Quiz 4

APOL 330 Quiz 4 Liberty University

1. When it comes to moral behaviors, S. Lewis prefers talking about rules and obedience, not “ideals” and “idealism.”
2. Moral breakdown occurs both when human individuals drift apart from one another and when things go wrong inside the individual
3. Morality is concerned with harmony between individuals and within oneself, but not interested in the general purpose of human life
4. When it comes to cardinal virtues vs theological virtues, cardinal virtues are those which all civilized people recognize while theological virtues are those that only Christians know about
5. In Lewis’ view, the cardinal virtue of temperance requires the Christians give up drinking
6. According to Lewis virtues are really only applicable to this present life
7. Christ did not come to preach any brand new morality
8. Lewis believes that when people observe what went on in the early church, very few believers today would like the whole Instead, they are attracted to bits and pieces
9. Charity, while important, is not an essential part of Christian morality for Lewis
10. Lewis argues that we will never get a Christian society unless most of us become Christian This means that believers must prioritize personal evangelism for now and hold off on societal engagement for later
11. Psychoanalysis itself is not contradictory to Christianity
12. When it comes to human progress, psychoanalysis is prepared and equipped to improve mankind’s moral decision making
13. Lewis states “Good people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either”
14. Which of the following is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues (trumped only by “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself”)
15. “Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions which thoroughly approves of the “
16. Lewis believes that when it comes to sex, the real conflict is not between Christianity and nature, but between Christian principles and other principles in the control of ‘nature.’
17. Unchastity is the supreme vice
18. When the Bible says that “the two become one flesh” Lewis believes this to be referring only to physical union
19. Being in love is a good thing, but it is not he best thing
20. Cultivating the thrill of good things so as to prolong the excitement it brings is encouraged by Lewis
21. Pride is purely spiritual and consequently it is far more subtle and deadly
22. Lewis believes that Christians who practice hope in the next world are more useful in the present world
23. The lack of total satisfaction in the earth as it presently exists is a cause of grave concern for Lewis
24. According to Lewis, the human mind is completely ruled by reason
25. Lewis thinks it is helpful to remember/discover/know the moment that you reached the following conclusion about faith in God—“You must do this, I can’t” (i.e. your conversion)