Free will in theology - Quiz
A) A purely monastic order B) An offshoot of Buddhism C) A single strictly unified tradition D) A conglomerate of different religious traditions
A) Theory of absolute free will B) Complete rejection of karma C) Indeterminism D) Fate-based approach
A) Denial of individual existence B) Proponents for the theory of free will C) Strictly fate-based approach D) Elimination of karma
A) Conceptions of the supreme Being and the individual Self B) Scientific observations of nature C) Political laws and societal structures D) Historical texts alone
A) Karma has no connection to maya B) Karma is controlled solely by human governments C) Karma dictates or is dictated by the individual Self D) Karma destroys the individual Self completely
A) No one, as the future is entirely blank B) Certain saints, mystics, and the supreme being C) Only ordinary human beings D) Only foreign philosophers
A) Only the past and present B) Only future events C) Past, present, and all things yet to come D) Nothing about human actions
A) No, because destiny does not exist at all B) Not necessarily, as both can exist simultaneously C) Yes, free will is proven to be an illusion D) Yes, destiny completely destroys free will
A) All human sinful activities B) Every single action of the mind C) No one's sinful or pious activities D) Only pious activities
A) Surrender it completely to maya B) Withdraw it and bring it back under control C) Punish the physical body D) Let it wander freely without interference
A) God dictates all pious actions B) God does not control anyone's will C) God forces the mind to wander D) God controls every single thought
A) Six B) Four C) Two D) Ten
A) Matter has complete freedom B) Self controls the unfolding of matter C) Both matter and Self are fully autonomous D) Matter is without freedom and Self lacks control over matter
A) Realizing the ultimate separateness of matter and self B) Merging completely with maya C) Controlling the material world D) Gaining power through Ishvara
A) Only Ishvara B) Only human beings C) The material nature (prakrti) D) Every living entity (jiva)
A) Because Ishvara is bound by karma B) Because Ishvara does not exist C) Because Ishvara only controls humans D) Because it is distinct from all feelings, thoughts, actions, or wills
A) The supremacy of maya B) A belief in determinism C) A belief in absolute free will D) The non-existence of karma
A) The definition of the supreme being B) Rules regarding ritual worship C) The concept of the soul D) Explicit claims about determinism or free will
A) Swami Vivekananda B) Arjuna C) Madhvacharya D) Chandrashekhara Bharati Swaminah
A) Free will exists outside of time and space B) There cannot be any such thing as free-will; the words are a contradiction C) Will is completely unconditioned by causality D) Free will is the ultimate truth of the universe
A) The independent choices of jivas B) Conditions of time, space and causality C) Pure human desire and maya D) Uncaused spontaneous events
A) By mastering the physical body B) To get beyond the limitations of this universe C) By exercising free will within the material world D) By accumulating good karma
A) Mimamsa, Vedanta, Shaivism, and Vaishnavism B) Only the Nyaya school C) Advaita schools exclusively D) Only the Samkhya and Yoga schools
A) As completely controlled by matter B) As lacking any form of consciousness C) As being of a higher nature who have freedom to exploit inferior material nature D) As being entirely made of inferior material nature
A) Souls do not have any free will as Lord Vishnu prescribes all their actions B) Souls possess absolute autonomous free will C) Souls are entirely independent of God D) Souls dictate the actions of Lord Vishnu
A) That future rewards are random and past actions are ignored B) That God dictates all rewards without regard to human effort C) That past actions are erased and present actions do not matter D) That we pay for past actions and our present actions be free enough to deserve future results
A) Present karma B) Divine intervention C) An illusion created by maya D) Past karma
A) Past karma B) The will of Ishvara C) Present karma D) Destiny
A) Free-will creates fate without any connection to karma B) Fate is real while free-will is a total illusion C) They are in permanent and irreconcilable conflict D) They are really one, that is, karma, differing only in time
A) The direct commands of Lord Vishnu B) The past exercise of your free-will C) Random chance within maya D) The unconditioned laws of the material universe
A) Change the nature of Ishvara B) Wipe out past records or add to them C) Eliminate the universe entirely D) Escape the cycle of time permanently without karma
A) Eastern Orthodox Church B) Pelagian scholars C) Calvinist Protestants D) Roman Catholic Church
A) Total depravity B) Personal fault C) Ancestral sin D) Initial grace
A) Predestination B) Synergy C) Total depravity D) Pelagianism
A) Absolute control B) Working together C) Predestined fate D) Divine isolation
A) Pontius Pilate B) Vladimir Lossky C) St. Augustine D) St. John Cassian
A) Divine grace B) Priesthood mediation C) Human perfection D) Baptismal regeneration
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky B) Alexander Solzhenitsyn C) Anton Chekhov D) Leo Tolstoy
A) Notes from Underground B) Crime and Punishment C) Demons D) The Brothers Karamazov
A) Religious conversion B) Unconditional love C) Suicide D) Blind obedience
A) Lutheran monergism B) Strict Pelagianism C) Roman Catholic teaching D) Calvinist Protestantism
A) Justification B) Predestination alone C) Original sin D) Total depravity
A) The Holy Spirit's obedience to man B) The collaborative effort starting simultaneously C) God's initiative D) Man's independent choice
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky B) St. John Chrysostom C) Pontius Pilate D) Vladimir Lossky
A) 1500-1520 B) 1450-1470 C) 1600-1620 D) 1545-1563
A) Manichaeism B) Jansenism C) Pelagianism D) Arianism
A) René Descartes B) Blaise Pascal C) Voltaire D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A) Deus Caritas Est B) Libertas Praestantissimum C) Rerum Novarum D) Humanae Vitae
A) 1901 B) 1865 C) 1888 D) 1545
A) The writings of John Duns Scotus B) St. Augustine's theology C) The Council of Trent D) Physicalism/materialism
A) Transcendence B) Immanence C) Omniscience D) Omnipresence
A) William of Ockham B) Søren Kierkegaard C) Alvin Plantinga D) Aristotle
A) Probabilistic B) Deterministic C) Random D) Indeterministic
A) The physical reality B) Divine foreknowledge C) A human's soul D) The natural philosophy
A) Religious philosophers B) Omniscient beings C) Non-human animals D) Divine beings
A) Yechida B) Yachid C) Jabr D) Neshama
A) Jabr B) Neshama C) Destiny D) Yechida
A) al-Ash'ari B) Alvin Plantinga C) Søren Kierkegaard D) William of Ockham
A) Søren Kierkegaard B) al-Ash'ari C) William of Ockham D) Alvin Plantinga
A) Alvin Plantinga B) Aristotle C) al-Ash'ari D) Philo
A) Gnosticism B) Judaism C) Platonism D) Stoicism
A) Michael Frede B) Troels Engberg-Pedersen C) Tertullian D) Alister McGrath
A) Jewish rabbis B) Pagans C) Roman politicians D) Egyptian pharaohs
A) Paul B) Tertullian C) Alister McGrath D) Michael Frede
A) First-century B) Third-century C) Second-century D) Fourth-century
A) Oxford scholar B) Princeton historian C) Cambridge professor D) Harvard researcher
A) Pauline expert B) Patristic theology C) Stoic philosophy D) Old Testament studies
A) Non-Chalcedonian Churches B) Chalcedonian Churches C) Post-Nicene Churches D) Western Churches
A) John Chrysostom B) John Cassian C) Georges Florovsky D) Pelagius
A) Synergy B) Blasphemy C) Justification D) Theosis
A) Yes B) No C) None D) Only some
A) Goods and possessions B) Everyday actions C) Spiritual matters D) Civil righteousness
A) Eternal righteousness B) God-ward righteousness C) Spiritual righteousness D) Civil righteousness
A) Erasmus B) Henry Cole C) The Holy Spirit D) Adam
A) Paul Althaus B) Erasmus C) Rupp and Watson D) Henry Cole
A) The Bondage of the Will study B) The Henry Cole study C) The Rupp/Watson study D) The Paul Althaus study
A) Monergism B) Arbitrium C) Metanoia D) Liberum
A) The sinfulness of an intent B) The evil of an effect C) An act's effect D) The corruption of an act
A) Loraine Boettner B) Jonathan Edwards C) John L. Girardeau D) Boethius
A) Jonathan Edwards B) Loraine Boettner C) Boethius D) John Calvin
A) Lutheranism B) Anabaptism C) Open theism D) Libertarianism
A) Puritans B) Reformers C) Lutherans D) Calvinists
A) John Calvin B) Jacobus Arminius C) Jesus Christ D) Thomas Jay Oord
A) Thomas Jay Oord B) John Calvin C) Jesus Christ D) Jacobus Arminius
A) Divine determinism B) Absolute predestination C) Essential kenosis D) Sovereign grace
A) John 3:16 B) Genesis 1:1 C) Luke 13:34 D) Romans 8:28
A) Nazareth B) Jerusalem C) Rome D) Capernaum
A) A lion B) A shepherd C) An eagle D) A hen
A) Absolute predestination B) Spiritual blindness C) Moral agency D) Divine determinism
A) Lucifer B) Mormon leaders C) The New Church D) Emanuel Swedenborg
A) Latter Day Saint movement B) Swedenborgianism C) Mormonism D) Protestantism
A) Emanuel Swedenborg B) Classical Protestant reformers C) Lucifer D) Mormon leaders
A) mitzvot B) bechirah C) jabr D) qadar
A) qadar B) bechirah chofshit C) jabr D) mitzvot
A) accidental B) axiomatic C) heretical D) optional
A) the Mishnah B) the New Testament C) the Torah D) the Quran
A) Leviticus B) Exodus C) Deuteronomy D) Genesis
A) Deuteronomy 30:19 B) Deuteronomy 15:10 C) Deuteronomy 30:1 D) Deuteronomy 20:5
A) death B) silence C) curse D) life
A) the historical exile of the Jews B) the physical laws of nature C) the translation of the Torah D) the closely related resultant paradox |
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