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This set of Philosophy of Religion Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Philosophy Of Religion Set 3

Q1 | Among these Western philosophers who is the advocate of theism?
  • descartes
  • kant
  • bentham
  • spinoza
Q2 | Karl Marx treated religion as a tool of--------------------------.
  • exploitation
  • emotional exploitation
  • economic exploitation
  • none of these
Q3 | Atheism means :
  • there is god
  • there is one god
  • there are many god
  • there is no god
Q4 | “Religion is the opium of the people.”- Who said?
  • karl marx
  • arnold toynbee
  • russell
  • walter kaufman
Q5 | ------------------do not believe in the existence of God because God’s existence cannot beperceived.
  • charvakans
  • buddhists
  • jains
  • vedadins
Q6 | Who calls foundational beliefs as “M-beliefs”?
  • william alston
  • patrick
  • william james
  • w.t stace
Q7 | In the term “M-beliefs”, M stands for:
  • master
  • manifestation
  • metaphysics
  • morality
Q8 | -------------- argues that religious beliefs are properly basic.
  • william alston
  • alvin plantinga
  • william james
  • w.t stace
Q9 | Alvin Plantinga made an influence upon Reformers of the sixteenth century, particularly:
  • william alston
  • patrick
  • william james
  • john calvin
Q10 | “Belief” can be defined as an:
  • act or state of believing
  • practice of believing.
  • experience of believing.
  • none of these
Q11 | The idea that our belief-structures are and must be built upon basic beliefs, which aregrounded in and justified by clear circumstances is called:
  • foundationalism
  • fundamentalism
  • experimentalism
  • justificationalism
Q12 | ‘The material world exists only in consciousnesses, our own and God’s’- this position isknown as:
  • idealism
  • solipsism
  • spiritualism
  • intuitionism
Q13 | --------------is an act of divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relatingto human existence.
  • belief
  • reason
  • revelation
  • faith
Q14 | ------------- is confidence or trust in a person to thing, deity, in the doctrines or teachingsof a religion, or view even without empirical evidence.
  • belief
  • reason
  • revelation
  • faith
Q15 | Christian thought treats Bible as a ------------------of revelation.
  • source
  • medium
  • truth
  • copy
Q16 | Critique of Religion and Philosophy is written by:
  • salomon reinach
  • walter kaufmann,
  • william james
  • w.t stace
Q17 | The term mysticism comes from the Greek word ---------------
  • mystikos
  • mytikos,
  • mithios
  • mystipos
Q18 | Non-propositional view of revelation and faith has become widespread within --------------during the present century.
  • protestant christianity
  • christianity,
  • catholics
  • none of these
Q19 | The teleological argument has its earliest roots in the thought of ------------------
  • thales
  • heraclitus
  • plato
  • aristotle
Q20 | Teleological argument states that God is an intelligent--------------------.
  • designer
  • creator
  • protector
  • master
Q21 | Paley’s ------------------conveys the essence of the teleological argument.
  • analogy of desert
  • analogy of stone
  • analogy of watch
  • analogy of table
Q22 | “Dialogues on Natural Religion”, is written by:
  • david hume
  • st. anselm
  • paley
  • descartes
Q23 | The cosmological argument considered God as the:
  • protector
  • creator
  • first cause
  • destroyer
Q24 | To -----------first cause argument is known as cosmological.
  • david hume
  • st. anselm
  • paley
  • aristotle
Q25 | According to Aristotle God is the:
  • prime mover
  • absolute
  • omnipotent
  • protector