State True or False for Following Philosophy of Religion Flashcards

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According to Morrison, the success of science has led him to conclude that he should only accept things that can be established scientifically.
False
Philosophers are interested in determining whether modern science somehow undermines religious belief or whether belief without scientific proof is acceptable.
True
Morrison argues that the argument from agreement is correct.
False
The argument from agreement maintains that God must exist on the basis of the fact that many people throughout the world believe in the existence of God.
True
Morrison’s argument is an argument from design.
True
An argument from design is an ontological argument.
False
Morrison’s argument is a teleological argument.
True
A teleological argument does not begin with empirical observations.
False
An argument that begins with empirical bservations is an a posteriori argument.
True
An argument that does not use empirical information is a priori.
True
A teleological argument wants to show that there is a goal in nature that could have only been provided by God.
True
According to Morrison, mathematics cannot help to establish the existence of God.
False
According to Morrison, if the earth rotated significantly slower, ocean vapors would make ice continents.
False
According to Morrison, while life has “neither weight nor dimensions,” it is capable of force.
True
According to Morrison, nature creates all of life, in that it designs every leaf of every tree and colors every flower.
False