Question 1

Describe the process of creation that takes place in the creation story of the Boshongo people. How does this account of creation compare with/differ from modern scientific accounts of the origin of the universe?

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Question 2

Explain the relationship of Bumba to humans, and of humans to nonhuman animals, in the Boshongo story of creation. In what ways, if any, are these views compatible with your own views on the relationship of a creator god to humans and of humans to nonhuman animals?

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Question 3

Describe the process of creation that takes place in the creation story from the Upanishads. How does this story of creation compare with/differ from the creation story of the Boshongo people?

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Question 4

What does the creation story from the Upanishads tell us about the origin and nature of humans? How does this compare with/differ from what the creation story of the Boshongo people tells us about the origin and nature of humans? Which of these stories come closer to your own views on this matter? Explain your answer.

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Question 5

Carefully describe the account of creation that is presented in one of the Biblical stories. Then identify two main differences between the account of creation in the story that you described and the account of creation in the other Biblical story.

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Question 6

Carefully explain why the man and the woman are ejected from the garden in the second creation story from the Bible. Then describe the punishments that God gives to each of the participants. Do you think these punishments are fair? Why or why not?

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Question 7

How, according to the Cherokee creation story, did the land and everything on it come into being? Identify three main differences between the Cherokee account of creation and the Biblical creation stories.

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Question 8

How, according to the Cherokee creation story, did disease and medicine come into being? How does this story compare with/differ from modern scientific accounts of the origin of disease and medicine?

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Question 9

Carefully explain the basic events that take place between the big bang singularity and the beginning of life on earth. Do you find this account of creation plausible? Why or why not?

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Question 10

Which of the creation stories that you have read is most similar to the big bang theory described by Hawking? Which of the creation stories is least similar to this theory? Explain your answers.

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Question 11

Carefully describe the essential differences between Darwin's theory of evolution and the competing theory that he argues against. Then explain two of his reasons for rejecting the competing theory. Do you find his reasons convincing? Why or why not?

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Question 12

Of the creation stories that you have read, which of them is most compatible with Darwin's theory of evolution? Which of them is least compatible? Defend your answers.

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Question 13

Carefully explain the question that Diamond addresses in the selection from his book. What, according to Diamond, are some of the traditional answers to this question? How does Diamond's answer differ from these traditional answers?

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Question 14

What, according to Diamond, are the three common objections that people make to even raising the question that he raises? What response does Diamond make to each of these objections?

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Question 15

Carefully describe the events that take place in Plato's "Myth of the Cave." Why, according to Plato, do most people not escape from the cave?

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Question 16

Describe the two levels of reality that Plato discusses. In what ways are Plato's views of reality similar to traditional Christian views of reality? Do you agree that there are two levels of reality? Why or why not?

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Question 17

Explain as clearly as you can the nature of the Tao. Then compare and contrast this concept with Plato's Form of the Good.

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Question 18

What, according to the Tao Te Ching, represents the ideal way of life? How does the Taoist conception of the ideal way of life compare with/differ from your own views about what constitutes the ideal way of life?

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Question 19

Compare and contrast Wang Chung's views on the nature of reality with the views that are found in the Tao Te Ching. Which of these positions is closer to Plato's views on reality? Explain your answer.

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Question 20

Carefully explain Wang Chung's reasoning for denying that things happen according to the design of Heaven. Do you find his reasoning convincing? Why or why not?

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Quiz 2: Creation and Reality