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Searching for the Truth on Origins Exam #10: The Impact of Evolution on Society Spiritually |
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True or False |
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T F |
When man removes God from his thinking, there is a pattern that takes place in his behavior and it ultimately brings God's judgment. |
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T F |
Evolution is the foundation of the New Age movement, according to the lesson. The New Age movement could never have occurred without evolution as its foundation. |
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The equinox and the solstice ceremonies of moon and sun worship is exclusive to Eastern cultures. |
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Seventy years of promoting evolution through atheism in the Soviet Union did not produce an atheistic society |
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T F |
The lesson shows that technology is the common factor that will unite the world in an effort to prevent a global crisis. |
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T F |
Today's practice of the Kundalini or "serpent power" is not dissimilar to the serpent power recorded in the Bible, when Eve was tempted to be as the gods. |
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Oakland said that thousands of New Age books that he owns have been purchased in popular American bookstores. |
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While in Russia giving lectures to groups of scientists, Oakland said most of their questions to him were based on spiritual things. |
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For years the Ba’hais have been stating that there would be no possibility of peace unless the world converts to their belief system. |
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The new science belief is that evolution explains all things. It teaches that everything is part of this process and a mouse or a man can be god, because evolution is god. |
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Multiple Choice |
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| 11. | Oakland uses the Jeremiah 11 passage to reinforce which of the following? | |
| A | People who repeat the iniquities of their forefathers will be reprimanded by the gods | |
| B | People who refuse to hear the words of the Lord will eventually follow after other gods | |
| C | People who worship false gods often become supernatural beings like the deities they worship | |
| D | All of the above | |
| 12. | Who inhabited the City of Babylon, according to the Scriptures? | |
| A | The eight survivors of Noah's family | |
| B | The multitudes of animals that survived from Noah's ark | |
| C | Flood survivors who wished to communicate with the spirit world | |
| D | Flood survivors who wished to worship the God of creation | |
| 13. | How does the lesson explain Ecclesiastes 1:9-11, in relation to the world today? | |
| A | History repeats itself and acceptance of evolution is preparing people to repeat the practices of the ancient pagans | |
| B | There is no remembrance of former things, therefore things seem new in this present age | |
| C | There is nothing new under the sun, therefore the gods that existed in the beginning exist today | |
| D | All of the above | |
| 14. | Which of the following is NOT part of New Age philosophy, as described in the lesson? | |
| A | The new man is emerging and he will renounce all forms of deity | |
| B | Man is evolving to higher dimensions of consciousness | |
| C | Evolution is the force that guides and directs everything | |
| D | Anything and everything can be god | |
| 15. | Which of the following beliefs are related to the Gaia hypothesis? | |
| A | The complex earth system behaves in a self-regulating manner characteristic of something alive | |
| B | The New Age has adapted ancient Greek worship of the goddess of the earth | |
| C | The earth is a living, evolving entity and humans need to have a relationship with the planet | |
| D | All of the above | |
| 16. | Which techniques were NOT mentioned as New Age practices that assist humans in reaching a higher dimension? | |
| A | The use of natural hot springs to connect with earth's minerals | |
| B | The use of crystals, horoscopes, and visualization | |
| C | The use of astral projection | |
| D | The use of channeling to contact the spirit world | |
| 17 | The lesson spoke of a New Age exercise at UC Santa Barbara involving 350 people from many professional backgrounds. What was their goal? | |
| A | Their goal was to consider the future effects of global warming | |
| B | Their goal was to experience evolutionary memory through visualizing what it was like in their early stages of development | |
| C | Their goal was anger management during two and a half hours of the wriggling bodies crawling over each other on university lawn | |
| D | None of the above | |
| 18. | What was significant about Pope John Paul II's announcement regarding evolution in 1996? | |
| A | The pope verified that evolution is true by stating that God used evolution to create | |
| B | The pope said that scientists have proven that evolution is true | |
| C | The pope believes that truth cannot contradict truth, so creation and evolution are both true | |
| D | All of the above | |
| 19. | In what sense is evolution actually becoming a unifying religion, according to the study? | |
| A | People are widely rejecting the evolutionist view and they are joining religious denominations | |
| B | People are attending churches that have begun preaching evolution | |
| C | People realize the world is facing a global crisis and it must unite with a common cause; and evolution is the answer | |
| D | People realize that the earth cannot survive unless mankind continues to evolve spiritually | |
| 20. | What is the the movement called that will unleash the wisdom of all world religions, according to author Matthew Fox? | |
| A | Cosmic evolution | |
| B | Deep ecumenism | |
| C | Spiritual enlightenment | |
| D | New Age Movement | |
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