DOES GOD EXIST?
INTERMEDIATE COURSE

QUESTIONS FOR LESSON 5

WHAT IS MAN?

Note to Student:  Please answer the following questions to be graded.  These questions are designed to make you think.  If you get stuck and cannot answer some of the questions, just leave them blank and we will fill them in for you.

  1. Give three reasons why man cannot be viewed as being created in God’s physical image. 

      a. 

      b.

      c.

  2. Why is the word Trinity sometimes used to describe the God of the Bible?

  3. Why are different words used in Hebrew to describe God? (Refer to the chart in the lesson.)

  4. Give three examples of instinctive drives in animals that tend to deny common sense.

      a.

      b.

      c.

  5. Man is said to be born with two instinctive drives. What would those be?

      a.

      b.

  6. What unique characteristics do men display that are not seen in other living things?

      a.

      b.

      c.

      d.

      e.

      f.

  7. How do we know these characteristics are not a product of our high intelligence?

  8. How do we know these characteristics are not a product of our environment?

  9. In what way are we created in God’s image?

  10. Why is our viewpoint of what man is intricately related to issues such as infanticide, suicide, and the like?

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10/21/2009