RLGN 104 EXAM ACTUAL PAPER 2026
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Cosmological argument. Answer: the universe has a cause and
must therefore have a creator.
◉ Leibnizian cosmological argument. Answer: There is an
explanation for the existence of anything that exists.
If there is an explanation of the existence of the universe, that
explanation is God.
The universe exists.
Therefore, there is an explanation of the existence of the universe.
Therefore, the explanation of the existence of the universe is God.
◉ Telelogical argument. Answer: argues that the universe is so well
designed and finely tuned that only a creator could have made it
◉ naturalism. Answer: the philosophy that only nature exists and
the supernatural is superfluous, generally suggests that the current
universe is a product of a series of evolutions over billions of years;
fails to explain complexity of universe
-William Paley's watchmaker
, ◉ Irreducable complexity. Answer: idea that many molecular
machines are simply too complex to have formed via evolution
◉ Moral argument. Answer: suggests that without God, there can be
no true source of morality. Since all people share some sense of
morality, or right and wrong, there must be an ultimate moral
lawgiver. If there is no God, morality is subjective, becoming a matter
of preference rather than a standard to be met.
-If God does not exist, then objective morals do not either
-Objective morals do exist
-therefore, God exists
◉ Experiential argument. Answer: It simply comes from personal
experience, rooting itself in the experiences that people have had
with God. If a person has had an encounter with God, then this
encounter is evidence that God exists.
◉ Monotheism. Answer: belief in one God; core belief of Christianity
◉ Members of trinity: God. Answer: Eternal (Deut 33:27).
Self-existent (Exod 3:13-14).
Infinite (1 Kgs 8:22-27).
Transcendent (Ps 139:7-12).
Omnipotent (Rev 19:6).
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Cosmological argument. Answer: the universe has a cause and
must therefore have a creator.
◉ Leibnizian cosmological argument. Answer: There is an
explanation for the existence of anything that exists.
If there is an explanation of the existence of the universe, that
explanation is God.
The universe exists.
Therefore, there is an explanation of the existence of the universe.
Therefore, the explanation of the existence of the universe is God.
◉ Telelogical argument. Answer: argues that the universe is so well
designed and finely tuned that only a creator could have made it
◉ naturalism. Answer: the philosophy that only nature exists and
the supernatural is superfluous, generally suggests that the current
universe is a product of a series of evolutions over billions of years;
fails to explain complexity of universe
-William Paley's watchmaker
, ◉ Irreducable complexity. Answer: idea that many molecular
machines are simply too complex to have formed via evolution
◉ Moral argument. Answer: suggests that without God, there can be
no true source of morality. Since all people share some sense of
morality, or right and wrong, there must be an ultimate moral
lawgiver. If there is no God, morality is subjective, becoming a matter
of preference rather than a standard to be met.
-If God does not exist, then objective morals do not either
-Objective morals do exist
-therefore, God exists
◉ Experiential argument. Answer: It simply comes from personal
experience, rooting itself in the experiences that people have had
with God. If a person has had an encounter with God, then this
encounter is evidence that God exists.
◉ Monotheism. Answer: belief in one God; core belief of Christianity
◉ Members of trinity: God. Answer: Eternal (Deut 33:27).
Self-existent (Exod 3:13-14).
Infinite (1 Kgs 8:22-27).
Transcendent (Ps 139:7-12).
Omnipotent (Rev 19:6).
