WORLDVIEW VOCAB CHAPTERS 1 & 2

3. Someone who says he or she does not know whether God exists.
6. To appeal to the audiences' sense of reason or logic.
8. The power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.
11. Trusts only experience regulated by the scientific method, can be trusted to discover truth.
12. The lens through which one sees the world
13. Particular prior knowledge that is self-evidencing
16. The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
17. The act of explaining the meaning of something.
19. The distinction between right and wrong. It is the determination of what should be done and what should not be done.
20. Evidence or argument establishing or helping to establish a fact or the truth of a statement.

1. It is reasonable; it doesn't ignore evidence. The evidence correlates or fits when using the presupposition.
2. Focuses attention on the writer's or speaker's trustworthiness. • Takes one of two forms: “appeal to character” or “appeal to credibility.”
3. Believing that inanimate objects such as rocks, trees, and rivers have souls or spirits.
4. A method of defending the Christian faith.
5. The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.
7. A method of defending the Christian faith that assumes that data drawn from history and experience can demonstrate the reasonableness of Christian claims and can therefore help tp prepare a person for faith in Christ by removing obstacles to belief.
9. A thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.
10. Trusts reason as the bedrock that all human knowledge rests on.
14. The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
15. Authorized or generally accepted theory, doctrine, or practice.
18. A quality that evokes pity or sadness.