T or F 1. Our answers to large questions about existence depend on what we think is true or false of human nature.

2. Human Nature may be:
a. Different for men and women.
b. Molded by the social environment.
c. Shaped by economic factors.
d. Shaped by political factors.
e. All of the above.

T or F 3. The Bible sees human beings as created by a transcendent God with a definite purpose in life.

T or F 4. Marx denied the existence of God.

T or F 5. Marx believed in the existence of God.

T or F 6. Different conceptions of Human nature lead to differnet views about what we ought to do and how we can do it.

T or F 7. If an all powerful and supremely good God made us then His/Her purpose defines what we can be and what we ought to be.

8. Define ESSENTIALISM.
 
 

T or F 9. If we are products of society there can be no real solutions to human existence until human society is transformed.

10. What is an IDEOLOGY?
 
 
 

11. What FOUR elements do theories about human nature share?
    a.

    b.

    c.

    d.

12. What is a CLOSED SYSTEM?
 

13. What TWO devices when used to defend a theory define a closed system?