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Correct Answer: B (Science is silly, vain and profane, and is at odds with Christianity.) “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called” (1 Timothy 6:20).

2.  President Bush regularly declares that "Democracy is on the March in the Middle East." If reality appears otherwise, is it because the Lord is trying to make Mr. Bush look like a shameless liar?

Correct Answer: A (Probably. Democracy stands for rule by the people and encourages citizens to think for themselves, become educated about policy and use their intelligence to determine the fate of their country. The Lord loathes such nonsense and doesn’t believe the people are capable of governing themselves. In fact, God has killed those who insisted on self-rule.)  .)  “Now Korah...and Dathan and Abiram...and On...rose up before Moses, with...250 princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?...And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment...And it came to pass...that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and ... they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation” (Numbers 16:1-35).  The Lord…reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished; But chiefly them that…despise government”  (2 Peter 2:9-10).  O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps” (Jeremiah 10:23).

3.  What is Jesus’ opinion of smart people?

Correct Answer: D (B and C.) “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.  For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness” (1 Corinthians 3:19).  “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit” (Colossians 2:8). 
 

4.  What is the Lord’s opinion of those who, after critical analysis, opt for a belief structure other than Christianity?

Correct Answer: D (All of the above.)   “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.  This is a deceiver and an antichrist” (2 John 1:7).  “He is antichrist that denied the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:22).  “Take heed, brethren, lest there by in any you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God” (Hebrews 3:12).  “There shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction” (2 Peter 2:1).  “If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed” (2 John 1:10). 
 

5.  Which of the following happened to those in the Bible who had the audacity to seek knowledge?

Correct Answer: D (B and C.)  “And the Lord said, Behold, the people is [sic] one, and they have all [sic] one language; and this [sic] they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.  Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.  So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth” (Genesis 11:6-8).  “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it…And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die…[and] she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat…[And] unto the woman [God] said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee…Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken” (Genesis 2:17-3:23).
 

6.  What does the New Testament say about book burning?

Correct Answer: A (Book burning was a precursor to the spread of Christianity, it helped the word of God grow mightily and prevail.)  “And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus ; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.  And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.  Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces silver.  So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed” (Acts 19:16-20).
 

7.  What literary interpretative skills does the Lord call upon his followers to utilize in reading the Holy Bible?

Correct Answer: D (To mind your own business and read what is written for if you either elaborate or redact, you will be visited with plagues and damnation.)  ).  “For I testify unto every man that hearest the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.  And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book” (Revelation 22:18-19).
 

8.  How does the Bible define “wisdom”?

Correct Answer C (Wisdom means being afraid of God.)  And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom” (Job 28:28).  “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Psalms 111:10; Proverbs 9:10).
 

9. Does being a wise man excuse one from following the Bible’s edicts?

Correct Answer: B (“Yes, but only from the verses allowing just one wife and requiring fidelity.”)  “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here” (Matthew 12:42).  “And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these” (Matthew 6:29).  “But king Solomon loved many strange women…and he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines” (1 Kings 11:1-3).
 

10. More than a decade of college, medical school and hospital residency still does not enable human doctors to cure all illness. With all the knowledge in the universe, what were God's far more effective tips for healing the sick?

Correct Answer: D (All of the above.)  “Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up” (James 5:14-15).  “So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the disease departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them” (Acts 19:12).  “They brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them…and they were healed every one” (Acts 5:15-16).  “For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had” (John 5:4).

 

 

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