Return to course: When Critics Ask with Dr. Norm Geisler
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1. How does Geisler summarize his two-part answer?
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A. The Bible, no errors; the critics, errors
B. The Bible errs, but only a little
C. Both the Bible and critics err
D. Neither can ever be judged
2. On what does Geisler ground the first reason the Bible cannot err?
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A. The skill of the human authors
B. God the Father cannot err
C. The age of the manuscripts
D. The size of the church
3. What does Geisler say stands or falls together?
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A. Faith and good works
B. The law and the prophets
C. Whether Jesus is the Son and the Bible is God's Word
D. The Old and New Testaments
4. What picture does Geisler use for the Holy Spirit's role in inspiration?
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A. A potter shaping clay
B. A fire refining gold
C. A shepherd leading sheep
D. Wind moving a sailing ship
5. What is the flaw in the argument "to err is human, so the Bible errs"?
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A. It assumes humans always err
B. Humans are not really authors
C. The Bible is not truly human
D. God does not use people
6. What rule from Augustine does Geisler cite about apparent contradictions?
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A. The author must be mistaken
B. Never conclude the author erred
C. Ignore the difficulty entirely
D. Trust only the newest copy
7. When one Gospel says one angel and another says two, what does Geisler note?
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A. The Gospels flatly contradict here
B. One account must be discarded
C. Wherever there are two, there is always one
D. The number does not matter at all
8. Why is "the mustard seed is the smallest" not an error?
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A. Orchid seeds did not yet exist
B. Jesus was speaking of a large seed
C. The verse is only symbolic
D. It was the smallest a farmer there sowed
9. What does Geisler stress about copyist errors?
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A. They affect no doctrine of Scripture
B. They are common throughout the text
C. They prove the Bible unreliable
D. They appear in the original writings
10. What is Geisler's closing turn about the Bible?
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A. We should catalog all its problems
B. We should let the Bible criticize us
C. We should read only what we like
D. We should judge it by science
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