diff --git a/Apol-Topics/apol-choice.py b/Apol-Topics/apol-choice.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..50bca97 --- /dev/null +++ b/Apol-Topics/apol-choice.py @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +import random +import linecache + +def topics(): + + category = random.randrange(1, 5, 1) + #print(category) + + if category == 1: + + #topic_file = open("topics1.txt") + + topic1 = random.randrange(1, 23, 1) + #return topic1 + print(linecache.getline("topics1.txt", topic1)) + + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 == topic1: + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 != topic1: + #return topic2 + print(linecache.getline("topics1.txt", topic2)) + + if category == 2: + + #topic_file = open("topics2.txt") + + topic1 = random.randrange(1, 19, 1) + #return topic1 + print(linecache.getline("topics2.txt", topic1)) + + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 == topic1: + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 != topic1: + #return topic2 + print(linecache.getline("topics2.txt", topic2)) + + if category == 3: + + #topic_file = open("topics3.txt") + + topic1 = random.randrange(1, 22, 1) + #return topic1 + print(linecache.getline("topics3.txt", topic1)) + + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 == topic1: + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 != topic1: + #return topic2 + print(linecache.getline("topics3.txt", topic2)) + + if category == 4: + + #topic_file = open("topics4.txt") + + topic1 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + #return topic1 + print(linecache.getline("topics4.txt", topic1)) + + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 == topic1: + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 != topic1: + #return topic2 + print(linecache.getline("topics4.txt", topic2)) + + if category == 5: + + #topic_file = open("topics5.txt") + + topic1 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + #return topic1 + print(linecache.getline("topics5.txt", topic1)) + + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 == topic1: + topic2 = random.randrange(1, 18, 1) + + if topic2 != topic1: + #return topic2 + print(linecache.getline("topics5.txt", topic2)) + +topics() diff --git a/Apol-Topics/topics1.txt b/Apol-Topics/topics1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c4e654a --- /dev/null +++ b/Apol-Topics/topics1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Explain the meaning and significance of the trinity. +Explain the meaning and significance of the omniscience of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the omnipotence of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the omnipresence of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the transcendence and immanence of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of eternality of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the holiness of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the righteousness of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the sovereignty of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the grace of God. +In what ways has God revealed Himself to man? +If God is real, why can't people see or touch Him? +If God is holy, why did He allow evil in the world? +How can God be both merciful and just? +Why is the unchanging nature of God critical to who He is? +How does a Christian account for natural disasters? +Why do bad things happen to good people? +What is the role of the Holy Spirit? +Analyze and respond to the statement, "The Old Testament God is a God of hate while the New Testament God is a God of love." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him." —Voltaire +Analyze and respond to the statement, "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." —A.W. Tozer +Analyze and respond to the statement, "God set the universe in motion but He has no interest in it."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "If God understands my humanity and sin nature better than I do, why does He still hold me accountable for what I cannot help doing?"—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "As an atheist, I don't believe there is a God." —Anonymous diff --git a/Apol-Topics/topics2.txt b/Apol-Topics/topics2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e586f3a --- /dev/null +++ b/Apol-Topics/topics2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Explain the meaning and significance of inerrancy. +Explain the meaning and significance of verbal, plenary inspiration of Scripture. +Explain the meaning and significance of divine inspiration. +Explain the meaning and significance of biblical canon. +Explain the meaning and significance of higher (historical) criticism and lower (textual) criticism. +Jesus clearly demonstrated His belief in the authority of Scriptures. Defend this statement with evidence. +If the Bible was written by men, how could it also be written by God? +How can the Bible be trustworthy when it has been translated so many times? +Is the Old Testament a reliable historical document? +Is the New Testament a reliable historical document? +Did the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls affirm or deny the accuracy of the Old Testament? +How does the reliability of the Biblical manuscripts compare to other ancient texts? +How did the church decide what should be included in the canon of Scripture? +Why are there parallel myths to the Biblical narrative in other religions? +Are Scripture and science in conflict? +Analyze and respond to the statement, "The Bible is no different than any other holy book."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "The Bible is simply the work of a great conspiracy, where people sought to create a religion of their own." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "We can't believe in a Bible that is full of contradictions." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "The Bible was written to look like Jesus fulfilled prophecy." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "The gospels were simply a collaborative effort of the church written after the time of Christ." —Anonymous diff --git a/Apol-Topics/topics3.txt b/Apol-Topics/topics3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..37051cb --- /dev/null +++ b/Apol-Topics/topics3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Explain the meaning and significance of the image of God. +Explain the meaning and significance of the depravity of man. +Explain the meaning and significance of original sin. +Explain the meaning and significance of the sin nature. +Explain the meaning and significance of sanctification. +Explain the meaning and significance of repentance. +Explain the meaning and significance of the regeneration. +Do all men have a longing for God? +Do all men have a conscience? +If God is invisible, (I Timothy 1:17) how can man be made in the image of God? +If man is inherently sinful, why do many men lead relatively good lives? +What is the purpose of man? +What is the destiny of man? +Why would a loving God create hell? +What is the essential duty of man? +What is the purpose of prayer? +Analyze and respond to the statement, "All men were born with ten fingers and toes, but no one was born with the knowledge of God." —Voltaire +Analyze and respond to the statement, "Heaven is only a state of mind." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "He's only human," as a justification for sin and the need for leniency. —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "When man dies, he simply ceases to exist. There is no immortality or eternal life."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "All matter, energy, and life are an interconnected unity of which we are an inseparable part."—World Pantheism Movement +Analyze and respond to the statement, "Religion is as much a living spring of violence today as it was at any time in the past." —Sam Harris +Analyze and respond to the statement, "All human beings go through a previous life." —Honore Balzac diff --git a/Apol-Topics/topics4.txt b/Apol-Topics/topics4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..874734b --- /dev/null +++ b/Apol-Topics/topics4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Explain the meaning and significance of justification. +Explain the meaning and significance of atonement. +Explain the meaning and significance of propitiation. +Explain the meaning and significance of redemption. +Explain the meaning and significance of reconciliation. +How can a man know God? +Can a man become right with God by keeping the Ten Commandments? +Isn't it narrow minded to believe there is only one way to heaven? +Why does man need salvation? +What is the purpose of the Church? +How do you know that there is absolute truth? +Analyze and respond to the statement, "It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you are sincere." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "Every charitable act is a stepping stone to heaven." —Henry Ward Beecher +Analyze and respond to the statement, "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence." —Richard Dawkins +Analyze and respond to the statement, "I believe I will go to heaven because I have lived a pretty good life." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "It is arrogant to claim to know truth."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "I don't want to be saved because I would need to give up the things I enjoy."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "I am not sure I want to be a Christian, as Christians are hypocritical, intolerant, and judgmental."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "I don't need to go to church. I can worship God wherever I am."—Anonymous diff --git a/Apol-Topics/topics5.txt b/Apol-Topics/topics5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5fbf5e --- /dev/null +++ b/Apol-Topics/topics5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +What is the meaning and significance of the deity of Christ? +What is the meaning and significance of the Incarnation? +What is the meaning and significance of Jesus as the Mediator? +What is the meaning and significance of Jesus as the Messiah? +What is the meaning and significance of Jesus as the Word of God? +What is the meaning and significance of Jesus as the Lamb of God? +Why is the virgin birth essential to the Christian faith? +Why is the resurrection essential to the Christian faith? +If God is infinite, how could He limit Himself in the person of Christ? +How could Jesus be both God and man? +Why did Jesus have to die to provide salvation for men? +What evidence is there for the historical existence of Jesus? +What evidence is there for the resurrection of Jesus? +What was the purpose of the miracles that Jesus performed? +Analyze and respond to the statement, "Jesus' life and death are merely examples to us that we should all live sacrificial lives."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "Jesus was a good man and a good teacher but certainly not the Son of God." —Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "I don't need Jesus, I can just relate to God myself."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "Justice has not been served by Jesus' substitutionary atonement."—Anonymous +Analyze and respond to the statement, "We have much to learn from the Jesus of the Gnostic gospels."—Anonymous