Question

multiple choice
record your answers on the scantron form.
11 what analogy does bishop barron use to explain faith?
a building a house
b solving a math problem
c getting to know a person
d reading a book
12 according to bishop barron, what happens when you truly get to know someone?
a you can predict their every move
b they reveal things about themselves that you couldn’t know any other way
c you become exactly like them
d you lose interest in them
13 how does bishop barron describe the relationship between faith and reason?
a faith is completely opposed to reason
b faith replaces reason
c faith is not opposed to reason, but goes beyond it
d faith and reason are the same thing
14 pope francis mentions that most of the world’s population declare themselves
a atheist
b agnostic
c spiritual but not religious
d believers in some forms of religion

Explanation:

1. Bishop Barron uses the analogy of getting to know a person to explain faith, framing faith as an interpersonal, relational knowing rather than a purely intellectual or task-based one.
2. Bishop Barron teaches that true knowledge of another person involves them revealing unique, personal truths that cannot be learned through external observation alone.
3. Bishop Barron's position is that faith does not contradict reason; instead, it builds on and extends rational understanding to matters beyond empirical proof.
4. Pope Francis has noted that the majority of the global population identifies as believers in some form of religious tradition.

Answer:

1. c. Getting to know a person
2. b. They reveal things about themselves that you couldn't know any other way
3. c. Faith is not opposed to reason, but goes beyond it
4. d. Believers in some form of religion