Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Worldview

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A web of beliefs that allows certain information to flow through as truth and other statements to be rejected as false

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Theology

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Is there a god or any supernatural being

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Metaphysics

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What is real? Is reality real?

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Cosmology

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What are the origins of man and the universe

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Teleology

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What is my meaning and purpose in life

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Axiology

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How do I know what is right and wrong

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Eschatology

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What is my destiny after death

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Epistemology

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What is truth? How can I know it

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Anthropology

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What is the state of man? Is he good or sinful

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What is the critique of atheism?

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  1. They do not give adequate reasons for believing God does not exist
  2. They do not prove that our concept of God includes factual contradictions
  3. They do not have reasonable answers when asked questions concerning ethics and purpose in life
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Critique of agnocitism

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  1. Does not adequately answer the question of ethical foundations
  2. They claim that you can not know anything about God, yet they claim that he is unknowable
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In pantheism is there a distinction between God and the universe?

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Nope. They are one being

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What problem do pantheistic face by equating God and the universe?

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The universe is finite and changes or runs down. For God and the universe to be the same, the universe would have to be eternal with no beginning point and thus is denied by science.

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Important American desists?

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Franklin and Jefferson

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Critiques of deism

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  1. If the God of deism is no able to act in his own creation, then he is not infinite
  2. The idea that the laws of science was trustworthy to explain ongoing operation of the universe without God has diminished.
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What two religion groups practice polytheism today?

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Mormonism and Hinduism

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What is the biggest problem polytheist have to deal with?

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  1. The origin of the world

2. Which God to listen to if they are all supreme and are all giving commands

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What is a kind of finite Godism?

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Open theism

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Critiques of open theism

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  1. For God to be limited in Any of his attributes would mean that he is finite sync thus is subject to change and would need a creator
  2. If God changes or has the capability to change then ethics can not be based on his character and there is no absolute truth
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Main monotheistic religions

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Christianity
Judaism
Islam

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Naturalism

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There is nothing beyond the natural

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Atheism

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There is no God

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Agnosticism

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You can’t know if there is a God

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Supernaturalism

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There is something beyond the natural

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Pantheism
God and the world are identical
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Polytheism
There are many finite gods
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Finite godism
God exists but is limited in one or more aspects of nature
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Monotheism
There is one infinite and perfect being
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Desim
God exists but he does not act in the universe
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Richard Dawkins
The only scientist. | The most rage against God
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Christopher hitchens
Says mother Theresa is dangerous, sinister, fanatical Uses menken the atheist who advocated social Darwinism and eugenics Sees MLK and Bonhoeffer as humanists
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Daniel dennett
Sees the stories of the OT as interesting, but not to be seen as a serious rule of life
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Sam harris
Attacks the New Testament and Jesus
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All four men:
Point out the evils perpetrated by Christians | Ignore or reduce the contributions of Christians to society
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Hinduism
I billion Reincarnation Caste system
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Buddhism
Reincarnation Denial of expectation Final annihilation
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Judaism
Adherence to the law | Leads to possible inclusion into the afterlife
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Islam
1 billion | Quran
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Who founded Christian Science?
Mary baker eddy Wrote Science and Life Identified her God with creation This is a gnostic idea of docetism
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Who founded the unity school of Christianity?
Charles and Myrtle Fillmore
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Where did unity get its ideas
``` Christianity System of the mental healer phineas quimby Added to reincarnation Salvation is unnecessary No sin sickness or death ```
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Paganism/Wicca
Living things are of equal value No absolute good or absolute evil They disavow Satan