Chapter 6 Flashcards
Worldview
A web of beliefs that allows certain information to flow through as truth and other statements to be rejected as false
Theology
Is there a god or any supernatural being
Metaphysics
What is real? Is reality real?
Cosmology
What are the origins of man and the universe
Teleology
What is my meaning and purpose in life
Axiology
How do I know what is right and wrong
Eschatology
What is my destiny after death
Epistemology
What is truth? How can I know it
Anthropology
What is the state of man? Is he good or sinful
What is the critique of atheism?
- They do not give adequate reasons for believing God does not exist
- They do not prove that our concept of God includes factual contradictions
- They do not have reasonable answers when asked questions concerning ethics and purpose in life
Critique of agnocitism
- Does not adequately answer the question of ethical foundations
- They claim that you can not know anything about God, yet they claim that he is unknowable
In pantheism is there a distinction between God and the universe?
Nope. They are one being
What problem do pantheistic face by equating God and the universe?
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.
Important American desists?
Franklin and Jefferson
Critiques of deism
- If the God of deism is no able to act in his own creation, then he is not infinite
- The idea that the laws of science was trustworthy to explain ongoing operation of the universe without God has diminished.
What two religion groups practice polytheism today?
Mormonism and Hinduism
What is the biggest problem polytheist have to deal with?
- The origin of the world
2. Which God to listen to if they are all supreme and are all giving commands
What is a kind of finite Godism?
Open theism
Critiques of open theism
- 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
- If God changes or has the capability to change then ethics can not be based on his character and there is no absolute truth
Main monotheistic religions
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Naturalism
There is nothing beyond the natural
Atheism
There is no God
Agnosticism
You can’t know if there is a God
Supernaturalism
There is something beyond the natural
Pantheism
God and the world are identical
Polytheism
There are many finite gods
Finite godism
God exists but is limited in one or more aspects of nature
Monotheism
There is one infinite and perfect being
Desim
God exists but he does not act in the universe
Richard Dawkins
The only scientist.
The most rage against God
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
Daniel dennett
Sees the stories of the OT as interesting, but not to be seen as a serious rule of life
Sam harris
Attacks the New Testament and Jesus
All four men:
Point out the evils perpetrated by Christians
Ignore or reduce the contributions of Christians to society
Hinduism
I billion
Reincarnation
Caste system
Buddhism
Reincarnation
Denial of expectation
Final annihilation
Judaism
Adherence to the law
Leads to possible inclusion into the afterlife
Islam
1 billion
Quran
Who founded Christian Science?
Mary baker eddy
Wrote Science and Life
Identified her God with creation
This is a gnostic idea of docetism
Who founded the unity school of Christianity?
Charles and Myrtle Fillmore
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
Paganism/Wicca
Living things are of equal value
No absolute good or absolute evil
They disavow Satan
