Chapter 6 Flashcards
According to Hardy a worldview is defined as what?
A worldview is simply a web of beliefs that allows certain information to flow through as “truth” and other statements to be rejected as false
Is there a God or any supernatural being?
Theology
What is real? Is reality real?
Metaphysics
What are the orgins of man and the universe?
Cosmogony
What is my meaning and purpose in life?
Teleogy
How do I know what is right and wrong?
Axiology
What is my destiny after death?
Eschatology
What is truth? How can I know it?
Epistemology
What is the state of man? Is he good or sinful?
Anthropology
In pantheism is there a distinction between God and universe?
No
The first two worldviews operate under the category of “naturalism” or “materialism”
Naturalism
An atheist is one who simply believes that God does not exist
Atheism
Derives it’s name from two Greek words
Agnosticism
The worldviews classified under the title of supernaturalism agree on one thing: there is a thing or being that they call “God”
Spernatiralism
Pantheistic are an interesting lot due to the fact that the6 do posit that God exists, but he is not not an intellectuall being
Pantheism
A deist argues that God exist; yet the deity does not interfere with his creation
Deism
Is the view that there are many finite gods that exist in the world
Polytheism
Adherents to finite godism contend that one or more areas of Gods nature are finite
Finite Godism
The belief that there is one infinite being is often simply called “theism”
Monotheism
What is particularly type of finite godism and what are the two critiques against it?
Type: “open theism”
A. God cannot be finite
B. If God changes or simply has the capability to change the finite Godism cannot base his ethics on this being
