Lesson 5

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2 Jeremiah 9:24

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“But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight declares the Lord.”

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1 John 14:7

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“If you had known me, you would have known my father also.

From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

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action

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a special type of event originated by persons understood as “agents,” that is, conscious beings with intentions

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analogy

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a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

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big bang theory

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a cosmological argument that describes the beginning of the universe as an explosion (bang) after which all of the matter in our universe began expanding outwards from the explosion creating the planets, moons, and stars of all galaxies

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causality

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a method that seeks to determine the nature and attributes of God by seeking to understand effects present in the world that are assumed to have been caused by God (i.e. things in creation that point to the ultimate cause, God)

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contingent

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relying on someone or something else; conditioned or determined by something else

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cosmological

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the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and general structure of the universe, with its parts, elements, and laws, and especially with such of its characteristics as space, time, causality, and freedom

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debauchery

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excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

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epistemology

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the study of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity

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evidentialism

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a method of defending the Christian faith that assumes that data drawn from history and experience (facts) can demonstrate the reasonableness of Christian claims

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ex-nihilo

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from latin, meaning “out of nothing”

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metaphysics

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a division of philosophy that is concerned with the fundamental nature of reality and being and that includes ontology, cosmology, and often epistemology

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objective

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not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased

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natural theology

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the discipline that attempts to gain knowledge of God apart from any special revelation from God

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philosophy

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a discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology

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subjective

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modified or affected by personal views, experience, or background