Life Calling 5 and 6 & Humanist Manifesto Flashcards

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Useful or valuable quality or thing that is an advantage or resource

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Asset

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2
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Disposition or feeling a person adopts or has with regard to a person or thing

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Attitude

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To deteriorate, dwindle, fail in strength, vigor, character, power, value, etc.

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Decline

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Combination or plans, organization, details, features, and structure or an entity

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Design

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5
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An area or range of personal distinctness characterized by specific qualities

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Domain

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6
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Sensations experienced when one is stirred internally from non-physical sources

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Feelings

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7
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A special ability or capacity, natural endowment, talent

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Gift

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Of or relating to holism ( a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes)

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Holistic

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Condition of being only ordinary or of moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate

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Mediocrity

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10
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“To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.”

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Daniel 1:17

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“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.”

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Matthew 11:25

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“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”

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Proverbs 3:5-8

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“Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.”

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Proverbs 3:13-14

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14
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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”

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Proverbs 1:7

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15
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The place in scripture that promises that we can have perfect peace in our lives if we have minds that are steadfast and that this steadfastness comes from trust in God

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Isaiah 26:3

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16
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Capacity to respond to or be susceptible to sensory stimuli

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Sensibility

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Excellence in performing in an area in which a person has training, competence, expertise, and experience

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Skill

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Qualities or features that bring power, force, vigor, or sustenance

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Strengths

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Achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted

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Success

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20
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To endure, live through, get by, or merely subsist

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Survive

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21
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The person from the scripture that the text uses as an example of physical strength in the area of beauty

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Esther

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22
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A special natural ability or aptitude that produces a capacity for achievements or success

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Talent

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23
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To flourish, grow or develop vigorously. Achieve something desire, planned or attempted

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Thrive

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24
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State of being the only one of the sole example; single; solitary type; having no like or equal

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Uniqueness

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25
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Quality or feature that is inadequate or defective

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Weakness

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26
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The power of control that the mind has over choosing one’s own actions

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Will

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27
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Based perspective of strengths focuses upon improving areas of giftedness in our lives

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Liabilities

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28
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Which above mentioned perspective leads to mediocrity and why ?

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Liabilities because we never use our given abilities to become strong

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29
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Based perspective of strengths focuses upon an individual’s multiple areas of intelligence

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Holistic

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30
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This perspective was promoted by _______ ________, a Harvard psychologist

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Howard Gardner

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31
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List the seven areas of intelligence by the above mentioned professor

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Linguistic 
Logical-mathematical 
Musical 
Body-kinesthetic 
Spiritual-visual 
Interpersonal 
Interpersonal
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32
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What are the three critical actions that the author identifies are necessary to develop our gifts and talents into strengths ?

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Adopt a postive attitude about all five strengths domains
Learn about the gifts and talents we have
Practice the skills associated with a gift and talent

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33
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Who gave praise to God because they were “fearfully and wonderfully made” ?

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David

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34
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What scriptural account is given to illustrate God’s expectations of how we use our strengthens ?

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The parable of the talents

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35
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Entirely physical

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Brute

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36
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Predominating attitudes, values, and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group of people

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Culture

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37
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An area or range of personal distinctness characterized by specific qualities

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Domain

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38
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Difficult to detect, grasp by the mind, analyze, define or describe

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Elusive

39
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Features or actions pertaining to the body

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Physical

40
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The capacity of our lives that gives our body distinct features and enables us to perform actions with our body

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Physical strengths

41
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Possibility formed by the capability of being or becoming

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Potential

42
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Structured system of human organization for large-scale community living at the national or multi-national level that furnishes continuity, norms, and a sense of identify fir its members

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Society

43
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Qualities or features that bring power, force, vigor, or sustenance

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Strengths

44
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Millard warns that physical strengths are commonly, and mistakenly, viewed in the area of ________

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Athletics

45
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When the narrow view is taken, people often incorrectly believe thatchy don’t have any ______ strengths

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Physical

46
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What are the eight broad categories that Millard lists for physical strengths in the text:

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Brute force
Artistry 
Music
Mechanics 
Craftsmanship 
Oratory 
Kinesthetic 
Physical Appearance
47
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When we make decisions based on where we fit in the competitive model, we are focused upon receiving _______ from others

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Approval

48
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The curriculum instructs us to use caution when receiving messages via media - because media promotes that there is always a _______ to fill the news of the day (thus giving the false appearance that any one individual can always be a ______)

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Winner

Winner

49
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Furthermore, the media has a multi-billion dollar campaign to promote who are the ______ vs the message from your family, school, church, etc. that you are to live for the benefit of _______

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Winners

Others

50
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Millard, the author of our curriculum, warns that following the secular culture’s sales pitch increase a sense of ______ in its attempt at manipulating you into needing to buy their product

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Inferiority

51
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The person from scripture that the text uses as an example of physical strength in the area of craftsmanship

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Bazalel

52
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The person from scripture that the text uses as an example of having a comprehensive package of physical strengths

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David

53
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Why is humility at the core of this graphic on intellectual disciplines

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Because without humility an individual will be unable to have an open mind toward learning something new and growing

54
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Four other strengths that Gardner had considered adding

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Naturalist
Spiritual
Existential
Moral

55
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The capacity of our lives that gives our body distinct features and enables us to perform actions with our body

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Physical strength

56
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The capacity of our lives that envies us to correctly experience and use feelings and sensibility

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Emotional strength

57
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The capacity of our lives that enables us to acquire knowledge and develop an ever-expanding understanding of this knowledge in a manner that produces wisdom

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Intellectual strength

58
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The capacity of our lives that enables us to exercise our willing deciding on course of action

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Psychological strength

59
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The capacity of our lives that enables us to discern and respond in service to the mysterious inner leading of God

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Spiritual strength

60
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What is a belief system based on ?

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Learned behavior

61
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Where do we live ?

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Western civilization

62
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What is secular humanist based on ?

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Based on the manifestos

63
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When was the first manifesto created ?

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1933

64
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What are humanist ?

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I centered self justifications of human centered beliefs

65
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Why was the manifesto acceptable to the audience ?

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Dewey influenced the establishment of humanism

66
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What are the two appeals of the humanist manifesto ?

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Their inherent sinful nature

They wanted to be free from the control of organized religion

67
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What are the three truth claims ?

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Larger understanding of the universe
Scientific advancements
A deeper appreciation of the brotherhood of man

68
Q

What is the defining religion of humanism ?

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Meets adequate social goals

Meets personal satisfaction

69
Q

What has been received in the modern age ?

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Appeals to sinful nature

Appeals to those seeking freedom from organized religion

70
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Faith

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Intelligent inquiry

Assist of the their relations to man needs

71
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Human advancement

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New knowledge

72
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Mechanization

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Applied sciences

73
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Engineering

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Cars, planes, skyscrapers, iron, steel

74
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Economic change

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Socialism

Communism

75
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Crisis of life

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Naturalness

Probability

76
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What is the first point ?

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Self existing vs created

Authority is us or the creator

77
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What is the second point ?

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Humanity emerged from nature as part of a continual process

Evolution or creation

78
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What is the third point ?

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Organic dualism must rejected
Physical body is all there
We believe spiritual being contained the physical body

79
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What is the four point ?

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Born into culture

To this - its your background

80
Q

What is the fifth point ?

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Statement of authority basis of “truth” modern sciences is the basis of truth

81
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What is the sixth point ?

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The time is past for “isms” > based upon religion and philosophy

82
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What is the seventh point ?

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Reinforces religion > humanity is religion

83
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What is the eighth point ?

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Purpose of life > 1- realization of human personality and 2- develop and fulfillment of the here and now

84
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What is the ninth point ?

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It values worship and prayer as unintelligent emotion/ intelligent emotion is personal life

85
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What is the tenth point ?

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Eliminates

86
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What is the eleventh point ?

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How you will face crisis in life and fix it by knowledge

87
Q

What is the twelfth point ?

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Achievements > joy of living comes from the satisfaction of peoples lives

88
Q

What is the thirteenth point ?

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Religious humanism

89
Q

What is the fourteenth point ?

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Denounces capitalism

90
Q

What is the fifteenth point ?

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I alone am responsible for the outcome of my life

91
Q

What was the continual war ?

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Socialism
Communism
Capitalism

92
Q

Who controlled mass killing ?

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Russia and Germany (Nazis)

93
Q

What word were they trying to remove ?

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Religion

94
Q

Who was the founder of professional education ?

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John Dewy