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Midterm Flashcards

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Christianity came out of

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Judaism

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Religion =

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Religio - Latin - To bind

relation between man and God

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What Makes Christianity Different?

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Christianity is the only “religion” with a risen, living, eternal Savior! All other founders/leaders are dead and still in the grave.

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Four Basic Doctrines:

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The incarnation of Christ
The Doctrine of Man
The Doctrine of Sin
The Doctrine of Salvation

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What is a cult

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A cult is a perversion or distortion of the truth. It is a distortion of biblical truth or a rejection of the historic, orthodox teaching of the Christian Church.

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Why do cults prosper

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They provide answers
They meet human needs
They make favorable impressions

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11 Characteristics of Cults

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  1. New truth
  2. New interpretation of Scripture
  3. A non-biblical source of authority
  4. Another Jesus presented
  5. Rejection of Orthodox Christianity
  6. Double talk
  7. Non-biblical teaching on the nature of God
  8. Changing theology/doctrine beliefs
  9. Strong leadership
  10. Salvation by works
  11. False prophecy
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The difference between a Cult & an Occult

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Cult: in view
Occult: out of view (secretly done)

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What is an Occult?

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caries the idea of Things secret, hidden, or mysterious

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Kind of People Attracted to Occults

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The Escapists
Superstitious
Curious
Conformist
The Sad
Rebellious
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The Escapists -

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Those that find it difficult to face up to their moral responsibility.

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The Superstitious -

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Those who go beyond the bonds of revelation and common sense.
They profess to see demonic activity in everything

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The Curious -

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Those who experiment and play with demonic forces

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Conformist -

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Those who look around at their pier groups and say “everybody is doing it” and decide to be on that participates

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The Sad

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Those whose brievement inclined their knowledge of the dead

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The Rebellious -

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Those who operate from the status quo in the church and in society and seeks a viable alternative elsewhere.

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The Bible ______ ______ any and all occultic practices

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The Bible categorically denounces any and all occultic practices

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8 Needs Religion Meets: (Page 13)

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  • A personal connection with the Supreme Power
  • A confidence in life’s struggles
  • Gives added power and satisfaction
  • Helps to bear life’s troubles uncomplainingly
  • A solution to the problem of evil
  • A working plan of salvation
  • Improves the quality of life
  • Offers home of a better life
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Bible apologetics =

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The work of convincing people to change their view of God/Christianity

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It is estimated that there are ______ Religions in the World today

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4,200

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What is a World View?

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How a person interprets the world around him. In other words, it is how a person sees the world or what they believe to be real.

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Wold View Dictates/Affects our

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Behavior

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RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF A PERSON IS THEIR ______ _______, AND EVERYONE HAS A VIEW OF THEIR ___

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RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF A PERSON IS THEIR WORLD VIEW, AND EVERYONE HAS A VIEW OF THEIR WORLD

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Sigmund Freud, Carl marks

And the other

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They did not believe in the Bible

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7th Day Adventist (SDA) founder:

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Ellen G. White

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What SDA believe about the Bible

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They accept the Bible as their only source and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures

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What SDA believe about eternal life as it relates to heaven and hell:

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Man enters into an unconscious state at the point of physical death which is referred to as SOUL SLEEP

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Jehovah Witness Facts:

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  • Meet on Sunday’s in “Kingdom halls”
  • Active members are encouraged to distribute literature door to door.
  • They do not observe holidays or birthdays
  • They do not vote, salute the flag, work in the military or accept blood transfusions.
  • They believe God will destroy the present system of things in the Battle of Armageddon.
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Unication Church Founder

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Founded by Sum Myung Mon

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Unification Church Source of Authority

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The writings and teaching of Rev. Moon takes precedence over the Bible. Aka the moonies

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MormonismQuick Facts

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Founder: Joseph Smith, Jr. (Moroni)
Following: 12.2 Million

They believe that God the father was once a man who became God

Source of Authority:
contend the Bible to be the Source authority

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Believe that satan will be saved-

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unifaction church

32
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Founder of Mormonism -

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Joesph smith

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What is the SDA source of authoirty -

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The Bible

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Founder of SDA -

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Ellen White

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Joseph smith nickname -

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Moroni

36
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the heavenly being that Joseph smith got the heavenly vision from

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Angel named Moroni

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Founder of JW -

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Charles Tate Russell

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Teaching of Unification church is influenced by

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Dualism

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Unification church has how many followers

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3 million

40
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Who believes that God is 1 person called Jehovah, HS is not godhead, satan created trinity -

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Jehovah Witness

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4 reasons doctrine of eternal hell by JW is not true -

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It is wholly unscriptural
It is unreasonable
It is contrary to Gods love
It is repugnant to justice

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World View frames:

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Beliefs - from this a person determines what is true or real

Values - From this a person makes decisions regarding good or best

Behaviors - this controls what is done

43
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We overcome the fear of witnessing to others involved in the cults or non-Christian religions by:

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becoming Knowledgeable of Christianity
the other religion
Culture

44
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SDA believe take place at physical death -

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soul sleep

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HOw do JW teach about salvation -

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It is not a free gift but obtained by good works

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