Pre Flashcards
Omnipotent
All-powerful
Omnipresent
Present in all places at all times
Omniscient
All-knowing
Ineffable
Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
Theism
Belief in god
Theist
Someone who believes in god
Atheism
Belief that there is no god
Atheist
A person who doesn’t believe in god
Monotheism
Belief in one god
Polytheism
Belief in many gods
Eternal
God has always existed and always will
Immanent
God is involved with the world and interacts with the world
Transcendent
God is not limited in the ways humans are limited
Pluralism
The belief that all religions are different expressions of the same god
The via negativa
Describe god using what he is not
Free will
The idea that humans are free to make their own choices
Covenant
A two way promise. Both people make promises
The tanakh
The Jewish holy scriptures
Synagogue
The Jewish place of worship
Messiah
A leader sent by god
Persecution
Discrimination against people because of their beliefs
Anti-semitism
Persecution and discrimination against Jewish people
Holocaust
The killing of 6 million Jews in ww2
Incarnation
To become flesh
Nativity
The proper name for Jesus’s birth
Disciple
A follower who commits themselves to following a particular person or idea
Parables
A simple story that is used to teach people important ideas about how to live
Blasphemy
A religious crime, when a person does or says something disrespectful to god
Good friday
The name given to the day Jesus died
Ressurection
Jesus’s rise from the dead, 3 days after his death
