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What is Theism

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The belief that there is a god or multiple gods

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What is an Theist

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A Person who believes in a god or multiple gods

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What is atheism

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The belief that there is no god

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What is an atheist

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A person who does not believe in a god

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What is monotheism

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The belief that there is only one god

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What is polytheism

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The belief that there is many gods

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What is term most people call god to show he is indescribable?

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Ineffable

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What does omnipresent mean

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Always with us (god is everywhere)

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What does omnipotent mean?

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God is all powerful

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What does omniscient mean?

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God is all knowing

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What does eternal mean (religious definition)

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God is forever alive

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What does immanent mean

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God is within the world

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What does transcendent mean?

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God is above everything

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What does Omnibenevolent mean?

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God is all loving

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What is the vía negativa

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A theory of how to describe god by a philosopher from the 12th century called Mainmonides.

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Who invented the vía negativa?

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Mainmonides

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When was the vía negativa invented?

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The 12th century

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What was a good thing about the vía negativa?

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It narrowed down what god might be

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What did the vía negativa do?

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It described god negatively like saying god is not eg. God is not a table

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Who was Aristotle?

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A man considered to be the first ever scientist.

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Where did Aristotle build his school?

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Lyceum

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What did Aristotle become after being a teacher?

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A biologist

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What did Aristotle reject about Greeks way of thinking about gods

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He rejected that they thought gods were humans as he believed gods were forces and he believed they weren’t loving or caring as they were a force.

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Who is Karen Armstrong

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A famous woman who believes god is ineffable but it is good to explain him through photos and art she also wrote a book called the history of God.

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What is pluralism?

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The belief that all religions are different expressions of the same god

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Who is John hick?

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A British philosopher who believed in pluralism.

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What is the definition of free will?

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That you can do anything you want whenever you want and wherever you want

However people believe we don’t have free will as god controls our future.

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