Quiz 7 Flashcards
Decisions in believers
Pantheism
Christians, Islamics, and Jews.
Where did Lewis devide humanity
1) believers in God/gods
2) atheists
Pantheism
God is beyond good and evil
How do Christians i slams and Jews view God
God being
the ultimate good
3 beliefs for pantheism
God is beyond good and evil
• God animates the universe, like we animate our
bodies.
• The universe practically is God.
Lewis’s argument for God being good
He explained it with the crooked line example
We wouldn’t know they were evil unless there is
goodness to contrast the evil.
• As Christians, we view God as the ultimate good.
Relativism
The belief that knowledge, truth and morality
exist in relation to culture, society, or historical
context, and are not absolute.
Arguments for relativism
We are ‘trained’ by our culture and the time in history in
which we live.
We have our individual DNA and genetic make up and
we are biologically differentr, therefore we will make
decisions differently.
Our parents / primary care givers have raised us with
particular beliefs and practices passed on to them.
Implications for relativism
There is no God
Personal opinion can never be questioned
All decisions and actions can be justified on a personal
level.
Problems with relativism
Relativism is self-refuting.
Relativism allows conflicting truths.
Personal opinion doesn’t equal proof.
Moral relativism
When we allow personal opinions to decide what
is right, what is wrong and what we should do.
Basically what is the creed
A list of Christians absolute truths
Describe the crooked line idea
We wouldn’t know it was crooked if we didn’t have a straight line to compare it to
Describe the painter and the painting image
Even though a painter pours his heart and soul into the painting if the painting was destroyed he would still be okay.
Sincere morality
doing what you know is right
Legalistic morality
following the law just not to get in trouble, however not knowing why
Why do we do the food drive
Jesus told us to care for one another
- Charity/love: the virtue where people think outside of themselves, see needs for others and do something about tit
- human dignity: all people are equal
What do the Catholic social teachings teach us
why we serve the church
- roofed back to the Old Testament
- models the teachings and lessons of god
- brings our faith to life.
Self indulgence and self desire…
They go hand in hand you need one to have the other
What should we strive for…(in a desire standpoint)
A day where we no longer fall to desire and temptation
