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self, death + afterlife Flashcards

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What do Christians believe the 3 meanings + purposes of life are?

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  • Glorify God + have a personal relationship
  • Prepare for judgement
  • To bring about God’s kingdom on Earth
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Why are humans made in God’s image?

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So their purpose is to reflect God’s glory in their lives + actions

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What does the Genesis story reflect?

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The Christian view that the relationship between God + humans was broken
Jesus died on the cross to atone for human sin

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What does the judgement do acc to John Hick?

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God’s love means that in the end everyone will be saved (soul making theodicy)

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What is meant by God’s kingdom?

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Some see hope of establishing God’s kingdom as eschatological
Others see it as a present reality

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What do all 4 Gospel narratives say?

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On the 3rd day after his death, Jesus’ tomb was found to be empty

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What does Judaism say about the body?

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The body is infused w the ‘breath of life’ which comes from God
God formed Adam from dust of the ground

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What did ppl believe in early Old Testament Judaism?

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Didn’t believe in life after death but the period leading up to the time of Jesus, some had come to believe that since God is eternal, human life which comes from God might not end at death

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What did Plato believe?

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Physical world around us + a reflection of a deeper reality: the Forms

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What did Plato believe the human soul does?

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Separates from the body at death + goes to the Forms to contemplate the Form of Good before being reincarnated physically into a human womb

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What did Christians believe happened with the soul at birth?

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Baby received the soul before birth;
Soul = inner existence of a human
Inhabits holy in life + leaving body at death to return to God

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What are the 2 diff beliefs today about the body + soul?

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Dualism
Monism

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What was the example from McDougall who conducted experiments?

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Weighing dying TB patients
At death, on average, they lost about 21g
This has been shown to be incorrect

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What does Freud call the soul? What does he believe?

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The psyche (Greek for spirit)
Divided into the id, ego + superego

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What does Dawkins believe about the soul + death?

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There is no soul
Death is like being unborn

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What does Augustine believe about resurrection?

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Resurrection of the flesh

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What did Jesus do for mankind after he resurrected?

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Hope of resurrection + eternal life that had been lost through original sin

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What did Augustine believe about sin?

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Sin caused by the fall of Adam+Eve had an effect of every human born
Ppl’s souls were stained

19
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What happened to Jesus’ followers after Jesus’ resurrection?

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They were a small, frightened group after the leader of disciples was killed
After they were confidence + some were killed but they were calm in conviction that death wasn’t the end

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What did Jesus say in John:11 after his resurrection?

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“The one who believes in me will live, even though they die”

21
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What’s the belief of what happened after Jesus died?

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Before hell was permanent exile
Jesus died + released those who’d died from hell so death+hell weren’t feared anymore
Now hell was a place of freely chosen exile from God that ppl could return from w forgiveness

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What resurrection do Christians believe in?

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Resurrection of the soul

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What does Paul say about the resurrection?

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“Its sown a physical body; its raised a spiritual body”

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What might Paul mean by what he says about resurrection?

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The soul might be resurrected into a new heavenly body that had no physical existence on Earth OR
The body might have a miraculous change so they don’t decay/age

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What are the 3 diff interpretations of heaven, hell + purgatory?

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Physical, spiritual or psychological

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What would happen to those judged holy?

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They’d get immediate entrance to heaven + led by angels

27
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What would happen to those judged sinful?

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They’d be sent to duffer burning, pain + torture

28
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What would happen if the sins were unforgivable?

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They’d spend eternity suffering in hell, tortured by demons

29
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What would happen if sins were forgivable?

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They’d undergo a period of pain + suffering (purge) to cleanse them of an evil state; purgatory

30
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How is hell described?

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Evil, cruel place populated w demons + everlasting fire

31
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What did the church teach about the Black Plague?

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That it was a punishment for the human sin

32
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How is heaven described?

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No pain or suffering; eternal food and water; no labour or sorrow

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What was the outcome of the depiction of hell?

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Ppl feared death sm that they went to great lengths to avoid hell

34
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What were ‘indulgences’?

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The Catholic Church developed the app for sinners to acquire virtue by going on pilgrimage, visiting relics or making Church donations

35
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What caused the Protestant Reformation?

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The Catholic Church took advantage of the indulgences to build a project in Rome

36
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What is heaven if its spiritual?

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Joy, peace + love; unity w loved ones + secure knowledge that God is always present

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What is hell if its spiritual?

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No goodness or happiness; eternal separation from loved ones + sorrow + pain

38
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What does Milton say about heaven, hell + purgatory as psychological? Where is this said?

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The rebel angel in Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ says “the mind is its own place + in itself can make a heaven of hell, s hell of heaven”

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What did Carl Jung say about religious experience?

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Religious/spiritual experiences are essential as an individual developed towards a realisation of who they are

40
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What would psychological heaven be like?

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Contentment, peace and joy

41
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How do people escape psychological hell? Give an example

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Therapy/treatment
Self reflection (alcoholics anonymous)

42
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What due Process Theologians believe in? What is this?

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Objective immortality
After death; individual entities in universe remain as ‘objects’ in the mind of God, so in a sense never die

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What does objective immortality mean for thoughts etc?

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Actions, thoughts + ideas exist in every detail as objects in God’s memory

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