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Worldview

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A way of looking at life/world around us. framework for thinking and decision making.

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Critical Thinking

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recognizing/evaluating opinions and so-called evidence. reflecting on meaning and significance of statements and ideas. It tests the reasonableness of statements/ideas.

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Absolute truth: What is it?

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Something that is true at all times in all places.

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The Great Global Heresy according to James Williams

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Theocentric

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The existence of god us center of all values, thinking and decision making.

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Redemption

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Paying the necessary price to purchase another’s freedom.

1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 corinthians 6:19-20.

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Sanctification

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Setting something apart from common use for exclusive use in the service of God (Apart from the world and unto God) 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4

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Justification

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Declaring someone free from guilt in a court of law. Declaring someone to be righteous or holy. Act 13:39, Romans 3:24.

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Grace

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by grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:8)

the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.

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Repentance

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central to the teachings of jesus christ. (Mark 1:15, Luke 5:32, Luke 13:3, Luke 24:46-47.)

Repentance is the activity of reviewing one’s actions and feeling contrition or regret for past wrongs. It generally involves a commitment to personal change and the resolve to live a more responsible and humane life.

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Atheism

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atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is the absence of belief that any deities exist. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which, in its most general form, is the belief that at least one deity exists.

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Pantheism

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God and the world are the same thing.

eastern religions, christian science, new age movement.

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Natural Revelation

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in a general way God has revealed, and continues to reveal, his moral will to all mankind.

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Proof-Texting

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Proof-texting is taking scripture out of context.

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Legalism

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elevating human preferences to Gods word (distorting salvation.)

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Inspiration

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Nihilism

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there is no meaning, nothingness. there is no God.

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The Law of Non-Contradiction

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states that something cannot be both true and not true at the same time when dealing with the same context.

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Stumbling Block

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an action taken by a stronger brother which, though it would ordinarily qualify as a permissible act of freedom, influences a weaker brother to sin against his conscience.

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Appeal to Ignorance

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Claiming that something is true simply because it cannot be disproved, or that something is untrue because it cannot be proved.

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Hasty Conclusion

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  • Making a judgment on the basis of one or even a few samples.
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Overgeneralization/Stereotyping

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  • (Stereotyping) making a judgment about an entire group based on behavior, mostly undesired, of a few from that group.
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Slippery Slope

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arguing against an action on the unsupported assertion that it will inevitably lead to a much worse condition.

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Ad Hominem

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(Lit “to the man”) Seeking to discredit a person’s argument by attacking their personal character, origin, association, etc.

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Bandwagon

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Justifying a course of action because everyone is doing it.

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False Dilemma

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oversimplifying a complex issue to make it appear that only two alternatives are possible.

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Know the key idea of the scripture passage:

I Corinthians 10:31

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So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

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Know the key idea of the scripture passage:

II Timothy 2:15

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Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

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Know the key idea of the scripture passage:

Romans 14

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accept those who have weak faith, without passing judgment on disputable matters. One man’s faith allows him to eat everything, but another man’s faith may only allow him to eat vegetables. those who eat much and little must not condemn each other, they are both accepted by God.

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Special revelation

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God makes known vital truths about himself which he has not made known in nature. (dreams, visions)

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Know the Principles under Gray areas/Christian Liberty such as the Principle of Excess, Principle of Emulation etc.

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an area not specifically addressed in scripture and is therefore permissible by some christians.

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who founded Hinduism?

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conceptualised Mughals but popularised by the British. Mughals refereed to Indian Subcontient as “Hindustan”, a term from Persian with originated from the term Sindhu which was the Indus River.

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who founded Buddhism?

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Siddhartha Gautama

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who founded Islam?

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Muhammad

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what are the basic religious texts of Hinduism?

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The Vedas, or “Books of Knowledge,”

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what are the basic religious texts of Islam?

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Quran. and Hadith

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what are the basic religious texts of Bhuddism

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Mahayana Sutras

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How is suffering viewed in Hinduism and Buddhism?

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hinduism - being trapped in an illusion and reincarnation cycle…

Buddhism -

39
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Who is God in Islam?

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allah is not a loving relationship, he is not mans friend, father redeemer or comforter.

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How is salvation attained in hinduism?

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achieve moksha by doing good in order to break the cycle of karma.

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How is salvation attained in buddhism?

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must achieve enlightenment to reach nirvana.

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How is salvation attained in Islam?

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submission to Allah

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What is Samsara in Hinduism and Buddhism?

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Hinduism - samsara, the cycle of endless earthly birth and rebirth.

Buddhism -

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The Middle Path

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certainty of suffering - experiences of pain, misery, sorrow, and un-fullfillment.

the source cause of suffering - we suffer because we desire things that are impermanent.

the cessation/cure of suffering - the way to eliminate suffering is to eliminate desire… we must stop craving the temporary.

the path to the cessation of suffering - desire can be eliminated by the eightfold path.

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the Eightfold Noble Path

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wisdom (panna)
1. view
2. intentions
ethical conduct (sila)
3. livelihood
4. actions
5. speech
mental discipline (Smadhi)
6. effort
7. concentration
8. mindfulness
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Vedas

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The Vedas (“knowledge”) are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. largely polytheistic, worship many Gods,

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Maya

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Our perceptions are maya, which means “illusion” or “appearance”. The natural world is not really real, it is like a dream or mirage.

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Karma

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the sum of a person’s actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

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The four Signs or Visions in Buddhism.

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an elderly person, a sick person, a corpse, and a poor man.

(old age) (illness) (Death) (asceticism)

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Principles of expedience

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will it be spiritually profitable?

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Principles of edification

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will it build me up?

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Principles of excess

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will it slow me down in the race?

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Principles of enslavement

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will it bring me into bondage?

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