ultimate reality Flashcards

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one god

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  • ‘the lord is one’ - deuteronomy 6:4

- foundation of ethical monotheism

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god is the creator of the universe in its entirety

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  • god takes chaos and brings order
  • created the world out of nothing - ex-nihilo
  • cause and power behind the universe
  • created the world with intention
  • god is eternal
  • genesis 1:27 ‘God created man in his image’
  • genesis 1:1 ‘in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’
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god is transcendent (big god)

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  • beyond and above
  • superior, supreme
  • incorporeal - without physical form
  • infinite, omniscient
  • all knowing
  • omnipresent
  • ‘master of the earth’ - adon olam
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god is immanent (close god)

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  • inherent - within humanity
  • ingrained in human existence
  • loving, close, personal, accessible
  • redeemer, protector
  • ‘my god’ Adon Olam prayer
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god is the lawgiver

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  • gives rules - halacha, mitzvot
  • defines right/wrong
  • single standard - applies to all humanity
  • underpins moral and ethical society (noahide)
  • ‘you shall observe all my statues’ - levitcus 19:37
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god is just and merciful

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  • underpin idea of a equitable society - strict god of human behaviour
  • how one enforces it
  • will judge you but kindly
  • justice must always be tempered with compassion
  • ‘blessing if you obey the commandments…curse if you do not obey the commandments of the lord your god’ - Deuteronomy 11:26
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