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34 Cards in this Set
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Quo vadis |
Where are you going? |
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What Is Religion? |
What Is Religion? |
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Feurbach |
Subjective needs projected onto an objective reality Projection of human need Stand on your own two feet DON'T RELY ON GOD TO HELP YOU |
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Frued |
An obsessional neurosis Sickness we all have to get over GOD IS A CRUTCH |
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Durkheim |
Encapsulation of society's structure providing stability GOD PROVIDES SECURITY |
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Marx |
False offer of security: the opiate of masses STOPS YOUR THINKING |
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Religionem |
To get a hold of |
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Monoism |
All reality is essentially "one" |
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Dualism |
All reality is essentially "two" - The two are distinct in nature and a distinction in value - The difference between appearance and reality |
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Naturalism |
A natural world is the whole of reality There is nothing else and only the natural |
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Supernaturalism |
There is a force/power other than nature and, usually it is ultimate - There is power beyond naturew |
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Theism(theos) |
Recognition of a supernatural personal power |
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Deism(dues) |
Recognition of a supernatural impersonal pwer |
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Atheism |
Rejection of theism, but can embrace deism |
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Agnosticism |
Uncertainty about all of the above - Open = God is unknown - Closed God is unknowable |
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Humanism |
Human beings should be exclusively concerned with human welfare - The only world |
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Proof for the Existence of God |
Proof for the Existence of God |
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Teleological |
Argument from intelligent design - The watch maker story |
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The Wager (Which is better?) |
Being rewarded by good things you do in your life or The belief that nobody will be rewarded with anything |
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Ontological |
God is that than which nothing can be concieved |
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Cosmological (2 forms) |
1. The Modal (argument for contingency) - Temporal 2. Giving all of the good qualities to God but not the quality of physical existance |
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Moral |
The formal and perfectionist argument |
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Working definition |
The religious person is homesick for what-ought-to-be (home) Religion is a path which leads home. It is marked by signs (Do this, don't do that) and bivouacs |
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Religion is getting hold of something ___________. |
supernatural Crutch is not a sign of weakness but a sign of realizing you need help |
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World Religions: Which one and How? |
World Religions: Which one and How? |
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World Religion |
Religions which we personally will probably encounter in our ordinary living in the contemporary world |
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Recap |
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Working Definiton of Religion |
The place I need to be The place where i feel content Feeling homesick Religion is a path hom marked by signs and bivouacs |
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Agnostic vs. Athiest |
Agnistic - Not knowing Atheist - Do not believe |
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Watchmaker |
2 men find a watch in a place where nobody has been and comes to the conclusion that there must be a watchmaker |
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JUDAISM |
Judaism |
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Historie |
Word Germans use to describe |
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Geschichte |
Meaning of what actually happened told as if it happened Man in train car How fast is the man walking? 83 or 3 mph Answer is both |
