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27 Cards in this Set
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Theology of Christianity |
Theism: The belief in a superatural God |
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Theology of Islam |
Unitarian Theism: the belief in one God in one person (i.e. no trinity) |
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Theology of Secular Humanism |
Humanism - the belief that humanity is the highest of all beings and truth and knowledge rest in science and human reason Supernatural does not exist (atheism) |
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Theology of Marxism-Leninism
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Scientific Atheism. Humans are God |
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Theology of Cosmic Humanism |
Pantheism: god is everything and everything is god. We will reincarnate in the afterlife. Denies preeminence of Special Revelation. The Bible isn't the Word of God |
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Theology of Postmodernism |
Religious pluralism - one must be tolerant of all religious beliefs because no one religion can be true |
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Differences between General and Special Revelation on the Christian view, supported with examples of each |
General Revelation has God using nature and conscience to communicate His existence Special Revelation uses the Bible and Jesus as communication for salvation and His nature |
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Five pillars of Islam
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Confession of Faith Prayer Fasting during Ramadan Almsgiving Pilgrimage |
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Compare and Contrast the Christian and Muslim view of God |
Same:Both Christians and Muslims believe that God exists. Created world, Sovereign, none like him, Judgement day, creative intelligence Different: C= God is loving just, omni- potent, scient, present, benevolent M- God is not those things; Christian Source= Bible, Muslim = Qur'an |
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Discuss the cosmological argument for the existence of God |
There must be a 1st unwanted cause Everything in the world is caused by another Infinite series of causes is impossible Therefore God exists |
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Discuss the teleological argument for the existence of God |
Watch maker natural things lack knowledge Looks like it is was designed or has purpose Designer (God) Seen in nature |
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Ontological argument for the Existence of God |
A prior-before experience God is that then which nothing greater can be conceived It is greater to exist reality than in minds Therefore God exists |
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Define Theism |
The belief in a supernatural God |
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Define Pantheism |
The belief that god is everything and everything is god |
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Define Atheism |
The denial of the existence of a supernatural God |
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Define Trinitarian Monotheism |
Belief in one God who exists as three seperate persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit |
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Define Unitarian Monotheism (Unitarian Theism?) |
The belief in one God in one person (i.e. no trinity) |
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Define Tri-theism |
The belief in three gods |
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Define Contradiction
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occurs when something is affirmed and denied at the same tiem |
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Define Monism |
the belief that there is only one fundamental reality (brain and mind are one) |
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Define Polytheism |
belief in many gods |
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Define Deism |
Belief, based solely on reason, that God created the universe but now stands completely detached from it, giving no supernatural reason |
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Discuss the illustration of the elephant and the blind men. Discuss its application to differing perspectives on God and where it falls short
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People are feeling different parts of the elephant and saying their description is the right one. The blind men are the religions, and the interpreter is the one who looks down on all of them. It falls short because all the religions think they are right |
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What do Christian theologians mean when they say that God is omnipotent? |
All powerful |
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What is the Kalam cosmological argument? |
The idea of a beginning vs. no beginning, caused against uncaused, as well as impersonal versus personal |
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How do cults add to the Word of God, subtract from the trinity, and multiply the terms of salvation? |
Add: Reliability of the Bible, Clarity of the Bible, Sufficiency of the Bible Subtract: Teaching Unitarianism(Father is God, Son is creature, HS impersonal Force), Modalism (one person who appears as three), Tritheism (three separate gods Multiply: High view of human nature, low view of the atonement of Christ, an unbiblical view of heaven, No assurance of salvation |
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Present and Discuss the transcendental argument for the existence of God |
Logical absolutes. Conceptual by nature and not by human nature or the physical universe. Must be a mind controlling the humans |
