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16 Cards in this Set
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Devil
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Devil is a spiritual being who is evil, and who causes evil. He is an angel who rebelled against God. Other names are Satan and Lucifer
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Omnipotent
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The belief that God is all powerfull
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Benevolent
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To be loving and to work for the good of others
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Omnibenevolent
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The belief that God is all loving
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Theodicy
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A christian argument supporting the existence of God, and responding to the challenge of the problem of evil.
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Liberal
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Liberal Christians do not believe that all of the Bible is literally true. They believe some is symbolic, and some of it is wrong, reflecting the beliefs people had in the past.
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Conservative
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Conservative Christians believe that all of the Bible is literally true and that the writers were inspired by God [Except those parts like Jesus' parables that are clearly stories;however these still contain spiritual truth.]
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Literal
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Following the wors of the original very closely and exactly. Regarding the words of the Bible as true to fact, and not exaggerated; as actual or factual.
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(the) Fall
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The Christian belief that humankind was created in a perfect relationship with God; but that when the first humans sinned they lost this perfect relationship.
Traditionally it is taught that this happened in the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve were tempted by the Devil and chose to disobey God. |
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Original sin
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Human sin that Christians believe is inherited by every human as a result of the Fall
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Redemption
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To redeem something to buy it back. It involves the paying of a ransom, a price that makes redemption possible. Christians believe that they are redeemed from the power of sin and the devil, and that Jesus' death paid the 'ransom price' for their sins
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Salvation
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To be saved or protected from something harmful. In Christianity this particularly applies to being saved from God's punishment for our sins
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Natural evil
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Evil and suffering that results from natural causes, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and other animals.
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Moral evil
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Evil and suffering that results from actions, such as murder, rape, environmental damage and bullying .
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Free will
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The belief that humans have a free ability to make choices, including moral choices.
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Morals/ morality
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Morals are beliefs about what is right and wrong, and morality is behaviour based on morals
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