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62 Cards in this Set
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613
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Number of Commandments in the OT
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Absolution
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Forgiven from all sin
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Allah
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Arabic for God, what Muslims worship
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Auditing
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what they do in Scientology to try and figure out your engrams
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Cult
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an off-branch of a religion
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Golden Plates
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what Joseph Smith found -- i.e. what is now known as the book of Mormom
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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Founded by Charles Russell. Believe that Jesus is a created being, not God.
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Mecca
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holy city in the religion of Islam where thousands go to worship every year
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Muslim
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one who submits
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Scientism
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Scientific Methods PLUS Naturalistic Worldview
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Situational ethics
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states that sometimes other moral principles can be cast aside in certain situations if love is best served
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teleological ethics
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the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness of that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or omission) is one that will produce a good outcome, or consequence.
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Abba
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God the Father
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Apostle's Creed
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used in early church history to know the basic beliefs as a Christian
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Bahai
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• Unity of God - no Trinity, but God is ONE
• Unity of religion - different religious perspectives are different ways to come to God • Unity of mankind |
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deontological ethics
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the normative ethical position that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules. It is sometimes described as "duty" or "obligation" or "rule" -based ethics
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Hadith
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Muhammad’s sayings and actions
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Jihad
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means exertion
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Medina
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one of the two sacred sites in Islam where Muhammed escaped
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Natural Revelation
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God has told people about himself through the world and universe around us. By studying nature, literature, human beings, we can gain some insights about God
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Special Revelation
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God revealed by scripture and the Holy Spirit
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Scientology
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started by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s. Positive & focuses greatly on self and being healthy spiritually, mentally, and physically.
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Absolute
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something that is 100% true
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AD 610
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The year Muhammed got word from Gabriel and the "recitations" (Qur'an)
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Arab
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people of Middle-Eastern descent
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Dominion mandate
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creation mandate is the divine injunction found in Genesis 1:28, in which God (YHVH), after having created the world and all in it, ascribes to humankind the tasks of filling, subduing, and ruling over the earth
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Kabah
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Holy Building / Cube in Mecca
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Nephites
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believed to flee from Jerusalem to South America, where Jesus visited them and gave them the "Golden Plates"
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Ramadan
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Islamic holiday in which members fast & take a trip to Mecca to worship
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Sect
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deviant movements linked to a particular religion
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Sunnis
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Division in Islam that is descendants of Muhammed's Father-In-Law
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Shiites
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Division in Islam that is descendants of Muhammed's blood line.
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AD 622
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Muhammed escapes Mecca to Medina
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Thetan
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Your "true identity" in Scientology
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Arabic
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Language that came from Islam
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Christian Science
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"religion" that believes all is spiritual; evil is illusion. Outgrowth of a general principle that you can have your mind overcome what you experience in this world (evil / physical bad-ness).
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Engrams
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negative energies and struggles from a former life in Scientology
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Islam
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submission. Religion
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Qur’an (Koran)
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Derived from Arabic, literally means recitation, because one of the fundamental beliefs is that the Qur’an is not written by various authors, but it was written by Allah—directly recited to Muhammad.
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NOMA
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Non-Overlapping Magisteria
• Science is dealing with fact • Religion is dealing with value & morals |
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Relativism
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belief that “There is no absolute truth.”
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Surah
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killing infidels in the Islamic faith. seen as right by some crazy sects
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utilitarian ethics
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belief that the value of a thing or an action is determined by its utility.
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Abraham
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regarded as the father of the Jewish faith & Christianity
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Hagar
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midwife to Abraham that gave birth to Ishmael
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Joseph Fletcher
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Fletcher was a leading academic involved in the topics of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, eugenics, and cloning. Ordained as an Episcopal priest, he later identified himself as an atheist.
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Michael Faraday
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Christian scientist / inventor - Electromagnetism; electric motor, transformer...
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Tom Cruise
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Actor / prominent advocate of Scientology
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Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
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Indian mystic, guru and spiritual teacher who has an international following
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David Miscavige
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current Chairman of Scientology
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Isaac
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Abraham's son with Sarah. Jewish lineage
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Joseph Smith
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Founder of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormonism)
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Moroni
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Angel that "appears" to Joseph Smith and gave him tablets
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Richard Dawkins
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Prominent Atheist. Founder of the "Conflict Model" which science trumps Christianity
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Brigham Young
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took Joseph Smith's place, went to Utah
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Isaac Newton
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Strong Christian that was a heavily influential scientist / mathematician
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Ken Ham
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Belief that the Bible trumps science. Built creation museum.
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Muhammad
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most prominent prophet in Islamic faith
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Robert Boyle
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Boyle's law of gases - Christian
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Alfred North Whitehead
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“When we compare this tone of thought in Europe with the attitude of other civilizations when left to themselves, there seems but one source of its origin.”
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Charles Darwin
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founder of evolution
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Gabriel
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angel in the Torah / Bible / Qur'an that reveals truth
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