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29 Cards in this Set
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When you talk about God is He metaphysical?
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Yes
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If God is real....
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the metaphysical isn't material and the Empiricist is wrong
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Some reasons people see God when they look at the world
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-We came from somewhere
-Orders, complexity, utility -Desire -Jesus, living God -Miracles, supernatural -Prayers, answers -Faith |
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What is Parise's question instead of "Does God exist?"
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"Why do some people look at the world and see God while others don't"
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Aquinas' line of reasoning.....Go!
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1. Contingent things exist...aka something that comes to be and passes away
2. All things can't be contingent a)Why? because if everything was contingent, there would be a time when nothing existed b)If there was a time when there was nothing, nothing would exist now 3. Something necessary must exist (something without necessity) but is needed---otherwise infinity---God is ultimate fulfillment of necessity |
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Reason leads to....
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faith not knowledge
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Those who don't believe have a spiritual problem or epistemological?
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spiritual problem
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Other side's response to is God lovable?
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1. If God is good, He would intervene in genuine evil.
2. If God is omnipotent, He could intervene... 3. But genuine evil exists, so God as a good and powerful being can't exist to them RESPONSE: Free will |
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Aquinas' thought on reason:
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reason (or proper reflection) shows without doubt the reality of God----The Five Ways
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If the gap is spiritual, what are your two options?
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1. You make yourself see
2. God gives you the sight |
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Plato's cave
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People are locked up in a cave, and ca only see the shadows on the wall--they are content with that. When someone escapes and sees the light outside of the cave- they come back to tell but everyone kills them.
"To be a possessor of truth is dangerous" |
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St. Anselm's line of reasoning:
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1. It's better to exist in reality that in just the mind
2 God is the greatest conceivable being 3. God must exist in reality, because if He didn't , He wouldn't be the greatest conceivable being "If God doesn't exist than its not God" |
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Purpose v. Meaning
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Purpose has extrinsic value-you give the value (i.e. sentimental- value for emotional reasons, instrumental-value because of function)
Meaning has intrinsic value- it doesn't depend on human desire for its need or value |
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Is human life meaningful (not just purposeful) ?
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yes- but only for the religious person--->that's why they see God
You can't choose to make life meaningful |
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Visible? Invisible? World? God?
their relations? |
can't look at the visible---->invisible
need to look at God to better understand the world, not vice versa |
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When some see God, they see....
When they don't see God they see.... |
beauty, truth, goodness
preferences/tastes, perspectives, and mores |
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Nietzche's view?
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take away God, take away meaning
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the question for political science
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Why do some lean conservative while others liberal?
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line of reasoning, Marx
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What do you do?---->Quality of life(Why does work alienate rather than nourish?)---->Money-------->Solution:Equality
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revolution
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a fundamental change in society between the two: power and the powerless
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brief revolution history
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slave society: slave owners v. slaves
feudal society: lord v. serf captalist society: boss v. worker |
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Marx's fundamental question
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What do you do?
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Marx's
Anthropology: Values: Metaphysics: |
Anthropology: Homo faber- man the worker
Values: Equality (ECONOMIC)--because your core identity is as a worker Metaphysics (categories): Material---> matter-oriented---.>not spiritual 1) powerful/powerless 2) strong/weak 3) have/have-nots 4) rich/poor |
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Equality?
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for Marx, equality of Outcome
for Locke, equality of Opportunity |
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governments that come from Marxism
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Nazism, Fascism, Communism, Socialism, Collectivism, Statism
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For Locke, there is a separation of.....
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the SACRED and the SECULAR
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Locke's
Anthropology: Values: Metaphysics: |
Anthropology: Imago Dei
Values: Sees life, lliberty and private property as rights Metaphysics---->material but you are a spiritual being 1) just/ unjust 2) right/wrong |
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For Marx the separation is....
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labor/economy
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What are the five questions?
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1. Do you believe people are basically good?
2. Anthropology? What do you think a human being is? (Homo faber v. Imago Dei) 3. Micro v. Macro (personal v. public life---some don't make a distinction) a) Distinction between compassion and standards 4. Your value/ paradigm (how you divide the world) 5. For Christians, What do you make of the Old Testament? |
