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Definition of human condition
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the essential nature of someone, the question whether we are endowed with spiritual essence.
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A great debate
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How is human condition communicated?
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Through the religion's account of human origins
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garden of eden
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What is spiritual perfection?
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- can be attained in this life
- can't be - with most religions they acknowledge "near" perfection, not an all or nothing thing |
Many different ideas
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What is ethical?
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- teachings of right and wrong important in many religious traditions
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is it essential?
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What is transcendence?
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Overcoming of the normal limitations imposed by the human condition
eg: Buddhism has tranquility and bliss but still the human condition |
limitations
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How do we attain salvation?
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spiritual perfection is closely linked with it
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Well...I dunno.
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What is nirvana?
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The final liberation, buddhist teaching
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NOT the band :)
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What is our destiny?
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- two possibilities: paradise and hell
- individual destiny linked to spiritual maturity |
um.
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cosmology
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the understanding of the nature of the universe
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yeah. not the physics one.
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monotheism
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one god
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idiot
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polytheism
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belief in many gods
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do you love him?
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pantheism
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divine reality exists in everything
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of course you do.
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revelation
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the supreme being / reality is revealed to humans
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should you tell him?
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Seven dimensions of religion
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experiential, mythic, doctrinal, ethical, ritual, social, material
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c'MON
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Experiential
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religious experience
has to do with faith in nontheistic religions, takes form of MYSTICISM |
I just don't know...
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faith
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related to experiential
closely related to holy spirit |
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mysticism
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nontheistic religions' version of religious experience
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myth
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convey important truths
not falsehoods sources of sacred truth give meaning to life sacred stories passed (predominately orally) tell origins of world set forth fundamental knowledge regarding nature of things and proper way to live |
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doctrinal
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most obvious and basic aspect of religion
creeds and teachings of a religion |
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ethical
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how are we to act while living in the world?
general principles e.g. ten commandments |
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ritual
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formal practice of worship
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