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49 Cards in this Set
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Theist |
A person who believes in God |
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Atheist |
A person who believes there is no God |
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Agnostic |
A person who believes we cannot be sure whether God exists |
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Cosmological |
Referring to the origin and structure of the universe |
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Creation |
the act by which god brought the universe into being |
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Teleological argument |
The argument that god designed the universe because everything is so intricately made in detail that it could not have happened by chance |
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Big bang |
the begging of the universe according to many scientists took place when a singularly exploded and from this explosion, all the matter that make up the universe came to being |
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Evolution |
scientific belief that life forms have changed over time, developing from simple to complex |
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Miracle |
A seemingly impossible occurrence, usually good |
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Religious experience |
an experience that is outside normal experience, usually involving the supernatural |
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Morality |
A system of ethics which distinguished between right and wrong |
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conscience |
The inner feeling you are doing right or wrong |
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Faith |
a commitment to something that goes beyond proof and knowledge, especially used about god and religion |
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Revelation |
God shows himself to believers. This is the only way anybody can really know anything about God. |
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Transcendence |
The idea that God is beyond and outside life on earth and the universe. (A quality of God). |
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General revelation |
God making himself known through ordinary, common human experiences. |
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Special revelation |
God making himself known through direct personal experience or an unusual specific event. |
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Vision |
seeing something, especially in a dream of trance, that shows something about the nature of God or the afterlife. |
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Supremacy |
supreme power or authority(A quality of God) |
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Omnipotence |
Almighty, unlimited power(A quality of God) |
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Omniscience |
The quality of knowing everything (As applied to God). |
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Benevolence |
God-ness, being all-loving(A quality of God) |
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Personal Nature(of God) |
the idea that God is an individual or person with whom people are able to have a relationship or feel close to. |
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Impersonal nature(of God) |
The idea that Go has no 'human' characteristics. is knowable and mysterious, more like an idea or force. |
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Reality |
The quality or state of being actual or true. |
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Illusion |
An enormous perception of reality |
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Suffering |
when people have to face and live with unpleasant events or condition. |
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Responsibility |
Duty: The idea that we are in charge of our own action. |
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Natural suffering |
Suffering caused by nature e.g. because of earthquakes, volcanoes, floods. |
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Man-made suffering |
Suffering caused by the actions of humans, e.g. through war, pollution, crime. |
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Free will |
Having the ability to choose or determine one's own actions. |
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Evil |
The opposite of good. A force or the personification of negative power that is seen in many traditions as destructive and against God. |
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Personal being(nature of evil) |
The idea that evil is an evil sprint or devil rather than an impersonal force. |
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Psychological phenomenon |
an idea about the nature of evil that is something arising from the mind of a person. |
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Impersonal force(nature of evil) |
The idea that evil is a power outside of people that draws them to evil. |
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Immortality |
Endless life or existence; life after death. |
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Soul |
The spiritual rather than physical part of humans. |
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Resurrection |
Rising from the dead or returning to life (applied to souls after death). |
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Resurrection |
rising from the dead or returning to life(Applied to souls after death). |
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Legacy |
Something handed down from an ancestor; a way of being remembered after death. |
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Heaven |
The state of eternal happiness in the presence of God that Christmas believe will be granted to the faithful after this life. |
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Hell |
The state of eternal separation from God, seen as punishment for sin. |
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Reincarnation |
being born again in another form. |
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Karma |
The law of cause and effect (Hinduism). |
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Rebirth |
being born again after death |
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Scripture |
The sacred writings of a religion. |
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Channeling |
Communication with the dead through a medium. |
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Near-death experience (NDE): |
some people, when they are close to death or in an intense operation situation, claim o have had a sense of themselves leaving their bodies and seeing what exists beyond this life. |
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Dualism |
The idea that humans have to basic natures, the physical and the spiritual. |