Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
98 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Natural Theology
|
A loving God has created the human mind so it can rationalize God's existence
|
|
|
A loving God has created the human mind so it can rationalize God's existence
|
Natural Theology
|
|
|
Revealed Theology
|
Humans are corrupt and can only know God through direct revelations
|
|
|
Humans are corrupt and can only know God through direct revelations
|
Revealed Theology
|
|
|
William James
|
RE as a feeling - 4 Char. - Ineffability, Noetic Quality, Transiency, Passivity
|
|
|
RE as a feeling - 4 Char. - Ineffability, Noetic Quality, Transiency, Passivity
|
William James
|
|
|
Teresa of Jesus
|
Spanish saint who saw visions
|
|
|
Spanish saint who saw visions
|
Teresa of Jesus
|
|
|
Friedrich Schleiermacher
|
When religions is based on a feeling, it's safer from science
|
|
|
When religions is based on a feeling, it's safer from science
|
Friedrich Schleiermacher
|
|
|
Emile Durkheim
|
religion is social movement
|
|
|
religion is social movement
|
Emile Durkheim
|
|
|
Michael Scrivan
|
Just because you're playing, doens't mean you are winning
|
|
|
Just because you're playing, doens't mean you are winning
|
Michael Scrivan
|
|
|
William Alston
|
You must sense God to prove his existence emperically
|
|
|
You must sense God to prove his existence emperically
|
William Alston
|
|
|
Ludwig Feuerbach
|
Projection
|
|
|
Projection
|
Ludwig Feuerbach
|
|
|
John Hick
|
God isn't logically necessary, but ontologically necessary
|
|
|
God isn't logically necessary, but ontologically necessary
|
John Hick
|
|
|
Moses Maimonides
|
via negativa
|
|
|
via negativa
|
Moses Maimonides
|
|
|
Thomas Aquinas
|
God can do all that is "positive absolutley"
|
|
|
God can do all that is "positive absolutley"
|
Thomas Aquinas
|
|
|
George Mavrodes
|
Can God make stone? No, contradiction in terms.
|
|
|
Can God make stone? No, contradiction in terms.
|
George Mavrodes
|
|
|
Nelson Pike
|
If God is omniscient, no free will.
|
|
|
If God is omniscient, no free will.
|
Nelson Pike
|
|
|
Boethius
|
God lives in "eternal now"
|
|
|
God lives in "eternal now"
|
Boethius
|
|
|
Nicholas Wolterstorff
|
God is eternal, everlasting
|
|
|
God is eternal, everlasting
|
Nicholas Wolterstorff
|
|
|
The Upanishards
|
Brahman-all encompassing God, the infinite divine reality behind all existence. Same as Atman - the true inner self of each person
|
|
|
Brahman-all encompassing God, the infinite divine reality behind all existence. Same as Atman - the true inner self of each person
|
The Upanishards
|
|
|
John Cobb and David Griffin
|
Processed Theology - world as social unit; God impacts world, world impacts God
|
|
|
Processed Theology - world as social unit; God impacts world, world impacts God
|
John Cobb and David Griffin
|
|
|
Rosemary Ramford Ruether
|
Embrace female qualities and lang.
|
|
|
Embrace female qualities and lang.
|
Rosemary Ramford Ruether
|
|
|
A Priori
|
Deductive, Cause>Effect
|
|
|
Deductive, Cause>Effect
|
A Priori
|
|
|
A Posteriori
|
Inductive, Effect>Cause
|
|
|
Inductive, Effect>Cause
|
A Posteriori
|
|
|
Ontology
|
study of being
|
|
|
study of being
|
Ontology
|
|
|
Anselm
|
"God necessarily exists" - Greatest Possible Being
|
|
|
"God necessarily exists" - Greatest Possible Being
|
Anselm
|
|
|
Gaunilo
|
We can't have accurate understanding of God - refuting Anselm
|
|
|
We can't have accurate understanding of God - refuting Anselm
|
Gaunilo
|
|
|
Immanuel Kant
|
Everything that exists, exists synthetically - no logically necessary being
|
|
|
Everything that exists, exists synthetically - no logically necessary being
|
Immanuel Kant
|
|
|
Cosmology
|
Argument for God's existence from the need to provide explanation for universe's existance
|
|
|
Argument for God's existence from the need to provide explanation for universe's existance
|
Cosmology
|
|
|
Thomas Aquinas
|
Unmoved Mover
|
|
|
Unmoved Mover
|
Thomas Aquinas
|
|
|
Bruce Reichenbach
|
Principle of Sufficient Reason
|
|
|
Principle of Sufficient Reason
|
Bruce Reichenbach
|
|
|
William Craig
|
Kalam Cosmological Argument - Universe had beginning, must have cause - no actual infinity, can't succesively add to infinity, universe is expanding, 2nd law of thermodynamics
|
|
|
Kalam Cosmological Argument - Universe had beginning, must have cause - no actual infinity, can't succesively add to infinity, universe is expanding, 2nd law of thermodynamics
|
William Craig
|
|
|
J.L. Mackie
|
Refutes cosmological
|
|
|
Refutes cosmological
|
J.L. Mackie
|
|
|
Teleology
|
attempts to explain means-ends order of the world
|
|
|
attempts to explain means-ends order of the world
|
Teleology
|
|
|
William Paley
|
God as Watchmaker
|
|
|
God as Watchmaker
|
William Paley
|
|
|
David Hume
|
Refutes Paley - Weakness of analogy, means-end is human convention, who made watchmaker?
|
|
|
Refutes Paley - Weakness of analogy, means-end is human convention, who made watchmaker?
|
David Hume
|
|
|
L. Stafford Betty and Bruce Cordell
|
Anthropic Teleological Form - Highly unlikely universe and humans happened by chance
|
|
|
Anthropic Teleological Form - Highly unlikely universe and humans happened by chance
|
L. Stafford Betty and Bruce Cordell
|
|
|
Stephen Gould
|
Refutes Anthropic Teleological form - reality is just as likely as anything else
|
|
|
Refutes Anthropic Teleological form - reality is just as likely as anything else
|
Stephen Gould
|
|
|
Paul Davies
|
Natrulaistic account of universe - Big Bang and cosmic bootstrap
|
|
|
Natrulaistic account of universe - Big Bang and cosmic bootstrap
|
Paul Davies
|
|
|
Moral Argument
|
Argument for God's existence based on exis. of objective moral law
|
|
|
Argument for God's existence based on exis. of objective moral law
|
Moral Argument
|
|
|
C.S. Lewis
|
Law of Human Nature - standard for human behavior
|
|
|
Law of Human Nature - standard for human behavior
|
C.S. Lewis
|
|
|
Robert Merrihew Adams
|
Divine Command Theory, Pragmatic arguments
|
|
|
Divine Command Theory, Pragmatic arguments
|
Robert Merrihew Adams
|
|
|
Soren Kierkegaard
|
God will always be beyond our understanding - faith over reason
|
|
|
God will always be beyond our understanding - faith over reason
|
Soren Kierkegaard
|
|
|
Foydor Dostoevsky
|
Even if you could end all suffering but kill one child, would you?
|
|
|
Even if you could end all suffering but kill one child, would you?
|
Foydor Dostoevsky
|
|
|
Bertrand Russell
|
The universe simply exists, God of gaps
|
|
|
The universe simply exists, God of gaps
|
Bertrand Russell
|
|
|
J.L. Mackie
|
Problem of Evil - 3 truths
|
|
|
Problem of Evil - 3 truths
|
J.L. Mackie
|
|
|
St. Augustine
|
Evil is a privation
|
|
|
Evil is a privation
|
St. Augustine
|
|
|
David Hume
|
Philo-limits to what we know about God; Cleanthes-evil doesn't truly exist; Demea-long run, cosmic scales will be balanced
|
|
|
Philo-limits to what we know about God; Cleanthes-evil doesn't truly exist; Demea-long run, cosmic scales will be balanced
|
David Hume
|
|
|
Alvin Plantinga
|
Free Will Defenese-humans will choose bad at some point
|
|
|
Free Will Defenese-humans will choose bad at some point
|
Alvin Plantinga
|
|
|
John Stuart Mill
|
theory from design - Creator had limits
|
|
|
theory from design - Creator had limits
|
John Stuart Mill
|
|
|
John Hick
|
Ppl were created in God's image, maturing towards being like God - You can't mature without moral evil.
|
|
|
Ppl were created in God's image, maturing towards being like God - You can't mature without moral evil.
|
John Hick
|
|
|
Rowe
|
Evil for sake of evil that could have been prevented
|
|
|
Evil for sake of evil that could have been prevented
|
Rowe
|
