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22 Cards in this Set
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What is the theology of each of the following views: Christianity, Islam, Secular Humanism, Marxism-Leninism, Cosmic Humanism, and Postmodernism? |
Christian- theism
ML- atheism SH- atheism and humanism Post- religious pluralism Islam- Unitarian theism CH- pantheism |
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Dicuss the differences between gereral and special revelation on the Christian view, supported with examples of each. |
General: God's communication of Himself toa ll persons at all times, and in all places. (Nature) Special: involves God's particular communications and manifestations which are available now only by consultation of certain sacred writings. (The Bible) |
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What are the five pillars of Islam? |
1. Confession of faith 2. Prayer 3. Fasting during Ramadan 4. Almsgiving 5. Pilgrimmage |
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Compare and contrast the Christian and the Muslim view of God.
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The Christian's God is personal, Muslim is impersonal
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Present and discuss the cosmological argument for the existance of God. |
-everything in the world is caused by another -an infinite series of causes is impossible -there must be a first uncaused cause, therefore God exists. |
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Present and discuss the teleological argument for the existance of God.
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Apparent design in the world
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Present and discuss the ontological argument for the existance of God. |
-does not rely upon anyhting we observe in nature -God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived. -it is greater to exist in reality than in the mind |
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Present and discuss the transcendental argument for the existance of God.
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-atheist worldview
-theistic Christian worldview -if your mind is a result of blind chance how can you trust your own mind -evil only makes sense if there is an objective good |
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Define: Theism |
the belief in a personal God; the belief in a supernatural God. |
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Define: Pantheism |
God is everything; everything as a whole is God |
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Define: Atheism |
the belief in no god. |
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Define Trinitarian Monotheism
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The belief in one God in the form of three persons
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Define: Unitariam Monotheism
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The belief in one God in the form of one person
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Define: Tri-theism
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The belief in three separate gods
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Define: Contradiction |
Something that both affirms and denies at the same time. |
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Define: Monism |
the belief that there is only one fundamental reality. |
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Define: Polytheism |
The belief in many gods. |
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Define: Deism |
the belief, based solely on reason, that God created the universe but now stands completely detached from it, giving no supernatural revelation. |
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Describe and illustration of the elephant and the blind men. Discuss its application to differing perspectives on God and where it falls short. |
the blind men are teh religions of the world, adn the interpreter is a religious pluralist. World religions wouldn't accept this illustration because they each have many different views and truths. |
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What do Christian theologians mean when they say that God is omnipotent?
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He's all powerful |
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What is the Kalam cosmological argument? |
-Everything has a begining of existance and a cause of existance -the universe has a begining of its existance, therefore, the universe has a cause of existance -if the universe has a cause of existance then that cause is God, therefore God exists. |
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How do cults add to the Word of God, subract from the trinity, and multiply the terms of salvation? |
Add: supplementing the Bible ans using three other books. Subtract: Jesus is merely a creature, the Holy Spirit is an impersonal force, only one person in the godhear appears as three persons: God the Father in the Old Testament, Jesus the Son in the New Testament, and the Holy Spirit today. They view the Trinity as three seperate gods. |
