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15 Cards in this Set
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What is doctrine of God known as
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theology proper
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Discuss rivalry of the Gods
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When ancient peoples went to battle gods fought for them. Whoever won had the stronger god
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What was Israel's problem when they lost a battle
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Apparantly Yahweh was less powerful than enemies gods
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How did Israel's prophets explain Israel's loss in battle
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God's punishment for their sins
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Discuss universality of God
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Zech 14:16 says all nations would worship Yahweh
Jerusalem council don't have to be a Jew to be a believer because God poured out his Spirit on Gentiles. James quoted Amos 9:11,12 reference to all nations |
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What is First Cause
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Greeks believed there was a creator God beyond their pantheon
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Middle ages Christian thinkers developed 3 types of theistic proofs
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Ontological argument
Cosmological and teleolical argument Moral argument |
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What does "a priori" mean
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independent of or prior to our knowledge of the world
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What was the ontological argument
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Demonstrates the existence of God merely by thinking of the concept of God
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Two philosophers who had an ontological argument for the existence of God
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Anselm of Canterbury AD 1033-1109
Descartes 1596-1650 |
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How did Descartes define God
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the supremely perfect being
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Who repudiated Anselm
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Thomas Aquinas 1225-74
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What was the nature of Thomas Aquinas' repudiation of Anselm
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It was an "a priori" argument, no knowledge of God can arise apart from experience of the world
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Who repudiated Descartes
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Immanuel Kant 1724-1804
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What was the nature of Immanuel Kants repudiation of Descartes
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Descartes view falsely presupposed existence. We add nothing to an argument by stating something exists
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