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Approaches to God: Atheism |
Not God Personal |
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Approaches to God: Atheism - Secularism |
Disengagement of society (education, politics, social standing, business)from instruction by, responsibility to, or the public presence of religion. |
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Approaches to God: Atheism (philosophically) |
Try to prove philosophically therecannot be a god.(1) Mustdefine the god who doesn't exist.(2) Usuallyprove the Christian God doesn't exist |
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Approaches to God: Agnostic |
Not know. No sufficient ground for affirming or denying God. |
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Agnosticism on the philosophical level |
You can't know God because of the "Infinite QualitativeDifference" between any possible god and humans |
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Agnosticism on the practical level |
I don't know whether there is a god or not. |
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Approaches to God: Deism |
Deus = God (Latin). Godis the transcendent Creator. He set theuniverse in motion, endowed it with certain natural principles and laws andthen stood back and now watches it run. |
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Approaches to God: Polytheism |
Many gods. such as PrimitiveReligions, Animism |
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Polytheism: magic |
Magic: Manipulation of objects,substances, spirit entities & minds including humans and demons by word(ritual, incantations, curses, spells, etc.) and objects (charms, amulets,crystals, herbs, potions, wands, candles, etc.). |
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Approaches to God: Dualism |
TwoEternal Forces, gods Greek: one good (spiritual realm), one bad (physical realm) Eastern: There complementary forces must bekept in balance (Yinand the Yang) |
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Approaches to God: Pantheism |
All is God MostNew Age StarWars |
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Approaches to God: Panentheism |
All is in God All universe is in God. Godis more than the universe Theworld is God's body Godis the spirit of the world. |
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Approaches to God: Personal monotheism |
Judaism, Islaam |
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Approaches to God: Trinitarian Monotheism |
Christianity |
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Definition of the Trinity |
In the unity of God'sessence there subsists three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,who are consubstantial and coeternal, yet distinct in the personal mode oftheir existence, [the Father begetting the Son, and the Spirit proceeding fromthe Father and the Son.] |
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Basic affirmations of Trinity |
1. Oneness of God 2. The Old Testament God Is the New Testament God 3. Logos Is God, but not Father 4. Holy Spirit Is a Divine Person, but neither Father nor Son 5. New Testament Is Consciously Trinitarian 6. The Bible Does not Reason Abstractly about Trinity |
