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62 Cards in this Set
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agnosticism
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lack of knowledge as to god's existence.
-cant decide - not enough evicende, not sure -wants proof , not arguements |
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anthropomorphism
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god is able to take on human characteristics
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atheism
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denial of the existance of god; attributive non-existance
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belief
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strongly held convition based upon rational process or personal experience
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cult
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separatistic religious group utilizing psychological manipulation to maintain adherence
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deism
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belief that god exists but has no intimate relationship with mankind; transcendent deity
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dualism
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belief that god exists but has no intimate relationship with mankind; transcedence deity
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ex nihilo
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(creation) out of 'nothing'
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hedonism
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the aim of life should be the pursuit of pleasure
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henotheism
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belief in many gods but restricted allegiance to one
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metaphysics
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a general reference to the spiritual realm; study of ultimate reality
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monism
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the metaphysical belief that reality is viewed as a whole
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monotheism
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belief in one god common to judaism, christianity or islam
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mysticism
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belief that ultimate truth cannot be attained through ordinary experience or intellectual persuit by by non-rational intuition
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opinion
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statement based upon personally developed viewpoint
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panentheism
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all is in god
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pantheism
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all is god (a form of monism)
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polytheism
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belief in many gods (hinduism, egyptian, greco-roman religion)
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proselytism
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attempt to convert an individual from one faith to another
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sect
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breakaway body from mainstream religious group
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secularism
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belief system supporting western philosophy and scientific methodology (may result in atheism)
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skepticism
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doubt concerning a particular religious concept or dogma
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soul
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the immaterial or spiritual part of the person, which survives bodily change
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superstition
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a belief, conception, act or practice resulting from ignorance or fear of the unknown
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syncretism
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attempt to combine differing religious traditions (Baha'i)
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truth
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that which corresponds to reality; the way things actually are
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utopia
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an ideal (perfect) society or state of being
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Mahatma Gandhi
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innovator of satyagrapha techniques of nonviolent resistance
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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leader of the Students' International Meditation Society
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Ramarkrishna Paramahansa
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incorporated (and marked) western religious concepts
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Sri Aurobino
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Hindu historian and philosopher
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Vedas
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hindu religious wisdom literature produced by Aryan (persian) priests, divided into 4 groups
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Rigveda
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made up of hymns; liturgical book of the hotar priests
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Samaveda
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collection of ceremonial poems set to music
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Yajurveda
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instruction manual for special ceremonies
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Atharvaveda
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hymns and poems for the lower castes
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Devas
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superhuman gods
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Indra
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hindu god of war
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srauta rites
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sacrificial and other duties of divine homage offered to the hindu tri-murti (pooja)
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laws of manu
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ethical adn moral code dealing with how hindus ought to live
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Four stages of Life (hinduism)
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1 student life
2 householdeer state 3 forest dweller state 4 sannyasa (renounced order of life) |
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1st stage of life
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student
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2nd stage of life
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householder stage
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3rd state fo life
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forest dweller stage
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4th stage of life
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sannyasa
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vedanta
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hindu mysitical tradition based on the underlying unity of all reality
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adi sankara (Shankara)
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vedanta teacher of the 9th century a.d.
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sannyasa
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doctrine of renounciation
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saktism (Shivism)
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hindu sect dedicated to the worship of Siva (Shiva) -destroyer god
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atman
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the part of each living thing which is eternal; the soul
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avatar
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an incarnation of a god in human or animal form
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Brahman
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the ultimate reality for a hindu, the eternal 3-in-1 god
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caste
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a class system which divided hindus into socio-religous divisions
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guru
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a hindu teacher
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karma
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fate; the belief that one's present condition was determined by his/her past deeds in former existences; also the law of cause and effect
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Krishna
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an incarnation of the god Vishnu
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maya
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non-existence; illusion; only apparent reality
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moksha
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release from the endless chain of rebirth and absorbtion into Brahman
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nirvana
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an ultimate state of mind; the loss of individual existance in Brahman
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samsara
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transmigration or rebirth
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sanskrit
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the cultural language of the aryan invaders of the vedic period
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yoga
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various mental and spritiual exercises in an attempt to identify with an object
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