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| Reincarnation of humans. Continuous flow of life. |
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| No more reincarnation once perfection has been reached |
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| Kindness to all living things including animals |
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| Every action causes and equal reaction (consequences) |
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| Power which upholds the universe and society |
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1. 3rd Mauryan Dynasty King in India
2. Converted from Hinduism to Buddhism
3. Emperor of Emperors
4. Devotee of nonviolence, love, truth, tolerance and vegetarianism. |
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| List levels of caste system |
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1. Brahmin
2. Kshatriya
3. Vaishya
4. Sudra
5. Untouchable |
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| Spiritual hindu laws were written long ago and are still used by Hindus today |
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a. Life is suffering
b. The origin of suffering is attachment
c. The cessation of suffering is attainable
d. The path to cessation is found in the eight-fold path. |
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a. Right view
b. Right intention
c. Right speech
d. Right action
e. Right livelihood
f. Right effort
g. Right mindfulness
h. Right consciousness |
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a. In order to align oneself with the middle path one must follow the 8 fold path and 4 noble truths
b. The middle path is the honest way of living life. It is the moderation between the extremes of life
c. It is the temperament of someone who is trying to reach nirvana. |
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a. Propagated by Alan Watts.
b. You are already enlightened
c. Teaching through spoken word and action. |
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a. Not sure if he is a real figure.
b. Founder and main influential figure of Taoism |
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| The state when a person is completely in tune with the flow of nature. |
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a. 4/5 the length of the NT
b. 114 surahs
c. Islamic text |
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a. Father died before birth
b. Founder of Islam
c. Received revelations from Gabriel for the qur’an |
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| Some who has submitted to Allah by confession of the shahada. |
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| Accepts the first 4 caliphs as rightful successors of Md. |
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| Believe family of Md. Chosen by God to lead Islamic community |
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| Guides all aspects of the Muslim life. |
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| Killing of a family member or social group by the other members because the perpetrator brought dishonor |
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a. Abraham
b. Isaac
c. Jacob |
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a. Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement
b. Hanukkah – Festival of Lights
c. Pesach – Passover
d. Shabbat – The Sabbath. |
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| Major Jewish denominations |
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a. Orthodox
b. Reform
c. Conservative
d. Hasidic
e. Kabbalah |
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| First 5 books of the bible |
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| Name used for the canon of the Hebrew Bible |
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a. Based on Teaching of Epicurus.
b. Highest pleasure attained from knowledge, friendship, and living a virtuous and a temperate life.
c. He lauded the simple life and was on the verge of asceticism. |
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| Concerned with the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom. |
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| Concerned with the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom. |
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| A heretical movement of the 2nd Century Christian Church teaching esoteric knowledge of the supreme divine being enabled the redemption of the human spirit. |
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a. He never really believed in anything.
b. Always questioned everything in an attempt to know something. |
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a. Virtue is above all things as a basis of reason
b. The measure of emotions are limited in human relationships and there is no reason for them |
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a. He believed in a logical reality.
b. He saw logic existing independent of reality |
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| Rejection in a belief of a deity. |
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| Agnosticism-strong and weak |
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a. Not knowing if any gods exist. Two Kinds believe there is a being or there isn’t. Can be neither.
b. Weak do not discount the existence of any god or gods. Do not know personally if there is a god. It is based on the principle of belief or non-belief in God.
c. Strong is when instead of someone claiming that only they do not know if a god or gods exist they also profess to all of humanity is unable to know if any gods exist. Believe there is no proven and validated evidence that any god or gods exist at all even if someone else says that they believe in God or a god. They say it is impossible for anyone to know if any gods exist. |
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a. Invented the word agnostic in 1869.
b. Born May 4, 182
c. Received Minimal education. Pondered difference between matter and soul, morality being subjective and divine government.
d. Supported Darwin’s theory and sometimes referred to as Darwin’s Bulldog |
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| Believe that the world is divided into two parts the indivisible atoms and the empty void. |
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a. Born 565BC as a royal prince in Lumbini
b. Parents named him Siddhartha
c. He was troubled by the inevitable suffering of life.
d. At age 29 he left the palace life to wander as an ascetic
e. He achieved enlightenment at age 35 under a Bodhi tree and taught his followers his new spiritual understanding. |
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