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| absolutes in some situation; not in all; need context; all persons/times/places |
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(Muhammad; ‘Recitations from Gabriel’ à Koran
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(Muhammad escapes to Medina)
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| “mere Christianity”; core beliefs; comes in different forms; a response to Gnosticism and heresy |
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| descendent of Ishmael(the father of Islam); 1 in 20 are Christian; 90% are Muslim |
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| language spoken by Arabs; language of the Koran |
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| rids individuals of any spiritual disabilities; ridding yourself of engrams, find your inner Thetan |
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: (cult) Unity of God, religion, and mankind (1840’s)
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| successor to Muhammad; Abu Bakr = first Caliph (à Sunnis), Ali Ibn Abi Jalib = second Caliph (à Shiites) |
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Mary Baker; emphasis on healing of the mind/no medicine/modern science shouldn’t be used… stops you from putting your trust in God
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| a new movement with little or no prior specific connection to a particular religion; rejects or significantly reinterprets a core belief of Christianity |
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| God gives us domain over the earthà creation; motivation for science/being good stewards |
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what keeps you down/keeps you from actualization/becoming a Thetan
-Graded Absolutism: always doing the greater good (allows for moral conflicts) (not sinful if you choose the greater good)
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| Muhammad’s sayings and actions |
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| Scripture is God-breathed; i.e. “inspired” |
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: submission; a theistic religion with an integrated w.v.; everything = religious; requirements for salvation/salvation by good works/is not certain (except by martyrdom)
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‘exertion’ or an inner struggle (most would go with this one); a political and military fight (extremist view)
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| big square box people circle around in (in Mecca) |
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| recitation; book of Islam |
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| sacred site of Islam; Muhammad returns victoriously to Mecca |
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sacred site of Islam ; Muhammad escaped to Medina (in 622)
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| -Metaphysical Naturalism: |
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: more than just the natural stuff/science; what is really real?; worldview of naturalism; the only thing that is truly real is natural
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| Methodological Naturalism: |
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science; can coexist w. Christianity; methods of science – natural laws, etc.
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given to all; limited in scope; God revealed through nature, etc.
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| group of people who were in the New World and Jesus appeared to them and started preaching to the Nephites (according to Mormonism) |
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Non-Overlapping Magisteria (Scienceà empirical; Christianityà questions of meaning and moral value) (false according to Christianity) science and religion don’t overlap in their beliefs
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| Propositional revelation: |
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revelation is not given to us by God in words, but in acts and events; revelation is more than just words/reveals who He is by the way He acts; common truth claims
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| always doing least evil (still sinful for doing it though) |
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: Islam holiday; month of fasting and stuff
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all truth is relative; what’s true for you is not necessarily true for me; Postmodernism
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Naturalistic w.v. plus scientific methods; “metaphysical naturalism” (nothing exists that is not physical/natural) philosophical and science together (no god, just what we can see)
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(cult; 1950’s) Goal is to become “clear” (an operating Thetan); Man is basically good and is seeking ‘attainment of brotherhood with the universe”; it’s about survival/8 dynamics; auditing
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deviant movements linked to a particular religion
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| God reveals Himself through the Bible and miracles |
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| God-breathed; inspiration |
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| who you are… kind of; life itself |
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| no possible conflicts that are unavoidable |
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| Charles Taze Russell; Watchtower, New World Translation; Jesus = created being (not God); New paradise on earth; soul, death and hell; political neutrality; don’t believe in blood transfusions; evangelism; 144,000 |
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