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| approx how many christians are there |
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| what did Jesus believe that definitely hasn't come true |
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| that the world would come to an end |
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| Where did he teach / heal |
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| the three important factors of Jesus' work and teaching that separated him |
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| the spirit world, his deployment of his spirit derived powers in easing and helping human suffering, the new social order he sought to effect |
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| How was Jesus' views differen than those of the Pharisees? |
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Hthe difference was that his emphasis was on compassion and their’s was on holiness
Jesus found the lines that it drew between people was why the holiness approach was bogus – Jesus did not see social barriers. We are all equal… |
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| Good News, refers to the news that Jesus was resurrected, which makes his disciples happy |
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| for the followers of Jesus, what are the three things that must be removed to obtain joy, how are they removed? |
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1. fear, including fear of death
2. being released from the confines of the ego
3. guilt
They are removed through love |
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| who is the head of the Eastern Orthodox and what is he not? |
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| patriarch of Constantinople, but he’s no more than first amongst equals… |
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| T or F there had been authentic prophets before Muhammad |
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| In Islamic context, it is the sin of forgetting Allah and one's divine origins, or being indifferent of these. Ghaflah is an increasing issue in modern times due to the conflicts between religious texts and science and to a lesser extent because of worldweariness. |
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| Doctrine of Vicarious Suffering |
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| the jews were elected/chosen to bear suffering that otherwise have been distributed more widely |
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| 4 main reasons for the establishment of Israel |
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o 1. The argument from security→ post-Holocaust, Jews couldn’t hope for security in Euro life and civilization
o 2. The psychological argument→ psychologically unhealthy for Jews to be everywhere in a minority
o 3. Cultural argument→ needed to be a land where Judaism was the dominant ethos
o 4. The social-utopian argument→ somewhere in the world there should be a nation dedicated to historical realization of prophetic ideals and ethics
• the Kibbutzim are an expression of this collectiviely |
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| what did the Holocaust take away from the Jews in their way of living |
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| couldn't exercise the freedom and justice they want to because of security reasons |
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