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Questions that people think about
"What is our ________ nature?" |
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| Religion as a concept began in ________ _________. People were trying to answer to answer the same questions we are trying to answer today. |
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Common questions people asked in ancient times were...
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"Who are we?"
"Where did we come from?"
"Why are we here?" |
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Another Question people think about is
"Do we have a _____?"
Are humans good or evil by nature? Or somewhere in between? |
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| Religion's view of the basic nature of the human condition is sent forth in ________ ________. |
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| An example of a common origin story is: |
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| How do people attain spiritual perfection? |
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| Spiritual Perfection is the complete fulfillment of spiritual potential. |
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| Overcoming normal limitations that are imposed by the human conditon. |
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| The understanding of the nature of the universe - where did the world come from? |
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| Transmission of divine will or knowledge to humans. |
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| The Seven Dimensions of Religions are... |
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1) Experimental
2) Mythic
3) Doctrinal
4) Ethical
5) Ritual
6) Social
7) Materials
= EMDERSM |
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| Experience of divine or holy presence |
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| Becoming one with Divine through inward contemplation |
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| Faith and Mysticism are a part of which Dimension of Religion? |
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| The Dimension of Religion that includes the teachings that show to followers how to act while living in the world. |
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| The Dimension of Religion that deals with formal practice of worship - common aspect of most religions. |
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| An example of the Ethical Dimension of Religion |
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Compassion in Buddhism,
The Ten Commandments,
The Beatitudes
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| An example of the Ritual Dimension of Religion is... |
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Pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims,
Holy Mass for Catholics |
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| We study Religion through: comparing and contrasting the religion to a common faith background (Christianity for "us"). |
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The capacity for seeing things from another perspective.
Saint Anselm stated that theology is faith seeking understanding |
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| The study of salvation and how people are saved. |
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[For Christians] It is the life long choice as to who is going to be the center of your life - is it God or others?
We have the choice, but with that choice, there are consequences. |
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| What about those who have never been exposed to Christ? It's called The ______________ ______________. |
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| Theory thats states a person, who through no fault of their own was never exposed to the life and message of Jesus Christ, but lived a good and loving life, can be saved because based on how they life, they probably would have excepted Christ if exposed to him. |
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The idea that it doesn't matter what you believe because all religions are equal and true for that individual. There is no objective truth.
Should we avoid this? |
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Religious Relativism
"Yes" |
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| There is _______ ______, not every religion can be _______. There are inconsistencies. ___________ does not equal truth. |
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"objective truth"
"right"
"sincerity"
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| Example of Inconsistencies in Religion: |
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| There is either Reincarnation or there isn't. |
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