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| a collection of values, themes, ideas, and behavior popularized mainly through media and technology |
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| our most basic beliefs that shape our view of and for the world and form the basis of our decisions and actions. |
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| the study of what we can know about God |
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| the belief that God does exist |
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| the belief that God does not exist |
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| the belief that God is and is in everything |
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| God's communication with mankind, through nature and conscience |
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| anything that begins to exist must have been caused to exist by something else |
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| If something exists that is designed, then it has a designer |
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| if there is no intelligence behind the universe, then our thoughts are only by-products of matter and we have no reason to trust them |
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| since moral law exists, then there must be a moral law-giver |
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| God's communication of Himself and His will to particular people through His word and Jesus Christ |
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| the biblical teaching that there is one God who exists as three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit |
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| the belief that only one God exists |
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| the belief that God created the universe, but that He is no longer with His creation |
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| the study of truth, knowledge, and the nature of ultimate reality |
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| a thought, statement, or belief that correctly reflects the real world |
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| the study of how we know what we know |
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| a means of investigating the world through empirical observation, experimentation, and hypothesizing |
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| the belief that science is the only reliable method for gaining knowledge |
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| the study of the nature of reality |
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| the belief theat reality is composed of only the material of physical |
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| the belief that reality is completely spiritual or immaterial |
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| the belief that reality is composed of both the physical and non-physical |
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| God's supernatural intervention in the natural course of history |
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| The study of why and how we make moral choices |
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| individual moral relativism |
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| the belief that right and wrong change from person to person |
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| cultural moral relativism |
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| the belief that right and wrong change from culture to culture |
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| the belief that moral rules exist that are true for all people, at all times, in all situations |
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| the study of living things and their origins |
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| the theory that species evolve over time by random genetic mutations and natural selection |
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| the theory that holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause |
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| the belief that life originally came from non-living matter |
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| the scientific law that states that life only comes from pre-existing life |
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| the idea that living organisms sprouted directly from such things as mud and rotting food |
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| large scale changes in biological traits resulting in different species |
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| the search for coded "messages" inherent in biological systems |
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| small adaptive changes within a species' gene pool |
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| when certain organisms become better suited to survive |
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