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Worldview among other topics
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/05/2009

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Syncretism
Definition
idea of an discriminant blending of values and concepts from opposing systems
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Theocentric
Definition
GOD-Centered
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Anthropocentric.
Definition
MAN-centered
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What were the two ultimate divisions of worldviews?
Definition
Theism and Atheism
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Know the basic concept of opinions.
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Genesis 1:27
Definition
So God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
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Psalm 19
Definition
heavens declare the glory of God
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II Timothy 3:16
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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness
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Regeneration
Definition
giving a second birth to bring about new life
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Redemption
Definition
paying the necessary price to purchase another's freedom
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Sanctification
Definition
apart from the world and unto God
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Justification.
Definition
Declaring someone free from Guilt
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Faith
Definition
Trust or belief in God
HEARD, UNDERSTOOD AND TRUST IN GOD
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Repentance
Definition
Metamorphisist
SAUL to PAUL
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Grace.
Definition
Grace is demostrated in the death of Christ on behalf of other
-makes human effort in salvation unnecessary
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Atheism
Definition
believe there is NO GOD
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Theism
Definition
any belief in a God or GODS
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Hedonism
Definition
Pursuit of Pleasure and comfort through human terms.
Struggle =Evil
If it Feels good, do it!
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Pragmatism
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as long as the person has good intentions its all OK!
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Subjectivism
Definition
Personal Feelings are the Authority
Individual make their own right and wrongs!
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Essentialism Pantheism
Definition
-Two conflicting statements can be true
-All is god,all life has a spark of divinity!
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Deism
Definition
believes in god, but that created and left
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Naturalism
Definition
God is irrelavent
Education is the Guid to Life
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Natural Revelation
Definition
-some truths about God can be learned by studying nature, physics, cosmology, etc
-dont except divinity of scriptures
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Special Revelation
Definition
through supernatural means, such as miracles or the scriptures
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Absolute truth or Absolutes
Definition
something that is true at all time's and at all places.
TRuth is truth whether we bleive it or NOT!
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What did Jean Paul Sartre believe about absolutes?
Definition
Becuase we see conflictict absolute, there must not be absolute!
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3 readings on your class schedule
Definition
READ OVER aGAIN, ouch!!!
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The Law of Non-Contradiction
Definition
contradictory statements cannot both at the same time be true
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Oversimplification
Definition
concluding that an effect has only one cause when it is really the result of multiple causes
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Hasty Conclusion
Definition
making a judgement on the basis of one or even a few things!
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False Analogies
Definition
arguing on the basis of a comparison of unrelated things
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Slippery Slope
Definition
Arguing against an action on the unsupported assertion that it will inevitably lead to much worst condition
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Sweeping Generalization
Definition
Stating a general principal and then applying it in specific case as though it were a universal rule
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Ad Hominem
Definition
discredit a person by attacking that person
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Appeal to Authority
Definition
appealing to the opinion of a person who agree with you, with no real authority
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Appeal to Ignorance
Definition
trying to prove something is true becuase it cannot be disproved, vice versa
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Bandwagon
Definition
justifing action becuase everyone else is doing it!
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Is/Ought or Naturalistic Fallacy
Definition
concluding about the way things OUGHT to be on the basis of how things are or are assumed to be
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Selective Perception
Definition
looking for anything or one to support your own ideas, and ignoring others
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False Dilemma
Definition
oversimplifying a complex issue to make it seem as if there is only 2 paths to take!
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Red Herring
Definition
Raising an irrelevant issue to divert the attention of primary focus
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Straw Man
Definition
Misrepresenting a position to make it seem weaker, and as if the other side has WON, when the issue has not even been addressed
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