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lack of knowledge as to god existence. |
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god is able to take on human characteristics; Hinduism christian |
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denial of the existence of god |
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strongly held conviction based upon rational process or personal experience |
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Cult/Alternative Religion |
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Separatist religious group utilizing psychological manipulation to maintain adherence. |
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belief that god exists but has no intimate relationship with mankind; transcendent deity |
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there are two ultimate realities often expressed in a dichotomy between body and spirit |
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creation out of 'nothing' |
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the aim of life should be the pursuit of pleasure |
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belief in many gods but restricted allegiance to one |
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[lit. "beyond the physical"] a general reference to the spiritual realm; study of the ultimate reality |
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the metaphysical belief that reality is viewed as a whole |
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belief in one god, common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
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belief that ultimate tructh cannot be attained through ordinary experience or intellectual pursuit but by non rational mystical intuition |
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statement based upon personally developed viewpoint |
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all is god(form of monism) |
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belief in many gods (e.g. Hinduism, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman religion) |
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attempt to convert and individual from one faith to another |
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breakaway body from a mainstream religious group |
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belief system supporting western philosophy and scientific methodology (may result in atheism) |
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doubt concerning a particular religious concept or dogma |
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the immaterial or spiritual part of the person, which survives bodily change (e.g. death) |
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a belief , conception, act or practice resulting from ignorance or fear of the unknown(e.g., a broken mirror brings on seven years of bad luck) |
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attempt to combine differing religious traditions |
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that which corresponds to reality; the way things actually are |
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an ideal (perfect) society or state of being (e.g., heaven) |
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Binding agreement towards a lifestyle change- Latin root; belief in supernatural |
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God takes on animal characteristics |
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