-HE BELIEVED THAT RELIGION RISES OUT OF FEAR

-THE CONCEPT OF GOD IS CREATED BY HUMANS TO RESPOND AND SOOTHETO THEIR FEELIGNS OF ANXIETY AND FEAR.

-RELIGION IS AN ILLUSION

-HIS DEF OF RELIGION WAS :FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDIING

-FAITH: NOT JUST BLIND OBEDIENCE TO CERTIAN DOCTRINES OR TEACHINGS

-TRUST AND RISK THAT REQUIRE THE FACE OF SOMETHING MEANINGFUL, YET UNCERTAIN; YOU ARE GIVING THISTO SOMEONE YOU LOVE AND HAVING FAITH.

-TRUST AND COMMITMENT; DOING NOT JUST SAYING

EX: WEDDING "I DO"

RISK: DOES NOT EQUAL BELIEF

-FAITH AND BELIEF ARE NOT THE SAME

-ALWAYS FACING NCERTAINTY

-BELIEF: CONFESSION IN CERTAIN IDEAS OR PROPOSITIONS

-THEOLOGY:TASTE AND DEFINITION OF THE INFINITE

-TASTE: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

-SAID ONE NEEDS TO TRY RELIGION IN ORDER TO COMPREHEND IT.

-INTUITION: AN IMMEDIATE OR DIRECT APPREHENSION (ANXIETY) OF TRUTH NOT BASED ON REASON OR LOGIC ALONE

EX: LOVE- IS INTUITIVE AND A MYSTERY

EX: GOD- MORE INTUITIVE, NOT BASED ON REASON ALONE

-AMERICAN THINKER

-BROTHERS BOTH FOUGHT IN CIVIL WAR

-THEOLOGY: RECOGNITION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH THE WORLD AND HUMAN CONDITION AND VISION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSFORMATION OF THIS STATE.

1.BEGINS WITH A CRISIS(REGARDING ONE'S LIFE) AND THE FEELING OF CONFUSION

-THE FEELING OF BEING LOST

2. THERAPY: SHOWS YOU HOW TO RESTORE AND BETTER YOURSELF TO THE WORLD

EX: MALCOM X: BECAME WHO HE WAS DURING AND AFTER PRISON

-THEOLOGY:CRITICAL REFLECTION OF GOD

1.DEMANDS OBJECTIVE AND RATIONAL STUDY

2.RELIGION AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING (FAITH AND REASON) ARE IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER, NOT OPPOSED.

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-THEOLOGY:KNOWLEDGE BORNOF LOVE

- THE GREATEST HINT OF WHAT THE LOVE OF GOD IS THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN LOVE

-IMPORTANT WORK: SONG OF SONGS

- LOVE POEM BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN

-YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOD WITHOUT LOVE

THEOLOGY: RELIGION IS EMPTY, MEANINGLESS, AND HARMFUL WHEN IT IS LACKING AN ETHICAL DEVOTION TO THE WEAK AND VULNEREABLE.

-HIS APPROCH IS BASED OFF OF THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.

-CHANGED HIS LIFE BY ADVOCATING FOR THE INDIANS INSTEAD OF ENSLAVING THEM

- THEOLOGY: RELIGION IS BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND INTUITION THAT CANNOT BE TAUGHT, BUT ONLY AWAKENED IN EACH INDIVIDUAL.

-ONE FINDS GOD IN THE GRANDEUR, DIVERSITY, AND BEAUTY OF NATURE.

- WAS A DEIST

-REJECTED FUNDAMENTAL TEACHINGS OF CHRISTIANITY

-REJECTED JESUS DIVINITY:(FATHER, SON, ANS THE HOLY SPIRIT)

-THE MIRACLES OF THE BIBLE

-DEISM: RATIONAL FORM OF RELIGION AND TRANSCENDENTIAL, ABSTRACT CONCEPT OF GOD.

1. ARISTOTLE- APPROACH TO GOD IS SCIENTIFIC

2.PALTO- APPROACH TO GOD IS THROUGH LOVE

-" NOT ALWAYS ABOUT HAVING THE RIGHT ANSWERS, BUT FAITH IS ABOUT HAVING A HUTCH"

-THAT FEELING IS BY GOD AND LISTENING IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH

-"MOMENT OF CLARITY" - HE HAD A FEELING OF DEEP AND PROFOUND DISSATISFACTION WITH HIS LIFE AND HAD THE DESIRE TO CHANGE HIS WHOLE MODE OF EXISTENCE.

-NATURE OF A MIRACLE- THE MIRACLE IS NOT THAT THE BULLET MISSED JOHN TRAVOLTA AND JACKSON CHARACTERS, BUT AS SAMUEL JACKSON EXPALINS, "IT IS THE MIRACEL THAT GOS GOT INVOLVED AND IT CHANGED THEIR LIVES BY HIM INTERVENING.

1. FUNDAMENTAL- AN EXTREME VIEW OF ONE'S RELIGION AS THE ONLY TRUTH. THOSE OUTSIDE OF THIS RELIGION ARE CONDIDERED IGNORANT.

2. RELIGIOUS INCLUSIVISM-BELIEF THAT ONE'S RELIGION IS THE HIGHEST AND FULLEST TRUTH, BUT THERE IS ALSO TRUTH IN OTHER RELIGIONS

3.RELIGIOUS PLURALISM: ALL RELIGIONS ARE PARTIAL UNLIMITED APPROXIMATIONS OF THE TRUTH.

-NO ONE RELIGION POSSES THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH OF GOD.

-THEY BELIEVED IN (POLYTHEISM) MANY GODS

-GODS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NATURE

-THEY ARE AMORAL (NO UNAMBIGUOUS CONCEPTION OF MORALITY)

PLATO:

-MONOTHEISTIC - ONE GOD

-PREFERRED NAME: "THE ONE" , "THE GOOD", "ABSOLUTE BEAUTY"

-HE CAPTURES "THE ONE" THROUGH ABSOLUTE BEAUTY

-BEAUTY IS SEDUCTIVE AND ALLURING. IT DRAWS THE HUMAN SOUL TO ITSELF

SOCRATES:

-THE PURSUIT OF "THE ONE" OR "THE GOOD" REQUIRES SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE OR TRAINING

-A PHILOSOPHER NEEDS TO TRAIN HIS OR HER SOUL

-MONOTHEISTIC

-PHILO-SOPHIA: "LOVE FOR WISDOM"

- BY READING OR STUDYING, MEDITATION. ( READING THE BIBLE)