Bib. 26.9.23 Flashcards
Name the 5 philosophies covered in wrld views
dualism, gnosticism, stoicism, epicureanism, nihilism
Key beliefs of dualism
- evil n good can be balanced
- non-confrontational
-karma
Keys beliefs of gnosticism
- have insight, special knowledge
- Yeshua is a spirit being
- God isn’t a personal being
- have a piece of God contained within them
- only can get knowledge from God in you n nun else
Keys beliefs of stoicism
- everything is cause n effect
-virtues: wisdom, temperance, justice, n courage - self-improvement
Key beliefs of epicureanism
- hierarchy of desires: natural pleasures n desires, unnatural pleasures n desires, n vain desires
- moving pleasure + static pleasure
-friendships are key to happiness not romantic or sexual relations - no God
- death isn’t bad
Key beliefs of nihilism
- everything has no value n is meaningless
- there is no truth
(theology) God is…
-infinite
-personal
-self-existent
-transcendent
-immanent (permanently pervading and sustaining the universe)
-sovereign
-revealing
(metaphysics) Reality is…
-supernaturalism (faith)
- a closed system (those w/out faith)
(epistemology) Knowledge comes from…
(progessive revelation)
-creation
-conscience
-scripture
-Yeshua
(anthropology) Man is…
- subservient to God
- created in the image of God
(ethics) Right and wrong are…
- based on God’s character (holy, just, loving)
- objective
-personified in Yeshua HaMasciach
(history) Man’s story is…
- redemptitive
- bounded by time and space
-ultimately intended to bring glory to God
Augustine was born where?
Tagaste, Numidia
Two wrldviews/faiths Augustine picked up first
manichaeist, skepticist
Augustine’s mentor
St. Ambrose
