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Omnibenevolence?

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All loving and good

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Creator?

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A title applied to God, referring to creation stories in the Bible

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Omnipotence?

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All powerful

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Omnipresence?

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Everywhere, at all times, in all places

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Omniscience?

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All knowing

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Creatio Ex Nihilo

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Creation out of nothing

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Theism?

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Belief in a God who created and sustains the world, and is involved in it

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Deism?

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Belief in a God who starts off the world and leaves it to run by itself

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Euthyphro Dilemma?

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Is an action good because God commands it, or does God command it because it is good?

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Partisan?

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Unfairly favouring one person/group over another

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Arbitrary?

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Irrational decision-making or a decision not based on reason

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Myth?

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A story which communicates values or key truths or beliefs

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Transcendent?

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God is separate from and completely distinct and different from the physical world

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Immanent?

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God is involved and active in the world

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Ethical Monotheism?

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Belief in one God that requires a moral response in how life is lived