Key Concepts Flashcards
Stewardship
-The duty to care for the world God has made.
-To protect the world for future generations
Evolution
-When animals and plants change over time.
-These changes are suit to particular environments.
Suffering
-Pain or loss which harms human beings.
-Some suffering is caused by human beings(moral evil) some is not (natural evil)
Goodness
-The quality of being like God
-Seeking the well being of others selflessly
Free will
-The decision making part of a persons mind is called the will
-A will is free if a person is able to choose right form wrong without being controlled by other forces
Absolutism
-Certain actions are always right or always wrong
-Moral laws exist eternally and are not just human inventions
Relativism
-There is no moral law
-Rules that control what is right and wrong are human inventions and change form place to place and from age to age
Death
-The end of physical life
-When your body stops working completely
Resurrection
-The raising of the body to life again after death
-Christian’s believe that Jesus resurrected and that all people will experience it at the end of time
Shekinhah
-A place where Gods presence rests and can be felt