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key quotes in philosophy and christianity Flashcards

1
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this all men speak of as…

cosmological

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God

why God is the first cause, forst mover and the necessary being etc…

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God is a being than which….

ontological argument

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no greater can be concieved

anselm’s prayer

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The marks of design are…

design argument

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too strong to be gotten over

Natural theology by Paley, said God had to have a designer

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simplicity is…

design argument

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always evidence for truth

swinburne, said the simplest explanation is always the most likely

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a wise man…

design argument

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proportions his beliefs to his evidence

Hume, doesnt require God to have the world

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if God is willing but unable to…

POE

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prevent evil, then he is impotent, if he is able but not willing, he is malevolent. Is he both willing and able? then whence is evil?

Epicurus - known as the epicurean paradox on why theres evil.

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he would be like an…

POE

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overprotective parent who will not let his child out of his sight for a moment.

Swinburne in the existence of God - why he does not intervene

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what is the definition of unnecessary evil?

Rowe’s evidential POE

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“intense human and animal suffering that occurs on a daily basis and is in great plentitude in our world”

william rowe on the definition of evil, supports evidential POE

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the vale of…

POE

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soul-making

Hick’s soul making theodicy

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I saw nothing with…

religious experiences

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the eyes of the body, nothing with the eyes of the mind

theresa of avila, talking about how she felt Jesus’ presence

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what one seems to percieve…

religious experiences

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is probably so

swinburne - goes back to simplest explanation is probs right

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religion is the process of …

religious experience

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unconscious wish fulfilment

freud - religious experience is an illusion caused by core beliefs manif

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a miracle is…

hume, miracles

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a transgression of a law of nature by the particular volition of a deity

defines miracles then rips the argument for them apart

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wiles - miracles dont occur because they are …

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“religiously unsatisfactory in the view of their highly selective character”

wiles is a deist, no miracles, only miracle is the miracle of creation

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i think …

SD&A phil

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therefore I am

descartes, substance dualism

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when i die, I shall…

SD&A phil

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rot, and nothing of my ego will survive

Russell - we die, thats it, too much credit to ourselves if not

17
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no sentence which purpotes to…

Religious language

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describe the nature of God can possess any literal significance

ayer, logical positivism, verification principle

18
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they die a…

religious language

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death of a thousand qualifications

flew, falsification, parable of the gardener

19
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i am the first and…

God

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I am the last; apart from me there is no God

monotheism quote to support

20
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the lord our God, …

god

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the lord is one.

monotheism

21
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mark 1:10

God

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you are my son, and with you i am well pleased

trinity - son, father, spirit are 3 things etc etc

22
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John 10:30

God

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the father and I are one

23
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apostles creed

god as father

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the father almighty, creator of heaven and earth…
Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord

father of all things, father of Jesus

24
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for god so …

God as love

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loved the world that he gave his one and only son

Loving and personal sacrifice

25
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genesis 2

SDA glorifying God

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breathed into his nostrils the breath of life

breathed life into adam, part of God, must glorify him

26
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what you did for…

judgement SDA

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the least of my brethren you did for me

parable of the sheep and goats, end goal of christians

27
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thy kingdom come…

SDA kingdom on earth

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thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven

need to bring about Gods kingdom through good works and conversions

28
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the earthly body…

ressurection SDA

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of christ was recieved into heaven

resurrection in the flesh, no changes christ just re-alived so same 4 us

29
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its sown…

SDA ressurection

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a physical body, its raised a spiritual body

spiritual ressurection

30
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we shall not die but…

SDA ressurection

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we shall all be changed

spiritual ressurection more likely than flesh - st Paul

31
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hell is…

SDA afterlife

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the condition of everlasting separation from God

not doom paintings or like dantes inferno, more a sentiment

32
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heaven is…

SDA afterlife

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the endless moment of love

again not a physical place, but more of a spiritual sentiment

33
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the mind is …

SDA afterlife

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its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven

John Milton from Paradise Lost, about how we can understand God when POE

34
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unless one is born of…

expressions of religious identity

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water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God

john, the importance of baptism

35
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matthew 28:19

baptism

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make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit

36
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this is my body given for you;…

holy communion

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do this in remembrance of me

breaking the bread is symbolic of jesus’ body breaking on the cross

37
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this cup is…

holy communion

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the new covanent in my blood, which is poured out for you

new covanent formed between jesus and disciples, God and humans in HC

38
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as the father has sent me…

mission of the church

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even so I send you

need to make disciples of all nations etc etc

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