Nature of Religion & Beliefs Jargon

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Atheism

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A doctrine that there is no evidence for the existence of God; that Gods and spirits do not exist.

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Deity

Answer 0

A God or goddess.

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Agnostic

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A person who believes that it is impossible to know whether God, gods or spirits exist.

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Doctrine

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A body of teachings that form the basis of a belief systems

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Ethics

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Reasoning behind moral decision-making.

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Existential

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Having to do with existence of being alive.

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Immanence

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Divine presence in the world though participation and intervention in human history.

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Immanent worldview

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Belief that supernatural powers or beings dwell within the individual.

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Monotheism

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Belief that there is only one God.

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Omnipotent

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God is supreme and all powerful.

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Omnipresent

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God is a spirit and as such is present everywhere all the time.

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Omniscient

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God is all knowing.

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Polytheism

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Belief that there is more than one God.

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Supernatural

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Referring to a different elevated order of existence.

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Supernatural dimension.

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Belief in a divine being or power greater than humankind and the natural world.

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Transcendence

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Divine as above or superior to the world, the highest Being and the ultimate cause in the universe.

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Transcendent worldview

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Belief in divine power or being/s beyond the human.