World Religions Week 33 Flashcards

(55 cards)

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Jesus died for ____, so we should treat everyone respectfully

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all

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Love of Jesus cannot be exhibited through _______

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hatred

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Statement that is contradictory because it is an absolute statement…

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“There is no such things as absolutes or absolute truth”

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An argument that commits suicide is…

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a statement that as soon as it is spoken, it is false

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5
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Without God…

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objective moral values do not exist

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6
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Morality without God that is based on each persons opinion is…

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subjective

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Subjective morality applies only to the…

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subject

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Without God, there can be no…and no….

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no evil and no good, just blind pitiless indifference

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God wills something because…

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He is good

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10
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_____ is the standard of moral values

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God

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If God doesn’t exist, no action should…

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be considered right or wrong

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Moral Argument is…

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  • If God does not exist, then objective moral values and duties do not exist
  • Objective moral values and duties do exist
  • Therefore, God exists
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13
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No ____, no _____

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God, problem

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14
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Be good for ______ _____

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goodness sake

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15
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Question raised by atheism is…

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whether we really can be good without God

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16
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You can be good without…

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believing in God

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17
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Issue is not whether we…but it is whether…

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whether we believe in God, but whether God exists

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Value of ______ so engrained in students today that they are afraid of making moral judgement

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tolerance

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19
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Values

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Have to do with something that is good or bad

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20
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Duties

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have to do with something being right or wrong

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21
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Just because something is good doesn’t mean…

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a moral obligation to do that something

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22
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Good or bad has to do with…

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Moral worth

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23
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Right or wrong..

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has to do with something being forbidden

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Subjective is…

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dependent on one’s opinions

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Objective is...
independent of one's opinions
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God is the ____ ____ meaning...
Summa bonum, the greatest good or highest good
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Naturalism states...
everything that exists is determined by science
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_______ values are not required by science, therefore naturalism does not work
moral
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According to naturalism, all the morality in our lives is just...
subjective illusion of human beings
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In atheism, moral values are just...
byproduct of social biological evolution
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speciesism
unjustified bias in favor of one's own species
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Moral duties spring from...
God's commandments
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Moral duties just...
engrained into us by society
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According to atheism someone of defies moral obligations is just...
socially unacceptable and not wrong
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According to atheism there are no...
objective moral obligations
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Atheist often respond to argument with...
how dare you say I am a bad person that is immoral how dare you make a judgement like that
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Bible says there is an _____ moral compass by God
innate
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_____ is not necessary for morality, _____ is necessary for morality
Belief in God, God
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Euthyphro dilemma
named after character in one of Plato's dialogues Is something good because God wills it, or does God will it because it is good Each of those statements are not right, so answer is that God wills something because He is good
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God nature determines...
good and the bad
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God's will determines the...
right and the wrong
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Correct is...
God wills something because it is good, and it is good because He wills it
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Plato thought that the good...
simply exists, it is independent self existent idea
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Atheists also may say that good simply...
exists, all on their own
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responses include...
- it's hard to understand, doesn't make sense - provides no basis for moral duties - improbable that evolution made these creatures whose life aligns with moral obligations
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Theism is more probable because...
it holds God who holds both realms of reality, under one natural moral law giver
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Stubborn Humanism means...
the atheist wants to affirm some moral values
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Shopping list approach
Philosophers just pick the moral properties they need in order for their system to work, no explanation here
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Many people will usually acknowledge moral objectivism if you give them...
illustrations
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The number of people doing an action does not...
affect the morality of the action
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Genetic Fallacy
attempts to invalidate a person's point of view by showing how he came to hold it
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Atheism doesn't aim at truth it aims at...
survivability
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Atheism leads to...
skeptics of all beliefs, no way to know its truth
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How you treat people...
effects you based on your views or not
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