Exam #1 Review – Evangelical Theology Questions: 1. What is Olson’s point about a “mosaic” (vs. strictly systematic or historical); “Christian belief” (vs. theology‚ religion) and preferring the “both/and” or “mediating” over the “either/or” approach? * Olson uses the word mosaic in order to reflect his less quarrelsome “both-and” “mediating theology.” * He wants to show us how the broad consensus of Christian beliefs really fit like a mosaic into a comprehensible whole if we step back
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Atheism is contrasted with theism and on a broader sense opposes the existence of any form of deity. For most of their existence‚ Atheists have not been aggressively outspoken about their opposing beliefs against religion. However‚ over the last couple of decades‚ Christianity‚ along
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Naturalism is‚ ironically‚ a controversial philosophy. Our modern civilization depends totally for its existence and future survival on the methods and fruits of science‚ naturalism is the philosophy that science created and that science now follows with such success‚ yet the great majority of humans (at least 90% of the U.S. population) believe in the antithesis of naturalism--supernaturalism. Our culture persistently indulges and celebrates supernaturalism‚ and most people‚ including some scientists
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Philosophy is an Academic discipline that exercises reason and logic in an attempt to understand reality and answer fundamental questions about knowledge‚ life‚ morality and human nature. Philosophy is the root of all knowledge. It is considered as mother of all sciences. Philosophy helps to coordinate the various activities of individual and the society. It helps to understand the significance of all human experiences. Philosophy develops a comprehensive system of thoughts about the universe and
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“Religious language is meaningless” The problem of religious language considers whether it is possible to talk about God meaningfully if the traditional conceptions of God as being incorporeal‚ infinite‚ and timeless‚ are accepted. Because these traditional conceptions of God make it difficult to describe him‚ religious language has the potential to be meaningless. Theories of religious language either attempt to demonstrate that such language is meaningless‚ or attempt to show how religious language
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ATHEISM Atheism can be defined simply as ‘the absence of belief in gods’. There is‚ unfortunately‚ some disagreement about the definition of atheism. It is interesting to note that most of that disagreement comes from theists — atheists themselves tend to agree on what atheism means. Christians in particular dispute the definition used by atheists and insist that atheism means something very different. No claims or denials are made — an atheist is just a person who does not happen to be a theist
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The Influence of Atheism on the Age of the Enlightenment While skepticism and doubt have had a presence in human thought for nearly as long as religious faith has existed‚ they have had a place within religious thought rather than in opposition to it for the vast majority of their existence. Doubt was generally employed by religious thinkers for the purpose of strengthening and explaining their faith‚ as can be seen in the numerous “proofs” for the existence of God formulated by the great theologians
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RS I believe that God doesn’t exist due to the fact that if there is a supposed omni-benevolent God then why is the world is full of so much evil and suffering? Evil and suffering comes in two forms Moral evil and Natural evil. Moral evil is caused by humans using their free will‚ for example‚ crimes such as murder‚ burglary and war. Natural evil is suffering that has not been caused by humans such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ volcanoes‚ cancers and so on and are therefore not caused by humans. These
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this universe. • Bible also tells that he is the Father of our Lord Jesus. Implication: everything we say about God must be confirmed by what we find in Jesus. For then only will our concept of God be fully and distinctively Christian. Who is GOD Theism in the Bible • recognizes the reality of both the world and God • The world is real though it is not divine • the world is not evil just because it is not divine • The distinction between God and the world does not coincide with the distinction between
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Final Reflection Samantha Moore Understanding Worldviews Professor Roy Collins August 14‚ 2013 Final Reflection When I started this course ten weeks ago it was the first time I had heard the term worldview. I wondered‚ “What does worldview mean?” I could give you the definition of worldview‚ but it is so much more than a definition. The beliefs that are my worldview shape not only how I view the world‚ but also influence the particular beliefs I come to hold‚ the judgments and decisions
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