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PHIL 3640 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
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PHIL 3640 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutionsreligion Correct Answers discourse on transcendent/sacred
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practices aimed at a better world
community ties
institution to regulate these three
sacred/holy Correct Answers set apart, realm of the
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supernatural/extraordinary
doctrine Correct Answers official teaching
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spirituality Correct Answers inner dimensions of religion i.e.
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experiences, beliefs, values
transcendent Correct Answers focus on the ultimate reality as
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"beyond"
immanent Correct Answers focus on the ultimate reality as
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nearby/at hand
theology Correct Answers "faith seeking understanding"
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theism Correct Answers belief in a divine being
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monotheism Correct Answers belief in one being
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polytheism Correct Answers belief in multiple beings
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pantheism Correct Answers all of reality is divine
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, non-theism Correct Answers perceiving ultimate reality w/o
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any divine being; can describe traditions where gods exist, but
are transcended by a higher ultimate reality
agnosticism Correct Answers refraining from declaring
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whether a divine being exists
naturalism Correct Answers reality is exhausted/explained by
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nature; there is nothing "supernatural"
Feuerbach Correct Answers "God is a projection of perfected
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human qualities onto an imagined deity"
Marx Correct Answers "God is an alternative for unfulfilled
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temporal longings; used by people in power to control the poor,
to keep them from rising up"
Freud Correct Answers "God is a replaying of the
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loving/fearful relationship w/ our parents; illusion springing out
of our infantile insecurity; seeking an eternal father figure
Pascal Correct Answers Pascal's wager states that the
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advantages of believing in a God outweigh the advantages of not
believing
Brahma Correct Answers a Hindu deva; the creator God
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Devi Correct Answers mother goddess
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