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| lack of knowledge as to god existence. |
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| god is able to take on human characteristics; Hinduism christian |
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| denial of the existence of god |
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| strongly held conviction based upon rational process or personal experience |
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| Cult/Alternative Religion |
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| Separatist religious group utilizing psychological manipulation to maintain adherence. |
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| belief that god exists but has no intimate relationship with mankind; transcendent deity |
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| there are two ultimate realities often expressed in a dichotomy between body and spirit |
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| creation out of 'nothing' |
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| the aim of life should be the pursuit of pleasure |
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| belief in many gods but restricted allegiance to one |
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| [lit. "beyond the physical"] a general reference to the spiritual realm; study of the ultimate reality |
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| the metaphysical belief that reality is viewed as a whole |
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| belief in one god, common to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
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| belief that ultimate tructh cannot be attained through ordinary experience or intellectual pursuit but by non rational mystical intuition |
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| statement based upon personally developed viewpoint |
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| all is god(form of monism) |
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| belief in many gods (e.g. Hinduism, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman religion) |
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| attempt to convert and individual from one faith to another |
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| breakaway body from a mainstream religious group |
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| belief system supporting western philosophy and scientific methodology (may result in atheism) |
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| doubt concerning a particular religious concept or dogma |
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| the immaterial or spiritual part of the person, which survives bodily change (e.g. death) |
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| a belief , conception, act or practice resulting from ignorance or fear of the unknown(e.g., a broken mirror brings on seven years of bad luck) |
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| attempt to combine differing religious traditions |
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| that which corresponds to reality; the way things actually are |
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| an ideal (perfect) society or state of being (e.g., heaven) |
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| Binding agreement towards a lifestyle change- Latin root; belief in supernatural |
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| God takes on animal characteristics |
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