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Stories about the past retold because of the values they portray. For example, Jesus has a last supper with his disciples
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| The position that God's existence is not provable and therefore we should doubt |
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| Prescribed, formalized actions that are used to dramatize religious symbols |
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| Areguement which states that God is defined as a perfect being, and since existence is one of the qualities of prefection, God must exist, by this very definition |
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| Theological explaniation dealing with the problem of evil |
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| Says that everything is caused by something else that must have come before it |
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| People who are strict about their religious doctrine and ethics. They normally emphasize a literal interpretation of scriptures. |
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| The doctrine that there are spirits in everything - not just in each person, but in animals, plants, places, and even in natural phenomena |
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| They attempt to use philosophy and rational elaboration to explain or argue religious doctrine |
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| The specific teachings of a denomination on the nature of the deity, sin, salvation and/or afterlife. |
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| A government run by religion, or at lest one in which the religious leaders have a great deal of influence. |
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| A system of symbols, myths, doctrines, ethics, and rituals for the expression of ultimate relevance |
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| The position that no deity exists |
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| Something that is used to represent something else |
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| The position that people are basically good and can work out their own salvation |
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| The blending that takes place when different religions come into contact |
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| The term for sacred writings. |
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| The position that only one deity exists |
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| `They seek to attain an altered state of consciousness that they understand as intimate union with the deity |
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| A ritual offering of something to a deity |
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| The use of ritual to manipulate spirits or natural phenomena for utilitarian or ulterior relevance. The attempt to manipulate spiritual forces |
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| Rituals for coming of age; initiation into adulthood |
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| Dualist philosopher, transmigration; student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle |
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| Medicine man; a figure prominent in the religion of tribal cultures; performs a variety of rituals such as exorcisms |
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| Fertility goddess prevalent in Hellenistic times |
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| A father, creator god who has withdrawn from active intervention in the world; a feature of many tribal religions |
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| Puberty rite of American Indians; young man is sent into the wilderness for communion with spirits |
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| Since there is so much structure and apparent purpose in the natural world, there must be a God who set the planets in their orbits and designed the body. Also known as the design argument. |
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| Greek pantheon of deities, headed by Zues |
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| A term implying peaceful interaction with other beings; non-injury |
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| Shamanic figure who uses folk medicine (e.g. North american Indians) |
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| Stone monument centers for rituals (e.g. Stonehenge for the Celts) |
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| Greek deity, head of Olympian pantheon |
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| 14th - 15th century Mexican civilization; emphasis is on priests, theriomorphic polytheism, multiple creation, human sacrifice, and calendar-based divination |
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| Using rituals to drive out evil spirits; performed by shamans, priests, sorcerers, witch doctors |
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| Something forbidden for ordinary use |
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| Greek shrines, emphasized divination |
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| Period which began around 300 B.C.E with Alexander's conquests |
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| Greek philosopher, teacher of Plato, taught by asking questions |
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| Ascetic, dualist mystics; prevalent in early common era |
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| Said that pleasure was the greatest good |
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| Greek deity whose worship has a drunken orgy in which a live animal would be devoured |
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| The last pare of the Vedas consisting of philosophical materials; became the basis for post-classical Hinduism |
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| Upanishad concept of the human soul; at it core is equivalent to Brahman |
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| Absolute reality; the pantheistic deity of Upanishads and Vendanta Hinduism |
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| Earliest and most sacred of all Hindu literature; described Aryan conquest, castes polytheistic |
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| Hindu bodily exercises for mystical experience |
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| Region of civilization arising between Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Iraq); emphasis on divination, creation myths |
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| Self-denial of pleasure; self-imposition of hardship to achieve spiritual advancement |
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| A very ascetic Indian religion; atheist, dualist, non-injury to animals; Mahavira was its major proponent in the 6th century B.C.E. |
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| Hindu book composed between the 1st century B.C.E. and the 2nd century C.E. in the wake of the Upanishads, Buddhism, and Jainism; it accepted karma and transmigration, but discourage the mystical approach to salvation, defending instead devotion to caste duties and theistic devotion to specific deities |
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