| Question |
Answer |
| Decalogue |
Greek name for the Hebrew Ten Commandments |
| Torah |
Hebrew name for the first five books of the Bible |
| Yahweh |
Hebrew Name for God |
| John Calvin |
French reformer who set up a theocracy in Geneva |
| Henry VII |
English reformer who set up the Church of England |
| Martin Luther |
German reformer who nailed up the 95 theses to the Church doors at Wittenburg, Germany on Oct 31, 1519 |
| New Age |
a more common name for Cosmic Humanism |
| Eupraxophy Centers |
centers for Secular Humanists to gather and discuss ideas |
| General Revelation |
God’s communication about Himself to all peoples at all times in all places |
| Special Revelation |
God’s particular manifestations about Himself that are available now only through consultation of the sacred Scriptures |
| Islam |
means 'submission' |
| Muslim |
means 'one who submits' |
| Religious Pluralism |
the idea that all religions should be tolerated because no particular one can be correct |
| Gaia Hypothesis |
the belief that the whole earth and the whole universe is really one organism |
| Thesis |
old way of doing things |
| Antithesis |
new way of doing things |
| Synthesis |
compromised way of doing things |
| Deconstruction |
the belief that a writing should not be studied for what it was intended but is open completely to however the reader wishes to read it |
| Origin of Morality, according to Christians |
from God's character |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics |
while the amount of energy in the universe is always the same, the amount of usable energy is always decreasing |
| Intermediate Forms |
'species between species' |
| Christianity's Theology |
Trinitarian Theism |
| Islam's Theology |
Unitarian Theism |
| Secular Humanism's Theology |
Atheism |
| Marxism's Theology |
Atheism |
| Cosmic Humanism's Theology |
Pantheism |
| Postmodernism's Theology |
Atheism/Agnosticism |
| Christianity's Philosophy |
Supernaturalism |
| Islam's Philosophy |
Supernatualism |
| Secular Humanism's Philosophy |
Naturalism |
| Marxism's Philosophy |
Naturalism |
| Cosmic Humanism's Philosophy |
Non-naturalism |
| Postmodernism |
Anti-realism |
| Christianity's Ethics |
Moral Absolutes |
| Islam's Ethics |
Moral Absolutes |
| Secular Humanism's Ethics |
Moral Relativism |
| Marxism's Ethics |
Proletariat Morality |
| Cosmic Humanism's Ethics |
Karma |
| Postmodernism's Ethics |
Cultural Relativism |
| Young Earth Creationism |
Belief that the Earth is 6,000 – 10,000
years old.
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| Age-Day Theory |
Belief that the Earth was created over
six large periods of time.
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| Gap Theory |
Belief that there are two creation
accounts found in Genesis.
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| Theistic Evolution |
Belief that God used the natural
processes of evolution to create the
universe.
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