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SIRE EXAM

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christian theism- #1- prime reality We have a God that is infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, personal, triune, good
christian theism- #2- External Reality we are created as an objective uniformity of cause and effect in an open system
christian theism- #3- Human Beings created in the image of God - personal; capacity for intelligence, morality, creativity, responsible to God-- fallen, redeemable but not necessarily redeemed
christian theism- #4- Death either we have eternal life with God or no life at alll
christian theism- #5- Knowledge possible because of human godlikeness, the one who know all made us to be sometimes knowing, revelation from scripture
christian theism- #6- Morality possible because of human godlikeness, Gods character and commands are the standard
christian theism- #7- History concrete realization of Gods purposes for humankind - the building of the kingdom of God
christian theism- #8- Core Commitments to glorify God, enjoy Him forever, seek the kingdom of God first
deism #1- Prime Reality God is infinite, impersonal, first cause, clockmaker
deism #2- External Reality created as an objective uniformity of cause and effect in a closed system- clockwork
deism #3- Human Beings personal but still clockwork, considered to be an agent who can effect changes
deism #4- Death there could be existence after death or there could not be
deism #5- Knowledge possible though human reason, people can know both nature and the clockmaker through nature but there is no revelation from scripture
deism #6- Morality human reason and intuition allow ethical knowledge
deism #7- History made by human choices and generally advances to good society
deism #8- Core Commitments to use human reason to promote human flourishing
naturalism #1- Prime Reality physical material only, matter in motion or a complex of matter and energy(God or no God)
naturalism #2- External Reality same as prime reality, objective unity of cause and effect in a closed system
naturalism #3- Human Beings structure of matter and energy brought into being through undesigned, totally natural processes over a long period of time, a mystery not understood
naturalism #4- Death no life after death
naturalism #5- Knowledge a capacity developed over a long period of natural evolution, no revelation from scripture
naturalism #6- Morality the individual and societal construction of human beings
naturalism #7- History history means only what human beings imagine it to mean
naturalism #8- Core Commitments to live and determine ones own destiny by autonomous human reason
NIHILISM Answer to questions *nothing*
Eastern Monism #1- Prime Reality a oneness behind all distinctions of space and time, good and evil, illusion and reality
eastern monism #2- External Reality material reality is an illusion, a projection of the one into the many
eastern monism #3- Human Beings a spark of the divine capable of being reunited with ultimate reality
eastern monism #4- Death reincarnation based on how one has lived: karma
eastern monism #5- Knowledge a participation in the illusory character of external reality. there is no knowledge as such
eastern monism #6- Morality no final distinction between good or evil
eastern monism #7- History human life has no determinate purpose as such, the goal of each person is to get off the wheel of reincarnation and be united with ultimate reality
eastern monism #8- Core Commitments to return to ones origin i the infinite-impersonal one
the new age #1- Prime Reality a divine whatever, for any further definition it is dependent on the language, culture, society etc. ever shifting as time, place, and person change
the new age #2- External Reality a materialization of whatever, God and cosmos are identical
the new age #3- Human Beings a division within prime reality manifest as an individual self in material form, exhibiting both material and spiritual characteristics
the new age #4- Death nothing essential happens, individuals are reunited with the whatever
the new age #5- Knowledge individual, personal experience is the final authority. most authoritative experience is ecstasy
the new age #6- Morality there is no final distinction between good or evil, evil is an illusion
the new age #7- History human history is of little interest, focus is on each individual and the immediate future
the new age #8- Core Commitments to enhance the individual self
postmodernism #1- Prime Reality not a direct object of knowledge , identification depends on ones language
postmodernism #2- External Reality same as prime reality, a part of everyones language system
postmodernism #3- Human Beings constructed by he languages people used by and about people
postmodernism #4- Death personal extinction most probable, though one never knows
postmodernism #5- Knowledge no one knows anything, ones understanding is constructed and limited by their language
postmodernism #6- Morality totally humanistic, the result of socially and linguistically constructed patterns of desire, thought, and behavior
postmodernism #7- History no meaning or purpose to life except those we construct, all metanarratives are dubious and oppresive
postmodernism #8- Core Commitments to learn to fashion and use language that will get each person what they want
Islamic #1- Prime Reality allah is God, infinite, one, transcendent, omniscient, sovereign and good
islamic #2- External Reality created ex nihilo as an objective uniformity of cause and effect in a closed system. nothing else happens but allah's decrees
islamic #3- Human Beings pinnacle of allah's creation with responsibility to live up to the standards
islamic #4- Death resurrection to judgement based entirely on one's deeds, resulting in an afterlife either in paradise or hell
islamic #5- Knowledge knowledge is limited by sovereign decrees, allah has endowed human beings with the capability of knowledge by means of reason and senses
islamic #6- Morality right and wrong is based on the Qur'an
islamic #7- History demonstrates allah's absolute sovereignty and allows humans to demonstrate their submission to him
islamic #8- Core Commitments submission to allah in all areas of life
examples of christian theism Gods Grandeur by Gerard Hopkins, Psalm 139
examples of deism clockmakers, Einstein as a sophisticated scientific form of deism, flew and havel as philosophic forms
examples of naturalism Jack London's "to build a fire" (the video with the dog in the cold) Charles Taylor
examples of nihilism Joe vs the volcano, samuel beckett "breath", the matrix
examples of existentialism Camus, Kierkegaard, iron giant as superman(uses actions to be what he says he is)
examples of eastern monism meditating in front of a light
examples of postmodernism family guy, bridgerton, metallica, the office, think of the building that looks like absolute chaos
examples of the new age the center of a cyclone illustration, 2001 ending "the star child",
examples of islamic the qur'an
existentialism #2- External Reality atheistic- accepts naturalisms answers to 1,4,5,6,7 CT-accepts theisms answers to 1,2,3,4,6,8 A- the cosmos is composed solely of matter, appears in 2 forms: subjective and objective
existentialism #3- Human Beings A- humans are complex machines, people make themselves who they are
existentialism #5- Knowledge CT- knowledge is subjectivity, the whole truth is often paradoxical
existentialism #7- History CT- history as a record of events is uncertain and unimportant, but as a model is of supreme importance
existentialism #8- Core Commitments A- they are responsible only to themselves
how some worldviews are related postmodernism comes after modernism(naturalism and deism)post wwII, it wanted to deconstruct narratives deism came from scientific thinking, influenced by scientific revolution in the 16-17 centuries, existentialism comes from nihilism in late 17 century
timeline {christian theism--> deism--> naturalism-->nihilism--> existentialism}- western ideas-->( eastern monism-->new age--> postmodernism--> islam)- eastern ideas
Created by: msilbe
 

 



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