Judeo Christian influences
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- Created on: 15-12-15 18:03
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- Judeo-Christian influences:
- God as a creator:
- The concept of God as creator:
- 1. "six days"version- God creating my word
- God said, "light& dark,waters above& below sky, heaven separated from earth"
- 2. Story of Adam& Eve- God moulding/crafting things into existence
- 1. "six days"version- God creating my word
- Bible:
- 1. God causes universe to exist
- 2. God responsible for universe coming to existence,sustaining it
- 3.God responsible for everything in universe
- 2. God responsible for universe coming to existence,sustaining it
- 1. God causes universe to exist
- God set apart from universe- Trancendent
- GEN 1.
- Concerned with creation of universe
- God able to create via word alone-omipotence
- Shows that God pre-exists creation of world
- GEN 2.
- Creation of Adam& Eve(The Fall)
- Differ from GEN1. - God pictured super-human way- Anthropomorphically- walking
- Adam created/crafted
- "Of dust from the earth and is breathed into the breath of life"
- Purpose of mankind
- "The Lord God took man& put him in GOE"
- God- Crasftman
- Skilled builder- JOB 38= Seen as designer-laid foundations of earth
- GEN 2.- Making Adam-
- "From dust is likened to a potter shaping the clay"
- Human-like image of God- Anthrompomorphic
- "From dust is likened to a potter shaping the clay"
- Relationship between man& God - Reward or punish
- CREATIO EX NIHILO
- The concept of God as creator:
- The Goodness of God:
- "God is good"
- Actions in bible reflects
- Story of Hannah- Prays to god (child)
- Shows God's goodness, accepts prayers- benefits people
- Story of Hannah- Prays to god (child)
- Morally perfect
- Care shown through activity in world
- Commands of God seen as good
- Story of Abraham-God tells to sacrifice son. immoral?
- 10 commandants- matter of moral action
- Actions in bible reflects
- Problems raised- God's goodness
- Can there be good despite all evil in the world?
- God as a law-giver& judge:
- God= Morally perfect- Source of all goodness
- God= Perfectly good- Lacks nothing, ultimate standard of goodness
- Giving laws- show compassion to humanity
- God seen as judge who will bring escatological justice- Primary enforcer
- Exodus 20- 10 commandments
- EUTYRPHRO DILEMMA :
- Richard: Goodness is what God is identified with- the idea of God existing without goodness is asburd
- DIVINE COMMAND THEROY
- "God is good"
- God as a creator:
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