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== Topic 5: View of God matters? == | == Topic 5: View of God matters? == | ||
'''Question''': What difference does our view of God make? (Be sure to do more research into the issue. If the group cannot come to a consensus, feel free to each express your own opinions.) | '''Question''': What difference does our view of God make? (Be sure to do more research into the issue. If the group cannot come to a consensus, feel free to each express your own opinions.) | ||
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Topic 5: View of God matters?
Question: What difference does our view of God make? (Be sure to do more research into the issue. If the group cannot come to a consensus, feel free to each express your own opinions.)
Candice Jarvis's contribution: What difference does our view of God make?
I. Overview 8 dominant views of God
A. Monotheism
B. Polytheism
C.Henotheism
D. Pantheism
E. Deism
F. Atheism
G. Agnosticism
H.Trinitarian Monotheism
1. Unique to Christianity
2. Arguments for and against the trinity
3. Critics of Trinity
a.Judaism
b. Arianism
c. Islam
d. Jehovah's Witnesses
e. Mormonism
f. Unitarianism
4. Modern Denominational Statements about Trinity
- One doctrine that all denominations of Christianity agree on
5. Other aspects of God
II. Different views of God within Christianity
A. 4 views
1. Authoritarian God
2. Critical God
3. Distant God
4. Benevolent God
III. Explain Benevolent God and why we believe
- Use refrences from Waking the Dead, The Sacred Romance, etc.
B. Findings of Baylor University studies of social actions and religious ties