Christian Thought: Christian Theology & Philosophy
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Introduction
An Outline of the Bible
Verse Observations
The Ultimate Question
Theology
Cosmic Law
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Good & Evil/Pain & Suffering
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God Using Evil for Good
Sacrifice & Mortification
Judges: Irony & Meaninglessness
Spiritual & Physical//Natural & Supernatural
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Grace vs Work
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The Sabbath
Angels
(About) the Divine Plan/Fate & Free Will
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The Interwovenness of Human Lives & Their Inevitable Mutual Effects on Each Other – aka The Ripple Effect
Faith in God's Will
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Prayer
Tests to Determine God's Will or Approval
The (Actual) Divine Plan (Biblical History)
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Necessity of the Law & a Chosen Nation
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Importance of Sacrifices & the Nature of Holiness/Determination of Guilt, Under the Law
The Mosaic Law
Theological History
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Jewish Beliefs as Relates to Christianity
The Creation
Eschatology
The Attributes of God and His Character
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The Trinity
Sin & Salvation
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Original Sin
Predestination and the Elect
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Losing One’s Salvation/Falling from Grace/Apostasy/Perseverance
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Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
Sin & Guilt
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Collective Guilt/National Sin
Reward & Punishment; Mercy
The Afterlife
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Heaven/the New Creation
Hell
Purgatory & the Harrowing of Hell
The Christian Life
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Receiving the Holy Spirit
Persecution & Hardship
Christian Ethics
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Marriage & Celibacy
Demon Possession & Activity
Determining the Truth of Christianity
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The Sinlessness and Perfection of God — Accusations against God
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Concerning Reward & Punishment
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Sweeping the Innocent Away with the Wicked/Many Suffer for the Sin of One
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The Innocent Punished for the Sins of the Wicked (to Punish the Wicked)
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Punishing the Children for the Father’s Sin
Harshness
Manipulation of Free Will (to the Person’s Damnation)
The Law of God Flawed
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Sins against Love (Revenge Seeking)
Unjust Warfare/War
Racism & Slavery
Sexism
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Theology of the Sexes
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Women’s Gender Role
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Submission
Male Chauvinism
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Unequal Opportunity/Deprivation of Rights
Polygamy
Women’s Chastity
Rape & Sex Slavery
Sins of People in the Bible (that Reflect Poorly on God)
Can We Take the Bible Seriously?
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The Creation of the Canon
False Prophecy/Broken Promises
Contradictions in the Bible
False Reasoning
Ambiguous/Strange/Bizarre Passages of the Bible
Philosophy
Spiritual & Physical//The Natural & Supernatural
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Mind & Body
Thinking & Doing
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Work
Metaphysics
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Reality
Generalities vs Exceptions
The Problem of Relativity
The Problem of the Distribution of Goodies (Randomness)
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Natural & Inevitable Inequality/The Unequal Distribution Wealth
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Communism
Cause & Effect/Human Action & Reaction
Beauty
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Art
Mathematics & Logic
Science & the Natural Laws
Epistemology/Faith
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Atheism
Idealism
Asceticism & False Religion
Man
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Created in the Image of God (Comparing Humans & Animals)
Sinful Nature
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Levels of the Will
Psychology
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The Conscious & Subconscious
Personality
Stages of Life
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Death
Society
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Hermitism
The Sexes
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Men
Women
History of the World
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How Ideas & Knowledge Spread
Ethics
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Good & Evil
Happiness
Love
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Romantic Love
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Sexuality
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Homosexuality
Death
Observation: Why should we listen to somebody's last words, or protect their reputation after their death?