Philosophy of Religion and Belief Systems

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What does existentialism primarily focus on?

  • The validity of religious doctrines
  • Individual freedom and choice (correct)
  • The existence of a deity or deities
  • The separation of state and religion

Which term describes the belief that the existence of God cannot be known?

  • Theism
  • Agnosticism (correct)
  • Nihilism
  • Atheism

What term refers to the abandonment of a religious belief?

  • Secularism
  • Apostasy (correct)
  • Transcendence
  • Dogma

What does secularism advocate for?

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Which philosophical notion most closely aligns with a rejection of all religious and moral principles?

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Agnosticism

The belief that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable.

Conversion

The process of changing or causing something to change from one form to another.

Theism

Belief in the existence of a god or gods.

Secularism

The principle of separation of the state from religious institutions.

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Existentialism

A philosophical theory focusing on individual freedom and choice.

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Study Notes

Agnosticism

  • Belief that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable.

Conversion

  • Process of changing something from one form to another.

Theism

  • Belief in the existence of a god or gods.

Secularism

  • Principle of separating state from religious institutions.

Existentialism

  • Philosophical theory emphasizing individual freedom and choice.

Dogma

  • Principle or principles declared incontrovertibly true by an authority.

Apostasy

  • Abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.

Transcendence

  • Existence or experience beyond the physical level.

Nihilism

  • Rejection of religious and moral principles, often believing life is meaningless.

Epistemology

  • Theory of knowledge, focusing on its methods, validity, and scope.

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