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According to Daniel C. Dennet, is religion good for the world?
According to Daniel C. Dennet, is religion good for the world?
Yes, according to Daniel C. Dennet, religion is good for the world.
Religious leaders do not use the fear of God to get adherents to listen to them.
Religious leaders do not use the fear of God to get adherents to listen to them.
False (B)
Morality is a good basis for religion
Morality is a good basis for religion
False (B)
The religion that believes in the plurality of divine beings or gods is called ______.
The religion that believes in the plurality of divine beings or gods is called ______.
What is henotheism?
What is henotheism?
According to the "The God Up There" concept, where is God located?
According to the "The God Up There" concept, where is God located?
According to the "The God Out There" concept, God is subject to the laws of the world.
According to the "The God Out There" concept, God is subject to the laws of the world.
What is omnipotence?
What is omnipotence?
God's existence can be due to another.
God's existence can be due to another.
Is God not subject to the fundamental law of time?
Is God not subject to the fundamental law of time?
Define the term God.
Define the term God.
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Polytheism
Polytheism
Belief in multiple divine beings or gods.
Henotheism
Henotheism
Worship of one god out of many, often the god of one's tribe.
Monotheism
Monotheism
Belief that one's own god is the sole creator of everything.
Pantheism
Pantheism
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The God Up There
The God Up There
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The God Out There
The God Out There
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Omnipotence
Omnipotence
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Omnibenevolence
Omnibenevolence
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Self-Existence
Self-Existence
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Separation
Separation
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Independent
Independent
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Eternal
Eternal
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Adding Agency
Adding Agency
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Passage of Beliefs
Passage of Beliefs
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Evolution of Stewardship
Evolution of Stewardship
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Professing Belief
Professing Belief
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Appreciating one's faith
Appreciating one's faith
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Absolute Possibility
Absolute Possibility
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Absolute Impossibilty
Absolute Impossibilty
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Religious Requirement
Religious Requirement
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Moral Goodness
Moral Goodness
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Non Moral Goodness
Non Moral Goodness
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Dependent Existence
Dependent Existence
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Unintelligible Existence
Unintelligible Existence
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Divine Being
Divine Being
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Physical Laws
Physical Laws
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Divided existence
Divided existence
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Temporal Parts
Temporal Parts
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Law of Time
Law of Time
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Endless Temporal Existence
Endless Temporal Existence
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Study Notes
- Philosophy of Religion
An Evolutionary Account of Religion
- Written by Daniel C. Dennet
Religion
- Good for the world
- Brings out the best in a person
- Rooted in the the tendency to attribute agency to complicated animate objects
- Passage of beliefs from parents to children, which involved the role of elders
- Religious leaders use the fear of God to control adherents
- People don't verify claims of religion and go through the motions of belief
- May be good for one's health
- Not a good basis for basis for morality
Objectives
- Identify attributes of God that modern people seek
- Examine terms and ideas about religion and its effect the concept of God
- Develop ideas that appreciate one's faith or beliefs
Key Terms
- Polytheism: belief in multiple divine beings or gods
- Henotheism: worship of one god from many, such as a tribal god
- Monotheism: belief that one's own god created heaven, earth, and all people
- Pantheism: everything in existence has an inner nature that is one and the same in all things
Changing Monotheistic Ideas of God
- God Up There:
- Located in space above us, presumably at some definite distance from the earth, in heaven
- Envisions three realms or regions; heaven, earth, and hell.
- God Out There:
- Does not exist in any physical spot or region
- Separate from the world, not subject to its laws, judges it, and guides it accordingly
Attributes of God
- Omnipotence: the ability to do all things that are possible
- Can do all things that are in his power to do, involving no contradiction in terms
- God can do anything that is an absolute possibility and not inconsistent with any of his basic attributes, according to St. Thomas Aquinas
- Omnibenevolence: perfect goodness
- God deserves unconditional gratitude, praise, and worship
- Cannot cease to be perfectly good
- Perfect Goodness involves both moral goodness and non-moral goodness
- His commands are inherently morally right and morality is dependent on these commands
- Self-Existence
- Existence is explained by another, explained by nothing, or its existence is explained by itself
- God's existence is not due to another or nothing
- There's something about His very nature that makes Him exist
- Separation
- Rejects pantheism
- The divine being remains even if everything else is annihilated
- Separate from and independent of the world.
- Fundamental difference between the reality of God and the reality of the world.
- Independent
- Not governed by the physical laws of the universe: law of space and law of time
- One's being cannot be divided and exist in many place, dimension, or moment
- Whole, beginning-less, and endless life is present at each moment and place
- Eternal
- To have endless temporal existence, without beginning or end, involving infinite duration
- Being is not broken up into temporary parts and not subject to the law of time
- Is not subject to time
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Notes on Daniel C. Dennett's evolutionary explanation of religion, its influence, and its function. Religious leaders utilize the fear of God to exert control over followers. Appreciate how faith and beliefs affect the concept of God.
