What does it mean to think critically and philosophically about religions and the religious experience?
What significant questions does this process involve asking?
- Thinking critically and philosophically about religions and the religious experience entails examining the epistemological foundations for religious beliefs, the cogency and coherence of their metaphysics, the intelligibility and appropriateness of their ethical systems.
- Some significant questions include:
- How do we respond to differing claims to religious truth? Must there be only one true religion?
- Are there compelling proofs or evidence for the existence of God (or Gods)?
- Is reason relevant to religious faith?
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a. job performance. b. job discrimination. c. job analysis. d. job description
When some people wondered about whether or not Ignatius's preaching was faithful to "the original documents," he insisted that his original document was
A) Holy Scripture B) the Spirit speaking through him C) Jesus Christ D) ancient original manuscipts
Which of the following is a Kantian argument against discrimination?
A. Since the least advantaged in a society would be better off in a nondiscriminatory society than in one that discriminates, the rational person would see that nondiscrimination is morally preferable. B. People are treated as members of class with a certain characteristic, not as persons. They are not ends in themselves, but because of that characteristic, they are denied equal treatment and respect. C. The dominant class has a desire to maintain its superiority and its class prerogatives. D. Systematic discrimination produces a class of people who are arguably treated unjustly. Other groups in the society will also have cause to worry about whether they will be the next group to be discriminated against. On the whole, more harm than good is done.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
The inference from "Some capitalists are not wealthy people" to "Some wealthy people are not capitalists" is a valid inference.