Hinduism
The term "Hindu" was originally a geographical identifier for people living east of this river.
What is the Indus River?
The name of the angel whom Smith claimed revealed to him the location of the gold plates on the Hill Cumorah
Who is Moroni?
This argument against God's existence claims that suffering and cruelty make an almighty, loving God impossible
What is the Problem of Evil?
Christian Mystics distinguish between the historical Jesus and this cosmic reality
What is the "Universal Christ"?
This is the core "Identity Claim" of Pantheism
What is that God is identical to the totality of the universe?
In Hindu philosophy, this is the term for the formless, impersonal Ultimate Reality.
What is Brahman?
According to witnesses, this physical instrument was used by Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon by placing it in a hat
What is a "Seer Stone"?
The positive claim and belief that there are no gods
What is "Positive" or "Strong" Atheism?
Mysticism claims humanity has never been separate from God, while Orthodoxy claims we suffer from this
What is Original Sin?
For the universe to be considered a "mind," it must exhibit this
What is Cognitive Unity?
This is the term for the individual soul, which is believed to be identical in essence to the Ultimate Reality?
What is Atman?
In 1820, Joseph Smith claimed to have a "First Vision" in a grove located in this state
What is New York?
The "Problem of Induction" refers to the fact that atheistic materialism cannot logically guarantee that this will happen
What is that the future will be like the past?
Complete the mystical claim: "God loves things by..."
What is "becoming them"?
This model of pantheism suggests everything is a "mode" of one single substance like spacetime
What is Substance-Mode Pantheism?
Vishnu is believed to descend to earth in various forms to restore order as one of these
What is an Avatar?
In 1841 Joseph taught that God is an exalted man during a burial ceremony known as this.
What is the King Follett Discourse?
This phrase describes unbelievers using Christian concepts like logic and morality while denying the God who makes them possible
What is borrowed capital?
While mysticism relies on "Contemplative Recognition," historic Orthodoxy relies on God communicating through language, known as this (A.K.A. The Bible)
What is Special Revelation?
Pantheists often argue that this emotion serves as a "rational compass" to detect the divine nature of reality
What is awe?
The "Snake and the Rope" analogy used in Advaita Vedanta is used to illustrate this
What is that we misperceive the Rope (Brahman) as a Snake (the physical world) due to ignorance. The "snake" is an illusion; in the same way the physical world is an illusion.
Mormonism claims divine authority was restored through these two specific Priesthoods
What are the Aaronic and Melchezidek?
This atheistic worldview asserts that there are an infinite number of physical "bits" of reality with no immaterial mind or laws
What is Materialistic Atomism?
The orthodox doctrine that Jesus is truly God and truly man in one person
In "Qualified Personal Pantheism," individual human minds are described as this
What are holes in god?