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Philosophy
Proofs
Attributes
Isms
Names
100
The rational study of religious beliefs by scholars committed to those beliefs
What is theology?
100
An argument for God's existence based on the nature of his being
What is an ontological argument?
100
A god who is found within the universe and inside time
What is immanent?
100
Belief in a god who created the universe but then lets it run by itself
What is deism?
100
Had five ways to prove the existence of God
Who is Thomas Aquinas?
200
The branch of philosophy that concerns itself with moral issues
What is ethics?
200
An argument for God's existence based on the order observed in the world
What is a teleological argument, or argument from design?
200
A god who is outside of and beyond the universe and time
What is transcendent?
200
Belief in a god who created the universe and continues to be involved with the world and its people
What is theism?
200
Developed the ontological argument
Who is Anselm?
300
The area of philosophy that studies the rules of correct reasoning
What is logic?
300
An argument for God's existence based on causation
What is a cosmological argument, or argument for a First Cause?
300
A god who is all-powerful
What is omnipotent?
300
Belief in a god who is identical with the universe
What is pantheism?
300
Compared the universe to a watch, which must have a maker
Who is William Paley?
400
The area of philosophy that studies knowledge
What is epistemology?
400
An argument for God's existence based on the presence of motion
What is a cosmological argument, or argument for a First Mover?
400
A god who knows everything
What is omniscient?
400
Belief that there is no god
What is atheism?
400
Argued that God must exist so that morality would make sense
Who is Immanuel Kant?
500
The area of philosophy that addresses the problem of what is real
What is metaphysics?
500
An argument which claims that if nothing existed necessarily, nothing would exist now
What is an argument from necessity?
500
A god who is perfectly good
What is omnibenevolent?
500
Belief that it is not possible to know whether there is a god or not
What is agnosticism?
500
Said that belief in God is a personal choice, and no proof is possible
Who is Soren Kierkegaard?