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More Information About This
Worldview Theme |
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the theme is paired with: #14B Moral Arc of
Universe/Karma/Reincarnation
to make Choice
#16 in the Choices We Make cards
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| this theme as presented in
older version of theme
structure: version
1.0 version 2.0 version
3.0 theme new to version 4?--new name |
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click to look at the Project Worldview Cultural
Literacy Encyclopedia Related Words,
Beliefs, Background articles for the above choice |
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Project Worldview authored discussion,
Worldview Watch related issues, songs, etc. |
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Discussion from The Worldview
Literacy Book
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Songs!
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Worldview Watch #26: Worldviews,
Blasphemy, and
Bumper Stickers |
| Worldview
Watch #73, posted 6/28/2023 Battles Over Twisting Love into Hate |
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Wikipedia articles related to this theme:
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| conscience
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Divine
Judgment
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sin
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| afterlife |
rejects
eternal
oblivion upon death |
Righteousness
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| Guilt |
salvation
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Hell
in Christianity
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Heaven
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Hell |
Judgment Day
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| fear
of God |
Sharia (the moral code
and religious law of Islam) |
Fate
of the Unlearned
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Near
Death Experience
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Mutaween (re: Saudi
Arabian/Islamic morality police) |
Devil |
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Guilt
/ Shame / Fear Spectrum of Cultures |
The
Bridge at San Luis Rey by Thorton Wilder
(book with plot built around whether God is a moralist |
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worldview internal inconsistency related: Strongly valuing this
theme and any of the themes in the list below is a contradiction:
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| #1A Humbly
Unsure
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#1B Skeptic
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#4 Spreading Disinformation
/ Tactical Deception
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#5A Scientific
Materialism |
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Orderly & Explicable |
#7A
Mysticism
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#8A Monotheistic Deism |
#10 Secular
Humanism |
| #11A Fatalism
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#12A Polytheism,
Animism, Pagan
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#30
Imagination, Curiosity, Intellectual Freedom |
#32B Culture of
Tolerance
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| #37B Global Citizen
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#38 Love As Family
Glue
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#42 Ethical
Orientation
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#44B Hands Off My Body
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| #49B Idealistic Socialism
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#101A Mind Open, Vision
Global
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#102B Easy-Going,
Disorderly, Cavalier
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#104B
Respect for Nature
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| #202B Relaxed, Generous,
Loving
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#204A Freedom From Limits
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #14A:
Salvation & Moralistic God |
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"Sinners
in the Hands of An Angry God" (classic 1741 sermon by Jonathan
Edwards)
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Seek and Save
the Lost (website whose mission
is "to share the good news of Jesus Christ, which is the power of God
for the salvation from the penalty of sin and death") |
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"The
Meaning of Judgement"
essay by Kenneth Wapnick (a Course in Miracles
perspective) |
| What
Christian groups say about the afterlife: Heaven, Hell |
| What
Does the Bible Say About When God Will Judge Us? |
| Iran
investigates poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls with toxic gas
by Maryam Afshang (from BBC News Feb 28 2023)
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| Indonesia
bans sex outside marriage as parliament passes sweeping new criminal code
by Masrur Jamaluddin (CNN report Dec 5 2022)
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"Vatican
says it will not bless same-sex unions, calling them a 'sin'" (report
from CNN Mar 15 2021) |
| Heaven
and Hell by Bart Ehrman (Christian historical perspective; book review
by Glenn Altschuler on Psychology Today March 26 2020) |
| “The
No Hell Church” by J. Mark Worth (sermon by Harvard UU reverend
September 20 2019) |
| "Moralizing
Gods are the product rather than the drivers of social complexity" (Science
Daily report on research publ in Nature March 20 2019) |
| “Pope
To World: Hell Does Exist” by
Vanessa Romo (story on NPR Mar 30 2018)
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"The
Soul-Crushing Legacy of Billy Graham" by
Bob Moser (tormented
by voice of Billy Graham promising eternal damnation, Rolling Stone
Feb 23 2018 article) |
| "Evangelical
Leaders Release Anti-LGBTQ Statement On Human Sexuality" by Antonia
Blumberg (August
29 2017 The Huffington Post)
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| "Imam:
We Can't Imagine The Beauty of Paradise After Death" (Oct 8 2013
program, part of an NPR Series: Views of the Afterlife) |
| "Hell: Into Everlasting Fire"
(cover story in The Economist Dec 22 2012 issue) |
| It's
Hell Without Jesus (website urging you to "repent and believe in
Jesus" as "the only way to escape Hell") |
| Is
God a Severe Judge or a Merciful One? |
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God's Plan of
Salvation (Christian perspective) |
| "Seeking
Proof in Near Death Claims" (Oct 25 2010 Wall Street Journal story) |
| The
Case for Life After Death, by Peter Kreeft |
| Death:
The Final Mystery, by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe |
| Adam,
Eve, and the Serpent, by Elaine Pagels (excerpts from book about
development of original sin concept) |
| The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (more about this 1998
novel with moralistic missionary as a main character) |
| The
Concept of Original Sin in American History (from Science and Theology
News) |
| "Sudanese
Woman Sentenced to Death for Her Faith" by Katharine Lackey (May
15 2014 article on USA Today) |
| 70,000
Demonstrate in Dhaka Demanding Anti-Blasphemy Laws and Death to Atheists (May
6 2013 news report published on The Telegraph) |
| "The
Torturer's Apprentice" by Cullen Murphy (re: where moral
certainty can lead; article in Jan 2012 The Atlantic) |
| Pastor
Rob Bell: What If Hell Doesn't Exist? by Jon Meacham (Apr 14 2011 Time
cover story) |
| Megachurch
Preacher Joel Osteen Talks About Sin (Jan 27 2011 The Christian
Post story) |
| Iran:
Theocratic Troubles (report from The Economist November 19
2016) |
| God
is Watching You: How the Fear of God Makes Us Human by Dominic Johnson (review
of this 2016 book in The Economist Jan 23 2016)
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| Heaven:
Our Enduring Fascination with The Afterlife, by Lisa Miller (website
for this 2010 book) |
| Original
Sin: A Cultural History, by Alan Jacobs (review of this 2008 book) |
| "The
New Road to Hell," by Nancy Gibbs (essay in Time March 24
2008) |
| "A
Comeback for Confession," by Tim Padgett (article in Time
October 7 2007) |
| The
Gift of Sin, by Suzelle Lynch (UU perspective connects
sin with unconsciousness and forgetting who we are) |
| 10
Reasons to Believe in Life After Death |
| Frederic
Meyers - Proof of Life After Death |
| Life
After Death, by Karlis Osis, Ph.D |
| Strengths
and Weaknesses of Various Salvation Beliefs |
| "Is
God a Taoist?", by R. Smullyan |
| The
Deadly Dangers of Moralism, by John MacArthur (Christian perspective) |
| "Are
Heaven and Hell Only a State of Mind?" (forum offering various
responses to this question) |
| "Does
Heaven Exist?" by David van Biema (Mar 24 1997 Time cover
story) |
| Moralistic
Therapeutic Deism -- the New American Religion |
| Hereafter--the
Movie (imaginative creative speculations woven into entertaining film;
from online encyclopedia) |
| Indonesians
Ask If Calamities Are a Divine Rebuke, by Tom McCawley (July, 2006 CSM
article) |
| The
Purpose Driven Life (website of book from Christian author, Rick
Warren) |
| Can
We Be Good Without God? by Robert Buckman (info on this 2001 book) |
| The
Challenge of Cultural Relativism, by James Rachels (1993 essay) |
| "America's
Four Gods" -- Baylor University Religion Survey |
| The
Real Story behind the film Philomena
(NY Times report on 2013
film touches on moralistic God / no tolerance / faith-based vs. evidence
based themes)
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| quotes
related to salvation |
| quotes
related to hell |