God mindmap

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  • God
    • monotheism
      • Belief in one God
        • (Isaiah 43:10)"I am He,before me no God was formed,nor shall there be any after me"
          • Shema prayer-The lord our God is one"
        • Old testament beliefs about there being multiple Gods
          • God being the head of a pantheon of Gods-old testament
        • ethical monothesism
          • covenant-formal agreement between Israel and God they promised obedience-Moses receiving the ten commandments
            • Following the teachings links to salvation -being saved from sin
    • omnipotent
      • God can do anything
        • God can do anything logically possible
    • God as creator
      • Ex- Neo
        • christian view that the universe comes out of God's own being
          • This rejects God's transcendence
      • Ex-nihilo
        • God created the universe from nothing
          • "Let there be light"
            • Genesis 1 creation stories
          • God as the controller of all things
            • God sustaining the universe meaning that he holds it in existence
              • supported by psalm 104:5 where God"set the earth on it's foundations, so it should never be shaken"
                • God as omniscient
                  • Christians beliefs about God knowing the past ,present and future
                    • Theological determinism-the future is fixed so we do not have free will
                      • Aquinas' view-God exists timelessly but he lets us have free will to make our own choices
                        • God as transcendent and unknowable
                          • God exists outside of the space time universe
                            • supported in the bible-"My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways"
              • God also sustains human morality by providing humanity with the 10 commandments so they know how to live

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