Quotes (Theme 2) Flashcards

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What quotes support New Athiest criticisms of ‘non-thinking’?

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  • “Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence…Faith is not allowed to justify itself by argument”
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What quotes support Harry’s definition of religious experiences?

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  • “…usually induces in the person concerned a conviction that the everyday world is not the whole reality; there is another dimension to life…awareness of its presence affects the persons view of the world. It alters behaviour and changes attitudes”
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What quote supports religious community as a promotion of faith value system?

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  • “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength and love your neighbour as yourself”
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What quotes support present day worship rituals?

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  • “Ritual is probably the most common source of religious experiences for the majority of people
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What quotes support faith restoring?

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  • “Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing”
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What quotes support the renewal of commitment to religious ideals and doctrines?

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  • “…a process of religious change, which transforms the way the individual perceives the rest of society and his or her personal place in it, altering ones view of the worlds”
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