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The Nature of God

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Introduction:
"Approximately 85% of the world's population believes in the existence of 'God', 'gods', or simply - the 'divine' (Source: CIA World Factbook). However, their beliefs about its *nature* aren't the same..."


1. What is the 'study of the nature of the divine' called?
    Answer: (One word; eight letters; starts with a 'T'; the answer is there in the next question!)


2. From which religion did the term 'theology' originate?
    Zoroastrianism
    Islam
    Christianity
    Hinduism


3. A certain sect of people believe that God does exist, but doesn't intervene in the world and its functioning. God just created the world in a certain way, and left it at that. They don't believe in either miracles or revelations. What are these people called?
    Deists
    Atheists
    Agnostics
    Maltheists


4. There is a certain belief that God *does* exist, but is very much unlike what most perceive God to be: instead, God is cruel, arrogant, abusive, and a liar. God is not worthy of worship. What is this belief called?
    Maltheism
    Logical Empiricism
    Atheism
    Animism


5. ___ is the belief that everything in the universe, including plants, animals, minerals, air, water, fire and earth, is inhabited by spirits.
    Dualism
    Logical Empiricism
    Agnosticism
    Animism


6. This belief says that there is only *one* God, which may or may not be manifested in the forms of the 'gods' of various religions. What is it called?
    Monolatrism
    Polytheism
    Monotheism
    Dualism


7. Kathenotheism means the worship of one god at a time. Different gods are worshipped, depending on the kathenotheist's locality and the time. By whom was the term 'kathenotheism' coined?
    Max Mueller
    Rousseau
    George Washington
    Voltaire


8. The belief that 'God is the universe' and 'the universe is God' is called ___ .
    Deism
    Pantheism
    Atheism
    Logical Empiricism


9. There is a belief that while there is a 'perfectly good' God, there is also an evil deity of equal strength. What is this belief called?
    Logical Empiricism
    Henothism
    Dualism
    Atheism


10. What is the fundamental belief in the existence of a 'God' or 'gods' or 'the divine' called?
    Atheism
    Theism
    Agnosticism
    Logical Empiricism


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