God the Father, Mentor's Guide, MG06

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G O D T H E F A T H E R

Theological Visions and Approaches (continued)

C. Opposed by mind-body dualism

D. What of humanity as part of the creation, and life after death?

V. Deism

“Belief in a remote creator, uninvolved in the world whose mechanism he devised”

A. Stands for the abolition of dogma founded on alleged revelation

B. Promotes a natural religion with blessings bestowed on all by a beneficent God

C. Religion of moral law: “rationalists with a heart hunger for religion”

D. Non-christocentric worship of God

E. Ecclesiastical power as a hindrance of free thinking people

F. Fall and redemption is dismissed, its literary form regarded as crude, corrupt, and flawed

VI. Determinism

A. Scientific determinism – the form of every physical event is determined uniquely by the conjunction of events preceding it; discovering the interdependence and expressing it in laws.