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Site: Becker Bible Teacher Resources
Course: Becker Bible Teacher Resources (Scholar)
Glossary: Main Glossary
PHILOSOPHY (THOUGHT)

Commitment

A decision to embrace an obligation or effort whose principles or beliefs are based upon emotions, mind, and will (See Ethics)

Conclusion

A claim that is made which is supported by either true or false facts.

Conviction

Strong beliefs that create solid choices of thought and action that one would be willing, if necessary, to die for (See Ethics)

Deductive

A type of argument that offers a premise(s) which seems to provide complete support for the conclusion. A deductive argument is known as a valid argument when all its premises are true, which makes the conclusion true.(See Inductive)

Deductive Fallacy

A deductive argument that is invalid (true premises but false conclusion). (See Inductive Fallacy)

Desire

The yearning to have what is loved1 (See Joy, Fear, Sadness)

 

 

Reference:

Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, The City of God, trans., Marcus Dods, Modern Library Paperback ed. (New York: Random House, Inc., 2000), 449.

 

Divini Redemptoris

(Latin for Divine Redemption) The opening words and title of the encyclical of Pope Pius XI issued in 1937 on Communism

Ebionism

A movement of Jews which believed in the Lord Jesus Christ until the fourth century; however, they regarded Jesus Christ as simply a human being and nothing more. They believed that Jesus replaced the sacrifice in the Temple, with the requirement to obey the law through his teachings. They regarded Paul and the Gentile form of Christianity as a heretical movement. The Jewish Christian movement existed around Jerusalem and perhaps Persia; to Christians, they were considered a minor, heretical sect. (Hill, 64)

Bibliography

Hill, Jonathan. Zondervan Handbook to the History of Christianity. Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2006.

Ethics

The principles of right and wrong that guide moral duty, obligation, and decision making.

Ethic levels range from smallest to largest strength order.The stronger the level for the basis of ethics, the more effective and true the ethics become:

1) Idea - An attractive thought, concept, or theory that is uniquely novel to the thinker

2) Opinion - An estimation, judgment, or idea that is tied to emotions

3) Belief - A faith, strong inclination, or principle that is based upon thoughtful reflection without emotional weight

4) Commitment - A decision to embrace an obligation or effort whose principles or beliefs are based upon emotions, mind, and will

5) Conviction - Strong beliefs that create solid choices of thought and action that one would be willing, if necessary, to die for

6) Spiritual Conviction - Ethics that do not change and are based upon a foundation that is beyond the personal preferences of an individual. The Word of God is the only foundation of Truth that true spiritual conviction is based.

Factual Error

Wrong about facts without reaching the level of fallacy in an argument.