Human Situation

Human Situation

Pelagius
1. halfway between Augustine and Calvin
  1. Pelagius' belief is that original sin did not taint human nature and that motral will is still capable of choosing evil without special Divine
  2. He believed the Fall is a good thing
  3. Humans were created mortal, death is natural
    1. Original Sin was simply Adam's sin and not the sin of all humanity
      1. Infants are born without the need for baptism
Calvin
1. Predestination
  1. Double Predestination
  2. Doctrrine of Divine Election
    1. some are destined for a relationship with God while some are not
2. "the eternal decree of God, by which he determined that he wished to make of every man."
Marx
1. Economic situation
  1. religioin is an ilusion that provides reasons and excuses to keep society functioning in a certain way
2. "The religious world is but the reflex of the real world."
Irenaeus
1. Hick's developement
  1. Soul-making theodicy
  2. Analogy of the King and the Peasant Girl
  3. counterfactual hypothesis
    1. epistemic distance
Freud
1. ROLE OF GOD
  1. Guilt
    1. The Oedipus Complex/Primal Horde
    2. The Terrible Act - Animism
  2. Helplessness
    1. External forces of nature (floods etc.)
    2. Internal forces of nature (human instincts e.g. murder
    3. Longing for a father figure
  3. belief in God was an illusion based on wish fulfilment
Augustine
1. Fallen from God's grace
  1. Genesis 3
  2. 8 principles
    1. Privatio Boni
    2. Perfect Creator
    3. Free Will: The Fall
    4. Original Sin
    5. Deserve punishment
    6. Salvation
    7. Evil is unavoidable
    8. Aesthetic argument
2. Soul-deciding theodicy
Durkheim
1. Functionalism
2. focused on primitive religions as a way to explore the development of religious traditions and beliefs
  1. Totems
3. 'mode of action'

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