Philosophy

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basic beliefs about things.�

1. A Faith Commitment:

� Augustine: �City of God� (faith in and love for God, who is Truth, Justice, and so on, first) and �City of the World� (faith in or love for oneself first, which is to love a lie and injustice)
� Let�s say justice means loving each thing or person as he, she or it ought to be treated (which is in turn determined either by a necessary aspect of God�s very nature or simply His free choice). Accordingly, man is just if he loves God more than himself and unjust if he doesn�t, for example.
o Goal for Christians is to know how we should act towards other beings.
o Loving each thing as God loves it, or knowing each thing like God knows it.
o There is hierarchy at the base of creation
o Humans high, then animals�, then rocks�.etc.
� Life is fundamentally religious: Everyone belongs to one of the two �cities� and each city is defined by its affective direction or love. Christians are of the City of God: they love ...

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creation, (b) sin and (c) redemption

(a) Creation:

� God sovereign over, and deeply concerned with, all His good creation (incl. philosophy).
� All of God�s creation (animate and inanimate) is �subject� to God the King�s �creational law� These are norms /principles of �Natural Law� (e.g. �don�t murder�) and laws of nature (e.g. gravity) and these laws may be general (e.g. �don�t murder� or �gravity�) or particular (e.g.) �sacrifice your son, Isaac�or�Jesus walked on water�).
o Other gods request child sacrifice
o Abraham enters Egypt and is afraid of pharaoh�doesn�t trust God to protect him to makes Sarah pretend that she is his sister
o Pharaoh asks why didn�t you ...

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