Logic (from Greek, logike, or logikos, that which belongs to intelligent speech
or to a well-functioning reason, ordered, systematized, intelligible)
1. the study of rules of exact reasoning, of the forms of sound or valid thought patterns.
2. the study and the application of the rules of inference to arguments or to system of thought.
Deism (originally from the Greek theos, god; translated into Latin as deus)
in general, the belief in the existence of God.
The term deism first used in Christianity by the Calvinists
during the later part of the sixteenth century; in England,
it appeared during the early seventeenth century.
For the most part, deism holds to the following beliefs:
1. God as the FIRSTCAUSE created the universe.
2. God has created the unchangeable laws by which the universe is governed.
3. God is in no way immanent in God’s creation, but totally different from it,
transcending it as, for example, a watchmaker transcends the watch he or she has made and set in motion.
4. reason is in harmony with revelation (or the relation must conform to reason).
5. the Bible must be analyzed according to reason, and its doctrines should not be made into mysteries.
6. God has a preordained plan for the universe; all things are predetermined.
7. the highest duty and sole aim of human life is to fulfill the purpose of the natural laws God has crated.
8. in some versions: God occasionally suspends physical laws in order to revitalize the natural system.
9. in some versions: God can intervene in the lives of humans, and provide grace and/or moral guidance.
Social contract theory (Hobbes) natural existence without a social contract means a state of war of one against all; no one would have property, rights, or claims.
One must submit oneself to a contract for self-preservation and protection (guaranteed by a being, or other source of military and legal power, to which allegiance and financial support are given).
| Last Updated: 10/19/22 |