PHL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jinn, Edwin Hubble, World View
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Lecture, reading/chapter/novel/article during class, power point, movies (if need to collect info. ) That which exists behind the cosmos definitions changes depending on religion. Human existence: **symbolic not historical/linguistical still has meaning today even though material is archaic, symbols transcend historical critique, first book of the hebrew bible, first book of. Chapters 2, 6 and following, represent pre-existent matter. Cosmos: material cause analogy = spider would be the material cause of its web, created out of pre-existent matter, or, created out of nothing by his word, in either case, god is not the material cause (potter analogy) Theory of time: there is a beginning in time, and we all think in linear time for the most part (contrasts. Hinduism which is cyclical: god revealed himself to various prophets along the line of time, god is transcendent apart from his creation. Only known in his revelation: but, god is also immanent (indwelling) in his.