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    is commanded by God. The theory asserts that what is moral is determined by God's commands and that for a person to be moral he is to follow God's commands...
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    moral standards, though dependent on God in some way, exist independently of God's will and prior to God's commands. Contemporary philosophers of religion...
    69 KB (9,593 words) - 09:18, 2 November 2024
  • because God commands it. This view is known as divine command theory, which states that moral truths are grounded in God's will or commands. According...
    138 KB (22,223 words) - 18:56, 29 October 2024
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    Ash'aris disagree on God's will (irāda) and God's command. According to the Mu'tazilites, God's commands are genuine expressions of God's will, while Ash'arites...
    5 KB (646 words) - 08:19, 27 October 2024
  • As God Commands (Italian: Come Dio сomanda) is a 2008 Italian drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores, based on novel of the same name by Niccolò Ammaniti...
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    Abraham is a true God-fearing man who is ready to fulfill any of God's commands, even to sacrifice his own son: When God commanded the father to desist...
    37 KB (4,467 words) - 13:31, 30 October 2024
  • theory, as they all held that moral obligations arise from God's commands. The divine command theory is a form of deontology because, according to it, the...
    27 KB (3,331 words) - 09:27, 21 October 2024
  • As God Commands (Italian: Come Dio comanda), also known as The Crossroads, is a novel by Niccolò Ammaniti. In 2008, director Gabriele Salvatores adapted...
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    account, God "regrets" making mankind because they filled the world with evil. Noah then labors faithfully to build the Ark at God's command, ultimately...
    53 KB (6,427 words) - 22:13, 31 October 2024
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    that success is only achieved when trust is in God and the believer is steadfast and obeys God's commands. Tawakkul as a theological concept was formalized...
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    but at God's order he listened to his wife's request. At some point in Isaac's youth, his father Abraham took him to Mount Moriah. At God's command as the...
    32 KB (3,789 words) - 16:36, 22 October 2024
  • the time. The prophecy of Hosea centers on God's unending love towards a sinful Israel. In this text, God's agony is expressed over his betrayal by Israel...
    17 KB (2,353 words) - 00:24, 30 October 2024
  • between man and God. The ancestral history (chapters 12–50) tells of the prehistory of Israel, God's chosen people. At God's command, Noah's descendant...
    47 KB (5,875 words) - 17:09, 28 October 2024
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    fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. In the biblical story, Adam and Eve ate the fruit...
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  • written is binding on all followers of God under the New Covenant, even for gentiles, because it views God's commands as "everlasting" and "good." Traditionally...
    100 KB (13,511 words) - 18:21, 15 October 2024
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    which is the realm of God's commands and grace. This realm pervades all created things. The Manifestations of God, Messengers from God, are appearances of...
    16 KB (1,415 words) - 07:30, 16 October 2024
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    Gomorrah after hearing of God's plan through the angel Gabriel for them. Although the angel Gabriel told Abraham that God's plan was the final word, and...
    55 KB (7,416 words) - 12:49, 2 November 2024
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    she is not present when God commands Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit – although it is clear that she was aware of the command. She decides to eat the...
    39 KB (4,915 words) - 23:04, 1 November 2024
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    Sunni Islam (section God)
    they say that ethics cannot be derived from human reason, but that God's commands, as revealed in the Quran and the Sunnah (the practices of Muhammad...
    135 KB (17,410 words) - 01:57, 26 October 2024
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    masse by the Pharaoh to suppress them; when Pharaoh refuses God's demand to let them go, God sends ten plagues upon Egypt. After the tenth plague, Pharaoh...
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