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29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 3. Hinduism
7474 Hinduism has no founder, or prophet, or creed, or ecclesiastical structure [Watson]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 1. Monotheistic Religion
1782 Stoics teach that God is a unity, variously known as Mind, or Fate, or Jupiter [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism
7481 The Israelites may have asserted the uniqueness of Yahweh to justify land claims [Watson]
7479 Modern Judaism became stabilised in 200 CE [Watson]
7480 Monotheism was a uniquely Israelite creation within the Middle East [Watson]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 3. Zoroastrianism
7471 The Gathas (hymns) of Zoroastrianism date from about 1000 BCE [Watson]
7473 Zoroaster conceived the afterlife, judgement, heaven and hell, and the devil [Watson]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
7483 Paul's early writings mention few striking episodes from Jesus' life [Watson]
7484 Jesus never intended to start a new religion [Watson]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 1. Confucianism
7475 Confucius revered the spiritual world, but not the supernatural, or a personal god, or the afterlife [Watson]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 2. Taoism
7476 Taoism aims at freedom from the world, the body, the mind, and nature [Watson]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
7463 The three basic ingredients of religion are: the soul, seers or priests, and ritual [Watson]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
7468 In ancient Athens the souls of the dead are received by the 'upper air' [Watson]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
20830 Death can't separate soul from body, because incorporeal soul can't unite with body [Chrysippus]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / d. Natural Evil
21404 There is a rationale in terrible disasters; they are useful to the whole, and make good possible [Chrysippus]