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GLOSSARY
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UNIVERSAL MORAL LANGUAGE. A moral languge is an accepted
set of ethics. This set of ethics is internalized in
the conscience. The criterion for conscience content is
the Bible. (Term coined by John E. Russell).
General Words
A POSTERIORI. Knowledge from experience.
A PRIORI. Knowledge with which one is probably born. Jung's
archetypes, which inhere in the collective unconscious
of the human race are examples.
AUTOGRAPHS. The original scriptures in written form.
AUTOSOTERIC. From Greek, AUTO, "self" + SOTERIA, "salva-
tion." A religious belief of personal salvation by good
deeds.
AXIOLOGY. The branch of philosophy that deals with the
nature and types of values. ETHICS is the study of
moral good and evil. AESTHETICS is the study of the
nature of beauty.
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. (As it applies to self-esteem). One
begins with a low self-esteem, and begins acting as a
better person morally. Self-observation tells him that
his actions do not fit his attitute of low self-esteem.
"Cognitive dissonance" results until his attitude is
changed to fit his new behavior. Self-esteem is raised.
CONSERVATIVE. One who supports traditional Judeo-Christian
values.
CONSCIENCE. That part of the human spirit that punishes us
when we do wrong, and rewards us when we do right. The
conscience also tells us what is right or wrong and
prompts us to do the right thing. It corresponds to
the superego in psychology.
CONSCIOUS. That area of the mind by which we are immediately
aware. The mind can be divided into three areas: the
CONSCIOUS, the PRECONSCIOUS, and the UNCONSCIOUS. The
SUBCONSCIOUS is a collective term for the preconscious
and and the unconscious.
COSMOLOGY. That part of philosophy which deals with the
origin and structure of the universe.
DEMON. From Greek, DAIMON, "an evil or unclean spirit."
DEVOLUTION. See EVOLUTION.
EGO. From Latin, "I." The decision-making self. (See
SUPEREGO and ID.)
EPISTEMOLOGY. The branch of philosophy that seeks to define
truth and discover the nature of knowledge.
EVOLUTION. The theory that present life forms developed on
earth about 3,000,000,000 years ago from a single
cell. Allegedly, groups of organisms change with the
passage of time, as a result of natural selection and
mutation, so that descendants improve morphologically
and physiologically from their ancestors. The theory of
DEVOLUTION is the opposite of evolution. Based prima-
rily on the Second Law of Thermodynamics, it states
that the cosmos is "running down," or moving from a
state of order to a state of chaos. BIBLICAL CREATION-
ISM states that God created the universe(s). Some hold
to the view of THEISTIC EVOLUTION, which states that
God created or is creating the universe via a process
of evolution.
FOOL. This word is often used in name calling. It is used
in a technical sense in this book to describe a type of
person. "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no
God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works,
there is none that doeth good." (Psalm 14:1). The
Hebrew concept of heart entailed both the will and the
mind. The Hebrew word translated "fool" in Psalm 14:1
is NABAL, which means "an empty person." NABAL corre-
sponds to the New Testament Greek word, MOROS,
"foolish, dull, slow." Therefore a fool is a person
who is both morally and intellectually lacking. A fool
may have a high IQ, but bad moral decisions precipitate
rationalizations which degrade reason.
FREEDOM. The state of possessing self-determination. (For
a more precise definition, see Essay 18 of my Book,
ESSAYS EXPOSING THE MYTHS OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS).
FUNDAMENTALIST. A person who believes in the essential
doctrines of his/her faith.
GLORIFICATION. The final aspect of the believer's salvation
that will occur at the resurrection at which time the
Lord will make the believer's soul and body perfect and
immortal.
GUILT. The resulting condition of a violated conscience.
The most obvious symptom is psychic pain. However,
there may be psycological and physical problems also.
ID. From Latin, "it." The primitive, pushing, unregulated
urges in the human psyche. These urges include sex
drive, hunger, thirst, and agression.
JUSTIFICATION. The objective, legal declaration by God that
the believer is set right with himself.
LOGIC. The science of correct reasoning.
LOVE. Love is an umbrella term that includes several Greek
words.
The three human loves are:
EROS. Sexual, romantic, and self-directed love.
PHILIA. Love for a friend.
STORGE. Family love, which includes affection and
maternal instinct.
The divine love is:
AGAPE. "That God-given motivation which seeks the best
for the beloved on the highest moral plane."
(HESED is the Hebrew Old Testament counterpart.)
A word related to love is:
KOINONIA. Fellowship. It includes one's relationship
with God as well as the Christian relationship
between believers.
METAPHYSICS. The part of philosophy that deals with basic
assumptions, first principles, and the religious, in-
cluding cosmology and ontology.
NIHILISM. The belief that all values are baseless. In the
context of this book, American Nihilists are attempting
to destroy the Judeo-Christian beliefs that guided our
society earlier. They are attempting to replace it with
the defective values of a type of atheism, secular
humanism.
OCCULTISM. From Latin, OCCULTUS, "Hidden." Participating
in demonic activity.
ONTOLOGY. The branch of philosophy that seeks to explain the
nature of being or reality.
PRECONSCIOUS. That part of the mind from which we may recall
information at will. When one takes an academic test,
information stored in the memory comes from this part
of the mind. (See CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS.)
PROJECTION. The way one's own immoral desires or past acts
are imagined to be in other people rather than in one-
self.
RATIONALIZATION. The mental process through which one
attempts to justify his behavior through "logical"
argument. The term "rationalization" is primarily used
to describe the attempt to justify immoral behavior.
REPRESSION. The automatic process of placing material into
the unconscious without one being aware of it. (See
SUPPRESSION.)
SALVATION. There are three aspects of our salvation: (1)
Justification; (2) Sanctification; and (3) Glorifica-
tion. (See these headings.)
SANCTIFICATION. Subjective crisis and progressive experi-
ences whereby the believer is conformed more and more
into the image of Christ, while in this life.
SECTS, JEWISH. There were three chief Jewish sects at the
time of Christ: The Essenes, the Pharisees and the
Sadducees.
ESSENES. A monastic movement of men who lived
ascetic lives. Most were celibates. They promised
"to honor God, to be righteous toward man, to
injure no one ... to hate evil, to promote good, to
be faithful to everyone, especially those in
authority, to love the truth, to unmask liars, and
to keep the hand from theft and the conscience from
unrighteous gain."
PHARISEES. A conservative group who believed in
the resurrection, in the existence of angels, in
the supernatural, and in the Word of God. However,
many were legalistic, and hypocritical. They added
to the Word of God, and many rejected Jesus as the
Messiah.
SADDUCEES. A liberal group who accepted Greek
influence and were allied with Rome. They denied
the resurrection, the existence of angels, and the
supernatural. They accepted the Jewish Scriptures
alone, but believed in "private interpretation."
[John D. Davis, A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE, 4th ed.
(Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1969), s.v.,
ESSENES, s.v., PHARISEES, s.v., SADDUCEES].
SECULAR HUMANISM. A religion of humanity in which mankind
replaces God. It is a type of atheism.
SITUATIONAL ETHICS. A philosophical approach to ethics in
which each particular context determines what is right
or wrong. Many absolutes are set aside and morality
becomes relative.
SOCIOPATHIC PERSONALITY. A person with a character problem
due to low conscience function. Also called PSYCHO-
PATHIC PERSONALITY; having a REPROBATE MIND, or SEARED
CONSCIENCE.
SUBCONSCIOUS. See "CONSCIOUS" above.
SUPEREGO. From Latin, "above" + Greek "I." The conscience.
(See EGO, ID and CONSCIENCE.)
SUPPRESSION. The VOLUNTARY PROCESS of pressing material back
into the unconscious. (See REPRESSION.)
TELEOLOGY. The study of final causes. It seeks to answer
the question, "Is there purpose in life?"
THEISTIC EVOLUTION. See EVOLUTION.
TRANSLITERATION. Writing a word of a language in the alpha-
bet of another in corresponding letters or according to
sound.
UNCONSCIOUS. The vast storage area of the mind that contains
information that cannot be recalled at will, but yet
contains information and emotional experiences that
profoundly affect our lives. (See CONSCIOUS AND PRE-
CONSCIOUS.)
WITCHCRAFT. The practice of witches or warlocks. Whether
"white magic" or "black magic" is practiced, those
involved open themselves up to manipulation of demons
or even Satan himself.
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