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Animism
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Hinduism
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Buddhism
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Orthodox
Judaism
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Islam
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Christianity
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Ultimate Reality, God
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Distant creator god; Host of lesser gods
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Pantheism
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Polytheism
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Atheism
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Pantheism
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Unitarian theism
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Unitarian theism
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Trinitarian theism
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The Cosmos
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Inhabited by spirits; permeated with spiritual power
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Illusion
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Emanation
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Transient reality
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Good creation of God
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Good creation of God
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Good creation of God
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Man
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Creatures who relate to both earthly and spiritual realms
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Essentially divine
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Impermanent phenomenon
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Creature in God's image
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Created to be God's slave
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Creature in God's image
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The Human Dilemma
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Subject to spiritual powers
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Trapped in samsara due to ignorance and karma
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Trapped in samsara, life of suffering due to desire and karma
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Subject to judgment for failure to obey Torah
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Subject to judgment for failure to submit to will of Allah
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Alienated from God due to original sin; subject to judgment for personal sin
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Salvation
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Aim is to capture spiritual powers for personal benefit
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Deliverance from samsara by knowledge, works, or devotion
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Deliverance from samsara by extinction of desire via 8-fold path, or aid of "divine" being
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Deliverance from judgment by obedience to Torah
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Deliverance from judgment by submission to will of Allah
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Deliverance from judgment through faith in God's gracious provision of atonement
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Ultimate Destiny
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Vague: fate of departed spirits influenced by the living
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Absorption
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Adoration
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Nirvana (extinction of suffering, desire "self")
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Heaven
Hell
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Paradise
Hell
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Heaven
Hell
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