One-ism or Two-ism? A World View Catechism
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 26: God
26. What does paganism say about God? The pagan conception of God varies somewhat. For some, there are many gods—not to be confused with a triune God—which are either dead humans, or nature spirits, or beings like humans but more powerful. For others, God is an impersonal force who constantly brings the whole world into…
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 23-25: God
23. Who is God? God exists from eternity to eternity, uncreated, needing nothing and no one, completely sufficient in himself. 24. How many Gods are there? There is one God—and only one. There are other spirit beings, angels and demons, but they are all created by God and subject to his authority and will, even…
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 20-22: The Lie
20. How many truths do pagans say there are? Pagans generally hold that there is one basic truth or reality behind all the various versions of monism out there. There is a sort of universal religion with “many paths to God.” A monist can say, without any sense of contradicting himself, that reality is all…
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 19: The Lie
19. Are Atheist pagans? Atheists worship no “gods,” so to speak. But they are pagans in the broad sense. Atheists deny the Creator, or anything beyond the one reality of the universe. They do not call anything divine, but generally view the universe with the awe and wonder normally associated with a deity. They see…
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 17-18: The Lie
17. How is paganism unified? Paganism in all its forms identifies reality as one—just creation, no Creator. The universe is all there is; there is no outside Creator who exists on his own. All paganism, in one way or other, worships the creation or something in it. 18. How is paganism diverse? There is diversity…
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 16: The Lie
16. Don’t other religions have creator gods? If you read a pagan creation myth—whether from Greece, or India, or the Middle East, or tribes in America or Africa or anywhere—the gods are beings that are already part of the world and just reshape matter that’s already there. The idea of a Creator outside the universe,…
One-ism or Two-ism? Questions 14-15: The Lie
14. How many lies are there? There are many different things that are not true. But when it comes to the identity and reality of God, the lies can be summed up as one big lie. That lie is pagan monism, or paganism for short. 15. What is paganism? We know from creation that God…
One-ism or Two-ism? Questions 12-13: The Truth
12. How does God reveal truth by speaking? Ages ago, God spoke to people through men called prophets and apostles. His words were written down and now we have a record of his speech and his actions in the Bible. The Bible is itself God’s speech, as his Holy Spirit inspired the men who wrote…
One-ism or Two-ism? Questions 10-11: The Truth
10. Is it possible not to know God? It is possible not to have a good relationship with God. It is possible to deny and reject God, and to be denied and rejected by him. It is possible never to have heard of Jesus or salvation. It is possible to be bound for final judgment…
A Catechism Recap
As any of you who check in on our site regularly may have noticed, we’ve gotten behind in posting our regular increments of the Catechism. For the very best of reasons, as any of you who received our most recent ministry update know, we have found ourselves swamped at truthXchange as amazing opportunity after amazing…
One-ism or Two-ism? Questions 8-9: The Truth
8. What do we know about God from creation? We know that he exists without having been created, that he is eternally powerful, that he is divine, that he has created the universe, and that he is distinct from what he has created. (See Romans 1:20) In other words, we know just by looking at…
One-ism or Two-ism? Questions 5-7: The Truth
5. How does God reveal truth? God reveals truth in two ways: by creating and by speaking. Theologians call these “natural” and “special” revelation. 6. How does God reveal truth by creating? God is true, so he puts truth in everything he makes. We can learn ordinary truths about the way the world works just…
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 4: The Truth
4. How do we know the truth about the world and life and everything? Ultimately, all that we can know that is true has been revealed by God in one way or another.
One-ism or Two-ism? Question 3: The Truth
3. How many truths are there? There is only one truth—or, more precisely, one “system” of truth. There are many facets of truth, and there are many things that are true; but there aren’t multiple truths and realities out there. There is only one, and that truth is Christianity.
One-ism or Two-ism? Questions 1 & 2: Reality
1. What do Christians believe about reality? Reality is two. There is God, and there is the world he made. There is a Creator and a creation. They are not the same. This is “two-ism.” 2. What is the lie that challenges that belief? Reality is one. There are many beings, but all are part…
One-ism or Two-ism? A World View Catechism
There is a great deal going on beneath the surface of world culture that we don’t notice unless we’re trained to see it. It’s not possible to understand the interaction between Christian truth and the postmodern world without learning to see the contradictions between the truth of Christianity and the lies of Satan. The truthXchange…