| Christianity |
Secular Deism |
Atheism/Agnosticism |
| In RD |
Not in RD |
In RD |
Not in RD |
In RD |
Not in RD |
| 1. One God |
1. Hell |
1. Reason based theology & morality |
1. No firm belief in afterlife |
1. Search for truth, elimination of contradictions |
1. No real hope |
| 2. Benevolent God |
2. Dogma > actions to attain afterlife |
2. Hope on earth from others, not God |
2. Possibility of no human interaction with God |
2. No empirical evidence of existence of God |
2. No theology |
| 3. Afterlife/heaven |
3. God > Children |
3. Non-intervention of God on earth, no evidence of such |
3. No true theology, philosophy only |
3. Skepticism about revealed religion |
3. No afterlife |
| 4. Reckoning/ Purgatory |
4. Reliance on prayer, creation of false hope on earth |
4. Non-theists |
4. Anti-religion |
4. Non-theists |
4. No religion |
| 5. Salvation theology |
5. Agnosticism about divinity of Jesus |
5. Plan from God for humanity |
5. No belief in absolute truth, good vs evil |
5. Humanist views, humanness focus |
5. Empirical review of immaterial/spiritual |
| 6. Christian morality/ against relativism |
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6. Actions > beliefs |
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6. Morality based on reason |
6. No belief in absolute truth, good vs evil |
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7. Religious focus & services |
