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[edit] Notes

I am not a scholar or experienced Wikipidean.

Is it appropriate to use the present tense for a person long dead? Has his name become a belief system, so the tense of modern day Maimonidians apply?

Maimonides ("Rambam") is representative of the rationalist school. He holds that the pattern of nature is basically immutable.

Should this be held?

The article has several of these. Perhaps they are appropriate?

--Lynn 02:16, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright Violation

The new Christianity material, "WHAT SHOULD I BELIEVE ABOUT PROVIDENCE? OPTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY" By John Mark Hicks, was lifted directly from http://johnmarkhicks.faithsite.com/content.asp?CID=6300

1. This is a probable copyright violation (unless you are John Mark Hicks).
2. This is probably POV in the sense that it is not (necessarily) representative of all Christianity (I don't know but speculate...).

So, please modify or remove.

Fintor 05:57, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Given lack of response, am removing and adding as external link...

Fintor 10:53, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Use by Deists

The article should mention that some Deists effectively used "Providence" as a less personally-theistic sounding alternative to the word "God" -- that's why the phrase "with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence" appears in the United States Declaration of Independence... AnonMoos 17:26, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In Christian thought

In Christian thought The second sentence reads (Calvinism emphasisizes the depravity of man and the complete sovereignty of God.)

Not meaning to be disrespectful but I found no such word in the dictionary for (emphasisizes)I could only find-

emphasis- n.; pl. -ses. 1. Special force or impressiveness of expression; stress. 2. In reading or speaking, a special force or prominence given to one or more words or syllables.

emphasize- v. To give emphasis to; to stress.

(Webster's Student Dictionary)

Calvinism emphasis's the depravity of man and the complete sovereignty of God.

Calvinism emphasizes

Calvinism emphasises

In terms of doing my paper I don't know which is correct

Augustine52 02:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Hasidic Judaism

can someone mention the particularly intense view of Divine Providence taught by the Baal Shem Tov, inasmuch that he taught that every detail of the universe is guided by God