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| + | <small>''This article is about the biblical God. For the term as used to refer to any divine being, see [[Other Gods]]''</small> |
− | | [[Documentation Team|english]] | [[Documentation Team/lang-es|español]] }}
| + | [[Image:Alphaomega.jpg|thumb|200px|God is the Alpha and Omega, the first and last, the beginning and the ending]] |
− | <noinclude>{{ GoogleTrans-en | es =show | bg =show | zh-CN =show | zh-TW =show | hr =show | cs =show | da =show | nl =show | fi =show | fr =show | de =show | el =show | hi =show | it =show | ja =show | ko =show | no =show | pl =show | pt =show | ro =show | ru =show | sv =show }}{{TeamHeader|Documentation Team|home=Documentation}}{{TOCright}}</noinclude>
| + | {{cquote|'''Genesis 1:1'''<br />In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.}} |
− | == Mission ==
| + | {{trinity}}'''God''' is the sovereign creator and eternal ruler of all things and beings that exist, whether in the physical [[universe]] or in the spiritual realm ([[Heaven]]). Not only is God the creator and ruler of the things and beings within those two realms, but he is also the creator of the realms themselves. God created the physical universe, and before he acted in this creation, the universe did not exist. Likewise God did with the spiritual realm. |
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− | == Sugar FLOSS manual ==
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− | FLOSS Manuals held a BookSprint during the last week of August 2008 in Austin, TX; together, we wrote separate but combinable (remixable) manuals for Sugar, individual Sugar Activities and the hardware it may run on, such as the XO.
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− | |<span class="plainlinks"> [http://flossmanuals.net/Sugar http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/4/40/Sugarlabs_mainpage_07.png]</span>
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− | | available as: <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.flossmanuals.net/Sugar HTML] or [{{FlossmanualPDF}} .pdf] 128 pages, 8.3 MBytes (for saving or printing).</span>
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− | The manuals for a number of Sugar Activities are now published (including manuals for [http://en.flossmanuals.net/write_activity '''Write'''], [http://en.flossmanuals.net/terminal '''Terminal'''], [http://en.flossmanuals.net/chat '''Chat'''], [http://en.flossmanuals.net/browse '''Browse'''], [http://en.flossmanuals.net/record '''Record'''], and [http://en.flossmanuals.net/turtleart '''Turtle Art''']).
| + | == God is Revealed: How we know about God == |
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− | Please help us improve these manuals by going to http://en.flossmanuals.net/write where the editable versions reside. Note that we are including tutorials and notes to parents and teachers as part of the documentation effort. Helping expanding these sections would be greatly appreciated.
| + | Other than creation itself, God is revealed in several ways, including conscience and special revelation (the bible, and prophets). Most importantly though, God is revealed in [[Jesus Christ]], who is the Son of God. |
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− | Those who participated include: Adam Hyde, Anne Gentle, David Farning, Mikus Grinbergs, Brian Jordan, Adam Holt, Janet Swisher, Morgan Collett, Yama Ploskonka, David Cramer, Emily Kaplan, Faisal Anwar, Christoph Derndorfer, Sandy Culver, Aaron Konstam, and the Sugar community.
| + | == Attributes or Character of God == |
| + | The attributes of God are things that describe who he is. Similar to the way one might describe a close friend to another individual, so too do these attributes describe God's character and nature. Attributes of God include but are not limited to [[Wisdom]], [[Infinitude]], [[Sovereignty]], [[Holiness]], [[Trinity]], [[Omniscience]], [[Faithfulness]], [[Love]], [[Omnipotence]], [[Self-existence]], [[Self-sufficiency]], [[Justice]], [[Immutability]], [[Mercy]], [[Eternal]], [[Goodness]], [[Gracious]], and [[Omnipresence]]. These attributes all work in complete and perfect harmony with one another. |
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− | Many thanks also to [http://www.motive.com Motive], our hosts in Austin.
| + | God exercises eternal and righteous judgment of the wicked in [[hell]], because of an inherent problem in the human heart, namely [[Sin]]. According to the [[Bible]], the sacrifice of [[Jesus Christ]] on the cross of [[calvary]] and then [[resurrection]], is God's merciful and gracious response to the problem of the human heart. |
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− | ===Translation=== | + | === God is Triune === |
− | We are translating the Sugar FLOSS manual into
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− | Spanish ([http://translate.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar_es es]),
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− | French ([http://translate.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar_fr fr]),
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− | Dutch ([http://translate.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar_nl nl]),
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− | German ([http://translate.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar_de de]),
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− | and Portuguese ([http://translate.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Sugar_pt pt]). Please help us.
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− | '''See also''' | + | Although the Bible does not use the term, it is clear that God is a triune God, or three in one. |
− | * [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Publications OLPC Publications] in the OLPC Wiki.
| + | These are sometimes referred to as ''God the Father'', ''God the Son'' ([[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]), and the ''[[Holy Spirit]]''. |
− | * OLPC Austria's [http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/Activity_handbook Activity Handbook]
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− | ==Topic Ideas==
| + | The first hint of the Trinity is in {{Bible ref|Genesis|1|26}} which relates God saying, "Let us make man in our image", indicating that God is a plurality. |
− | * Setup a development environment. With and without jhbuild.
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− | * "Write your activity" tutorial. It should include:
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− | ** graphic controls,
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− | ** datastore,
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− | ** collaboration.
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− | == Programming References ==
| + | The three persons of God are treated as equivalents in these words of Jesus shortly after His resurrection: |
− | === [http://api.sugarlabs.org API] === | + | {{Bible quote|Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.|book=Matthew|chap=28|verses=19|version=NIV}} |
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− | The [[Documentation Team/API_Documentation | API guide ]] explains how to get started documenting api.
| + | ==== Jesus is God ==== |
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− | References
| + | The first verse of the [[Gospel of John]], in which Jesus is referred to as the "Word", makes clear that Jesus is synonymous with God: |
− | * http://wiki.laptop.org/go/API_reference?
| + | {{Bible quote|In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.|book=John|chap=1|verses=1|version=NIV}} |
− | * Probably we should document the datastore dbus API. I'm not sure what's the best way to generate documentation for it. It's so small that a wiki page might be the simpler solution for now.
| + | This verse not only says that "the Word" (Jesus) is synonymous with God, but also says that the Word was "in the beginning", which means that He existed before all else existed, something that is only true of God. |
− | * Existing collaboration documentation is at [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Category:Collaboration Collaboration].
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− | :* Morgs, my impression after a 3 minutes look over the available documentation is that there is little written with activity authors in mind, and that it's dispersed in several pages and mixed with implementation docs. Is that impression correct? I would like to have a couple of things: 1 complete documentation of the API which interest activity authors (with good links to dbus documentation since it's used so heavily) 2 A complete tutorial as part of the "manual". One of the Tubes pages looks like a pretty good start in this respect. Does it make sense to you? Can we make it happen? -- [[User:Marcopg|Marcopg]]
| + | This is reinforced two verses later, in which Jesus is described as the creator. |
− | ::* Yes we can! --[[User:Morgs|Morgs]] 13:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
| + | [[Genesis]] refers to God as being the Creator. |
− | ::* Hey, I came up with an alternate "reference" implementation for collaboration when I wrote Colors!, I think it's a lot easier to understand and could be the basis for a good tutorial. The only weird thing is, I wanted my activity class to receive DBus signals directly, so I subclassed ExportedGObject but initialized late - hacky, I know. It would be nice if this were not needed! [http://dev.laptop.org/git?p=activities/colors;a=blob;f=colors.py;h=c262f55e46519248418a07e3c4eed1ab4207fa09;hb=5822328cab1162b32452dfb915b33d98307b55d1#l579] [[User:Wade|Wade]] 18:49, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
| + | {{Bible quote|Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.|book=John|chap=1|verses=3|version=NIV}} |
− | * Low level API (non-python activities). We should just move bert document on this wiki.
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− | :this is the page http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Low-level_Activity_API but it must be complemented with
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− | :* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_Factory
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− | :* http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/#sugxterm
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− | == Tutorials == | + | ==== The Holy Spirit is God ==== |
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− | * Probably good to have a pygame tutorial, it's probably the best thing we have at the moment to do free form graphics stuff.
| + | In the following passage, the [[Holy Spirit]] is referred to as God: |
− | * Etoys based activity tutorial - we now have an Etoys Activity manual set up on FLOSS Manuals. Feel free to contribute here: [http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/Etoys/WebHome|Etoys]
| + | {{Bible quote|Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."|book=Acts|chap=5|verses=3-4|version=NIV}} |
− | * Ideally, each Activity will have a tutorial within a manual on FLOSS Manuals. Here's a rough outline for each Activity Manual:
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− | Introduction
| + | === God is omniscient === |
| + | {{main|omniscience}} |
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− | Getting Started
| + | God knows everything: |
| + | {{Bible quote|This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.|book=1_John|chap=3|verses=19-20|version=NIV}} |
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− | Tutorials
| + | Because God is outside of [[time]], He can see and knows the [[past]] and the [[future]] as well as the present. |
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− | Reference
| + | == "God" sometimes used to refer to God the Father == |
| + | [[Image:Velasco Padre Eterno.jpg|left|140px|God the Father]] |
| + | In the bible, the word "God" (θεός) does not always refer to God's being as a whole, but more specifically refers to the Person of the Father (God the Father). Here are some verses which demonstrate this: |
| + | {{cquote|'''John 3:16''' (NASB)<br />For <u>God</u> so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten <u>Son</u>, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.}} |
| + | {{cquote|'''1 John 4:10''' (NASB)<br />In this is love, not that we loved <u>God</u>, but that He loved us and sent <u>His Son</u> to be the propitiation for our sins.}} |
| + | Notice how in each case, "Father" can be substituted for "God." For example, "For the ''Father'' so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son," and "not that we loved the ''Father'', but that He loved us and sent His Son." |
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− | == Glossary == | + | == Terminology == |
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− | [[Documentation Team/Glossary | Glossary]] | + | The Bible uses several different words to refer to God. |
| + | "God" itself is not a name, but an [[Old English]] word meaning ''supreme being, diety'',<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=god God] Online Etymology Dictionary.</ref> which the translators who translated the Bible in to English chose as the appropriate English word for the [[Hebrew]] ''elohim'' and the [[Greek]] ''theos'' used in the [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]] respectively.<ref name="DPK">Kruse, Dale P.,[http://www.layevangelism.com/advtxbk/sections/sect-10/sec10-9.htm More on the ''Names'' of God In the Bible], Advanced Training Program of Evangelism.</ref> |
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− | == Subpages == | + | The other main term for God is the Hebrew ''adonai'', usually translated ''Lord''. |
| + | There are various compound words also used in the Bible, such as ''el shaddai'', which means ''God Almighty'' ("''el''" is a short version of ''elohim'').<ref name="DPK" /> |
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| + | ''YHWH'' is given in the Bible as God's actual name. In most English Bibles it is translated as <span style="font-variant:small-caps">''Lord''</span>, in small capitals. The name has various other English versions, including Yehovah, Jehovah, and Yahweh.<ref>McHyde, Tim, [http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/yahweh.htm God’s Name: LORD, Yahweh, Yahveh, YHWH, YHVH, Jehovah or Yehovah?]</ref> |
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| + | ==See also== |
| + | *[[Other gods]] |
| + | *[[Atheism]] |
| + | *[[Christianity in Conservapedia]] |
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− | [[Category:Documentation Team]] | + | == References == |
− | [[Category:General public]] | + | {{Reflist|2}} |
− | [[Category:Team]] | + | |
| + | ==External links== |
| + | *[http://www.theopedia.com/God Theopedia - God] |
| + | *[http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/god.html ChristianAnswers.net - God] |
| + | *[http://wikible.org/en/God Wikible.org - God] |
| + | *[http://www.opposingviews.com/questions/is-there-a-god Opposing Views: Is There a God?] |
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| + | [[Category:Christianity]] |
| + | [[Category:Divine Beings]] |