Belief About Deity

Question 1

What is a theist?

Answer 1

A person who does believe in god

Question 2

What is an agnostic?

Answer 2

A person who does not know if God exists

Question 3

Omnipotent?

Answer 3

God is all powerful

Question 4

Omniscient?

Answer 4

God is all knowing and all seeing

Question 5

Omnipresent?

Answer 5

God is everywhere

Question 6

Benevolent?

Answer 6

God is all loving

Question 7

Eternal?

Answer 7

God is uncreated and has always existed

Question 8

Judge?

Answer 8

God is concerned about justice and will one day judge the world

Question 9

Trinity?

Answer 9

The father, the son and the Holy Spirit. God is one but represented by three different people

Question 10

Transcendent?

Answer 10

God is beyond time and space

Question 11

Immanent?

Answer 11

God is personal

Question 12

Monotheism?

Answer 12

Belief in one god

Question 13

Argument for gods existence?

F.C

Answer 13

If the Big Bang was the first cause of the universe, what was the first cause if the Big Bang?

Question 14

Atheist response to first cause idea?

Answer 14

Atheists may argues that God starting the universe is too easy to say without explaining the cause of God. Theists may respond that to understand God is beyond the ability of humans.

Question 15

Argument for gods existence?

D.A

Answer 15

People believe the world is too complicated to have come across by chance eg seasons, gravity. William Paley suggested there must be a designer= God, links to clock design

Question 16

Atheists response to design argument?

Answer 16

If the world is designed by a perfect God why does it have imperfects like natural disasters?

Question 17

Argument for Gods existence?

M

Answer 17

Billions claim to have had experience with God eg through prayer, miracle or vision. Example= St Paul

Question 18

Vision?

Answer 18

A person seeing God and then converting to a particular religion eg St Paul

Question 19

Example of a miracle?

ST P

Answer 19

St Paul’s experience in bible shows how God leads ppl to faith. At P/Paul was strict Jew who killed Christians. 1 day Jesus appeared to him as bright light and spoke to him saying change. He was blinded by experience. 3 days later one of jesus’ decouples were told to heal him. Saul then changed+became one of most famous disciples spreading faith over countries

Question 20

Atheist response to miracle?

Answer 20

Religious experiences are all in the mind+a person can change their life through positive thinking. Also argue that people who claim they’ve had religious experiences might have imagined it or it’s a coincidence

Question 21

Argument for Gods existence?

M.A

Answer 21

Some believe our sense if right and wrong,our conscience have been given to us from God so as we have morals it means someone must have given it to us. Christians agree as they claim ppl are ‘made in Gods image’ according to book of Genesis in the Bible.

Question 22

Atheists response to moral argument?

Answer 22

Our morals come from other sources eg family, friends, teachers, role models

Question 23

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Answer 23

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Question 24

Argument against Gods existence?

E+S

Answer 24

Some atheists would argue that an omnipotent and benevolent God would not allow evil and suffering to exist

Question 25

Christians response to evil and suffering argument?

Answer 25

Accept this is a challenge to their faith but say humans are below God so will not see the bigger picture, suffering is a test, suffering has a purpose etc

Question 26

Argument against Gods existence? | S

Answer 26

Atheists believe science offers answers to mysteries of life+ think will eventually understand how humans were created+ miraculous events eg healings at Lourdes

Question 27

Christians response to Science argument?

Answer 27

C's are satisfied that their religion has good answers and some use science to support their belief eg God was first cause of Big Bang

Question 28

What is an atheist?

Answer 28

A person who does not believe in God

Question 29

How do Christians believe God intervenes in the world?

Answer 29

Don't believe her performs miracles to be involved with world but may use natural events for his purposes. E.g. Christian prays for unlikely event but prayer is answered, it isn't a miracle but God is intervening in Christians life

Question 30

Talk about God the father

Answer 30

He is the creator and head of the trinity bcos it says in Apostles' Creed "I believe in God, the father almighty, creator of heaven and earth". God as father conveys sense of safety and protection for his followers+ close relationship

Question 31

Talk about God the son

Answer 31

Jesus is believed to be God incarnated. He was conceived by Virgin Mary through power of Holy Spirit. Jesus being god is 100% without sin unlike humans. He's fully God and human. He was a perfect sacrifice for all our sins. God came to earth in form of Jesus for 3 main purposes.

Question 32

What are the 3 main purposes of God coming to earth in form of Jesus?

Answer 32

1. To reveal Gods love and power. 2. To sacrifice himself on the cross for the sin of all people 3. To rise from the dead to show that God has power over life and death

Question 33

What is the atonement?

Answer 33

Jesus' sacrifice as it was the point where God and humans are able to have a relationship because human sins are completely forgiven.

Question 34

Talk about God as the holy spirt?

Answer 34

Christians believe it's a constant guide and comforter, it's permanently within each and every human. He is a gift from God sent by Jesus. It's what transforms people into living better lives like it did to Jesus' disciples according to bible

Question 35

What is a miracle?

Answer 35

An act caused by God that breaks scientific or natural law and are divided into four categories.

Question 36

Healing miracle?

Answer 36

When people who are unwell return to full health/ someone recovers from serious disease

Question 37

Example of miracle over nature?

Answer 37

A storm suddenly stopping

Question 38

Raising the dead miracles?

Answer 38

When someone who is declared dead returns to life

Question 39

Exorcisms?

Answer 39

When someone who is believed to be possessed by an evil spirit has it sent out of its body.

Question 40

Atheist response to miracles?

Answer 40

More doubtful+would question why God doesn't perform miracles regularly. Christians may respond saying if God did it regularly it wouldn't be a miracle as they are rare

Question 41

Bible examples of miracles?

Answer 41

Jesus performed many miracles according to the Bible, also talks about miracles performed/helped by God. C's believe God can+still does perform miracles. Example in bible= Jesus fed 5000 with bread and fish story

Question 42

Modern example of miracle?

Answer 42

Over 6500 claimed to have been healed at Lourdes, a town in Southern France. The Catholic Church has recognised 67 miracles there.