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Belief About Deity Flashcards

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What is a theist?

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A person who does believe in god

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What is an agnostic?

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A person who does not know if God exists

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Omnipotent?

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God is all powerful

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Omniscient?

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God is all knowing and all seeing

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Omnipresent?

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God is everywhere

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Benevolent?

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God is all loving

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Eternal?

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God is uncreated and has always existed

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Judge?

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

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Trinity?

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

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Transcendent?

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God is beyond time and space

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Immanent?

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God is personal

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Monotheism?

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Belief in one god

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Argument for gods existence?

F.C

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

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Atheist response to first cause idea?

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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.

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Argument for gods existence?

D.A

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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

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Atheists response to design argument?

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

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Argument for Gods existence?

M

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

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Vision?

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

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Example of a miracle?

ST P

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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

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Atheist response to miracle?

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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

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Argument for Gods existence?

M.A

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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.

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Atheists response to moral argument?

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

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LEARN ABOUT RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING FROM BOOK

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AS I DONT KNOW IF ITS FOR AGAINST

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Argument against Gods existence?

E+S

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

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Christians response to evil and suffering argument?

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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

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Argument against Gods existence?

S

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

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Christians response to Science argument?

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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

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What is an atheist?

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A person who does not believe in God

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How do Christians believe God intervenes in the world?

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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

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Talk about God the father

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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

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Talk about God the son

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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.

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

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  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
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What is the atonement?

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

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Talk about God as the holy spirt?

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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

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What is a miracle?

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

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Healing miracle?

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

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Example of miracle over nature?

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A storm suddenly stopping

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Raising the dead miracles?

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When someone who is declared dead returns to life

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Exorcisms?

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

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Atheist response to miracles?

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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

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Bible examples of miracles?

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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

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Modern example of miracle?

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

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