Belief in God: Keywords

Question 1

Agnostic

Answer 1

Someone who does not know, or believes that it is impossible to know, if a god exists.

Question 2

Atheist

Answer 2

Someone who does not believe in any god or gods, or who believes that no god or gods exist.

Question 3

Immanent

Answer 3

Involved in the world.

Question 4

Immutable

Answer 4

Unchanging

Question 5

Monotheist

Answer 5

Someone who believes in only one god.

Question 6

Omnipotent

Answer 6

All powerful

Question 7

Omnipresent

Answer 7

Present everywhere

Question 8

Omniscient

Answer 8

All knowing/knows everything.

Question 9

Polytheist

Answer 9

Someone who believes in many gods.

Question 10

Theist

Answer 10

Someone who believes in the existence of a god or gods, especially a god who created the world and who acts to influence events.

Question 11

Transcendent

Answer 11

Independent of the physical universe. Beyond what we can know and experience.

Question 12

Trinitarian

Answer 12

One God with three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Question 13

What is a fact

Answer 13

A fact is something which you can prove to be true, e.g. Paris is the capital of France.

Question 14

What is a belief?

Answer 14

Something you feel is true but you cannot prove it, e.g. I believe that God exists.

Question 15

What is the first line of the Nicene Creed?

Answer 15

“We believe in one God, the father almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things
visible and invisible.”

Question 16

What does the term “God the Sustainer’’ mean?

Answer 16

This is the idea that everything in the world is still completely dependent on God for its
existence.