believing in God - science & universe

Question 1

How does science explain how the world came into being?

Answer 1

• matter is eternal
• evidence for evolution - fossils
• evidence for big bang - red shift - evidence that the universe is expanding

Question 2

How does scientific explanation of the universe lead to atheism or agnosticism?

Answer 2

• science ➡️ explains where + how the world began ( without God)
• some can be atheist if science gives info about the world ➡️ can prove God does not exist

Question 3

What do atheists say about the causation argument?

Answer 3

• think it doesn’t make sense

- if its all true, then if God made the universe, then who made God?

Question 4

What is the argument for the existence of God?

Answer 4

nothing happens by itself, needs a cause
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therefore the universe must have cause 
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only God could have caused a universe 

  =  therefore their must be a God

Question 5

What are the 3 points of the inconsistent triad?

Answer 5

• omnipotent
• omniscient
• omnibenevolent

Question 6

What is the outline equation of the problems of evil?

Answer 6

benevolent - if was then would want to remove evil and suffering
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scient - if-would know how to remove evil
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potent - would be able to remove suffering

                  =God cannot exist

Question 7

What are the 4 points to theodicy?

Answer 7

1. you cannot have good without bad
2. suffering is preparation for heaven
3. prayer and service
4. suffering is a mystery