Ch 2+3 Test Part 1 Flashcards
According to statistics, how much of the world’s population believes in a God.
90%
Monotheistic
Belief in only one God
What are the three monotheistic religions
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Polytheistic
The belief in many Gods
What is one Polytheistic religion
Hinduism
Deism
The belief that Gods did create the universe, but that he takes no further interest in it
Secular humanists
The world can operate without help from God; human person and human achievement is the center of everything
Atheists
Don’t believe in any God. Claim that there is no God, supernatural beings, or heaven and hell.
Agnostics
Believe that God’s existence cannot be proven or disproven.
What is the first and most basic requirement for living in reality
To believe in God
Divine revelation
A free gift of self-communication by which God makes known the mystery of his divine plan.
What is the fundamental belief
It is the belief in God.
God’s revelation took place in three historical steps. What are these three steps
- He revealed himself to Israel by establishing his covenant with them.
- God revealed himself by the incarnation
- He blessed his people with the Holy Spirit.
What are St. Thomas Aquinas’s 5 arguments of God’s existence
Argument from Motion, Argument from efficient cause, argument from necessary being, Argument from Gradation, and Argument from design
Argument from motion
Whatever moves is moved by something. There must be a first move that sets everything into motion. God is the one who set everything into motion.
Argument from efficient cause
Because nothing can cause itself, everything must have a cause. Without a first cause, there would be no others. The first cause is God.
Argument from necessary being
Due to the fact That objects in the world come into existence and then pass out. It is possible for them to exist at any given time. Nothing can come from nothing. So something must exist at all times. This is God.
Argument from gradation
There are different degrees of good. For this to be measured there must be a highest form of good. This is God
Argument from design
All things have an order of some sort that lead to a particular goal. The universe cannot be a result of chance, so therefor design and purpose must be at work. This implies divine intelligence on the part of the designer. This designer is God.
God is transcendent
The quality of God’s total uniqueness and infinite greatness compared to his creatures. He’s more then we could ever know or imagine.
God is infinite.
He is unlimited(infinitely wise, righteous, merciful, etc…)
God is omniscient
All knowing and all wise
God is omnipotent
All powerful
God is immanent
Refers to God’s being in the world, his closeness to, intimacy with us.
True or False. God is present everywhere at the same time.
True.
What does Yahweh mean
I am
