Christian Beliefs

Question 1

Christian beliefs about the trinity

Answer 1

Christians belive there is one God which takes up 3 form

God the Father = created life
God the son = an who lived among us
God the Holy spirit = gives people courage

Question 2

Christian beliefs about God the father

Answer 2

God is omnipotent
God is benevolent
God is omniscient
God is just

Question 3

What are the Christian beliefs about God being just

Answer 3

God is fair , good life = reward bad life = punishment

Parable of sheep and goats

Follow ten commandments

Question 4

Can we be forgiven for out sins

Answer 4

Yes we can as long if the ask for God’s forgiveness

Question 5

What is the inconsistent triad

Answer 5

Is God is all loving and all knowing he can therfore not be all powerful because he allows suffering to exist

Question 6

What is the free will defense for the inconsistent triad

Answer 6

God has given humans free will and therefore if you take away their ability to be evil you take away free will

Question 7

What is the Problem with the free will defense

Answer 7

It only accounts for moral evil and not natural evil

Question 8

What is another response to the inconsistent triad associated with suffering

Answer 8

Suffering is a test for humans by god

Question 9

Why does the Holy spirit do

Answer 9

Gives people strength , to end an addiction

Gives people courage (MLK)

Question 10

Why is Jesus’s birth special(3 points)

Answer 10

The divine conception

Shows that Jesus is human and also special

Shoes God was willing to give up everything to help us

Question 11

Why did Jesus get crucified

Answer 11

Jesus died because he wanted to atone for all of humans past sins

This restored humanities relationship with God and allowed us to go to heaven

Question 12

What does the resurrection show about life after death for christians

Answer 12

The resurrection shows that life after death is real which means that Christians will be less afraid of dying

Question 13

Ehat does the resurrection show about gods characteristics

Answer 13

The resurrection shows that God is all powerful and encourages Christians to take on challenging tasks

Question 14

Why is their life after death

Answer 14

To make the world fair - life after death means good people are rewarded and bad people are punished

Question 15

What do Christians belive about ehat happens to out body when we are resurrected

Answer 15

We will be resurrected physically as well as spiritually - Jesus was resurrected physically

We will only be resurrected spiritually and your soul goes to heaven

Question 16

What did Christians belive about how we go to the afterlife after death (3 points)

Answer 16

We go straight to afterlife after death

Catholics - we spend time in purgatory paying for our sins before entering heaven

There will be a day of judgement where jesus will take the saved up to heaven

Question 17

How do we get to heaven (2 points) one about protestants

Answer 17

By doing good works - parable of sheep and goats

Protestants believe we are all able to go to heaven but we just need to believe in Christ and ask forgiveness

Question 18

How does belief in the afterlife effect christians (3 points)

Answer 18

Christians will want to go to heaven and do good works

Helps cope with grief - you will see loved ones again

If going through a tough time it will give Christians strength as they know they will soon be in a perfect place