Chrstian Beliefs about Deity

Question 1

The characteristics of God

Answer 1

Omnipotent- All powerful
Omniscient- All knowing
Omni-benevolent- all loving
Omni-present - Simultaneously present everywhere
Transcendent- Above all
Immanent- Within all

Question 2

Reasons why Christians believe in God

Answer 2

Design- Paley’s watch and Newton and Darwin
Goldilocks effect- just right
Conscience- Voice of God
Causation/ Cosmological- Everything must have a cause= God, ie Big Bang
Upbringing
Miracles- inexplicable by science
Ontological - a priori logic, imaginable therefore must exist

Question 3

Miracles

Answer 3

Omnipotence
Jesus' miracles- The Paralysed Man
Resurrection
The Pentecos and the Holy Spirit
Knock Ireland
Lourdes- Bernadette Soubirous

Question 4

Trinity

Answer 4

Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Each glorifies each other
Equal
Father set his Son, Jesus and the Holy Spirit sanctified, guided the people and gave life to the church.