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Does it make sense to believe in God? Year 8 Flashcards

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What is an atheist?

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Someone who does not believe in the existence of a god or gods

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What is the name for someone who does not know whether there is a god or gods?

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An agnostic

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What is a creationist?

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Someone who believes that God created the earth in six days as it says in Genesis.

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What is the Big Bang theory?

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The theory that a cosmic explosion created the universe.

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What is a creed?

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A set of beliefs or aims that guide someone’s actions

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What is a humanist?

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A non religious person who believes that science and compassion should guide life

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What is it called when a god is all loving?

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Omnibenevolent

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What is called when a god is all powerful?

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Omnipotent

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What is it called when a god is everywhere at once?

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Omnipresent

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What is it called when a god is all seeing?

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Omniscient

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What is a theist?

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Someone who believes in a god or gods

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What is…
A) belief in one god
B) belief in more than one god

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A - monotheism
B - polytheism

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What is a world view?

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A set of lenses through which we see the world

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How does our world view affect us?

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It can shape how we respond to some of life’s bug questions.

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What was the first cause argument?

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‘Proof’ for the existence of God because something must have caused the universe to be created.

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Name the main challenge to the first cause argument.

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If everything has a cause then what caused God?

17
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Who created the first cause theory?

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St Thomas Aquinas

18
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What is the other name for the first cause argument?

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The cosmological argument

19
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What was the design theory?

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‘Proof’ that god existed due to the fact that the universe is so complex that it must have been designed

20
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Who created the design theory?

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William Paley

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What is the main argument to the design theory?

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If God designed everything then he also created all evil

22
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What is the other name for the design theory?

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The teleological argument

23
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Which famous person supported the design theory and why?

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Isaac Newton and because he said that the human fingerprint is so unique it must have been designed.

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What is evolution?

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The theory that all life developed from a common ancestor through gradual changes over millions of years

25
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What is a challenge to miracles?

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If they can happen once, why don’t they happen every time?

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