Existance of God

Question 1

Explain two beliefs about Special Revelation as a source of knowledge of the divine (God).
Refer to sacred writings or another source of religious belief and teaching in your answer.
[5 marks]

Answer 1

-For Christians, special revelation is a way of God revealing something about himself is through an experience of God in an event, such as a vision.For an example,Saul had a vision in Damascus where he was blinded for 3 days,however it changed his life and he because Christian.Therefore this shows the power of the divine through a direct experience with God.

-In Islam,muslims believe that special revelations were only given to prophets and that is is the basis of the most important holy book the Quran.For an example,Allah revealed to the prophet Muhammad through angel Gabriel his words and teachings,which was how the Quran was created.The evidence for this belief lies in the Qur’an itself, which muslims believe is a divine scripture, showing there significance of divine communication in Islam.

Question 1

Explain two contrasting beliefs in contemporary Britain society about the Design argument for God’s existence.
[4 marks]

Answer 1

-Muslims believe that the beauty and intricacy of nature proves that God created the world.He created order in the world and put humans in charge of creation in order to make it easier for them to serve him by following his words and showing stewardship

-Atheists disagree with the design argument because they do not believe there is a God.They think that the natural world evolved after the Big Bang theory, a random event, that has scientific evidence and through natural selection creatures designed themselves without a need for God

Question 2

Explain two contrasting beliefs about miracles.
[4 marks]

Question 3

Two weaknesses of the first cause argument
[2 marks]

Answer 3

-If everything has a cause, what caused God to exist?
-The big band was a random event, was not caused

Question 4

Two causes for evil
[2 marks]

Answer 4

-Natural disasters e.g earthquake
-Disobedience of Adam and Eve
-Misuse of freewill e.g war

Question 5

Explain two beliefs about general Revelation as a source of knowledge of the divine (God).
Refer to sacred writings or another source of religious belief and teaching in your answer.
[5 marks]

Question 6

Explain two religious views about the belief that God is omniscient.
Refer to sacred writings or another source of religious belief and teaching in
your answer.

Question 7

Explain two contrasting beliefs in contemporary British society about religious visions.
In your answer you should refer to the main religious tradition of Great Britain and non-religious beliefs.
[4 marks]