Existence of God and Revelation Flashcards

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William Paley’s Deign argument

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About intelligent design. He gave the analogy of a watch, like a watch has a designer and is intelligently designed with complexity and purpose, so is the universe complex and intelligently designed and therefor it also has a pose and an intelligent designer, namely God

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Thomas Aquinas’ First Cause argument

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Everything that exists must have a cause. The universe too exists, so it must have a cause - an eternal cause that was not caused by anything, namely God, and therefore God exists.

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Two type of miracle definitions

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1) A positive impossible event that cannot be defined by natural or scientific laws (and is therefore attributed to a divine agency God)
2) A beneficial positive coincidence

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what does subjective mean

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only true to one person

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what does objective mean

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factually true

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name some miracles

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Fatima sun (witnessed by thousands)

Miracle healing at Lourdes

Jesus turns water into wine

Miracle of Stairwell B

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Moral evil definition

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actions done by humans which cause suffering intentionally

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Natural evil definition

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Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

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what is a theodisy

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justification for God and suffering

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