Existence of God quotes Flashcards
Quote for an a theists view of God existing
‘In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence’ Isaac Newton
Quote from David Hume about God as a designer
‘only the first rude essay of some infant deity, who afterward abandoned it, ashamed of his performance’
Quote from the Bible about the beginning of the world
‘in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’
Quote for explaining Job’s suffering
‘where wereyou when I laid the foundation of the earth?…You weren’t there Job and you don’t know how I did it’
Quote for the existing of God
‘the world is so perfect, there must be a designer and maker’ William Paley
‘nothing is without a reason’ Maxim
‘it’s impossible to prove or disprove the existence of God, therefore the only way forward is to assume that God exists’
Quote for God being the first cause
‘God does exist. God is the ‘uncaused cause’ Aquinas
‘if one refuses to even sit down at the chess board and make a move, one cannot of course be checkmated’
Quote for the big bang theory co-existing with God
‘The big bang…does not contradict the divine act of creation, rather it requires it’ Pope Francis
Quotes for general revelation
‘all scripture is divinely inspired and has its use for teaching the truth and refuting error for reformation of manners and discipline in right living’
‘the heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands’
Quote for special revelation
‘when there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams’
Quote for God’s nature
‘You have searched me, Lord and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar’
‘For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life’
Quote for the world just existing
‘just because humans have a mother, doesn’t mean the universe needs to have a mother’ Russel
‘the universe is just there, and that’s all’ russel
Quote against the comsmological argument
‘the cosmological argument can’t stand alone as proof for the existence of God’Brian Davies
Quote against God existing
‘arguments about the existence of God can never move beyond probability’
