God

Question 1

What/who is God?

Answer 1

The creator and ruler of the universe; the supreme being

Question 2

What is God like?

Answer 2

God I seen by religion as:

• Omnipotent (almighty)- capable of doing anything eg. Creating the universe
• Omniscient- aware of everything that happens, past present and future
• Benevolent (all-loving, all-good)- by providing everything people need for survival on Earth
• Immanent- God is present in the universe and involved with life on Earth. People are able to experience God in their lives. God acts in history and influences events
• Transcendent- God is beyond and outside of life on Earth and the universe. God is not limited by the world, time Earth or space. He is outside of human understanding

Question 3

What does Omnipotent mean?

Answer 3

Omnipotent means almighty- capable of doing anything eg. God is Omnipotent because he created the universe

Question 4

What does Omniscient mean?

Answer 4

Omniscient means aware of everything that happens, past present and future

Question 5

What does Benevolent mean?

Answer 5

Benevolent means all-loving and all-good, this links back to God because he provided everything people need for survival on Earth

Question 6

What does Immanent mean?

Answer 6

Immanent refers to God being present in the universe and involved with life on Earth. People are able to experience God in their lives. God acts in history and influences events

Question 7

What does Transcendent mean?

Answer 7

Transcendent refers to God being beyond and outside of life on Earth and the universe. God is not limited by the world, time Earth or space. He is outside of human understanding

Question 8

What is Revelation?

Answer 8

Revelation is where something about God has been ‘revealed’ to mankind

Question 9

What is General Revelation?

Answer 9

Where God has made himself known through the beauty in nature

Question 10

What is Special Revelation?

Answer 10

Where God has interacted directly with a person or group

Question 11

What is the Cosmological (first cause) argument?

Answer 11

• Everything that exists has a cause
• The universe exists
• It must have a cause
• The cause is God

Question 12

What is an Analogy?

Answer 12

An Analogy is when a similarity is suggested between two things, something new and something unknown

Question 13

What is a Miracle?

Answer 13

A Miracle is an event which seems to break the laws of nature

Question 14

What is the Teleological (design) argument?

Answer 14

• A thumb is intricately designed
• It must have a designer
• The designer is God
• Therefore God exists

Question 15

What is an example of a miracle in Islam?

Answer 15

A miracle could be an unexplained cure from illness or survival from certain death. Muslims believe that the only miracle is the Qur’an- no human could write a book like the Qur’an without divine intervention

Question 16

What is the Anthropic Principle?

Answer 16

The Anthropic Principle is a modern version of the design argument, it argues that God designed the world so that everything was right for human life to develop

Question 17

What is the Big Bang Theory?

Answer 17

The Big Bang Theory:

• Explains the creation of the universe
• It helps us prove and disprove arguments
• It helps us make opinions on topics

Question 18

1 Christian teaching about God?:

Answer 18

-The Holy Spirit was present throughout creation, “The spirit of God was hovering over the water”

Question 19

2 Christian teaching about God?:

Answer 19

-“God created mankind in his own image”-This is important because it shows that he loves us and we are his most important creation

Question 20

Islam teachings about God vs Christian teachings about God?:

Answer 20

Similarities:

• Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnibenevolent
• One God
• Trinity/Tawhid

Differences:

• No body for God—>Islam
• No birth of God—>Islam