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God And Revelation Flashcards

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What do Christians believe about god creating the universe and give a quote

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  • god created everything in the universe
  • the world is so intricate god must have designed it
  • “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”
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What do Buddhists believe about god creating the universe and give a quote

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  • there is no creator
  • everything comes into existence when all the necessary conditions are there
  • “Every wave is related to every other wave”
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What do Atheists believe about creating the universe

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-everything in the earth evolved naturally

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What is the design argument and who invented these arguments

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  • the argument that the world is so complex that someone must have created it that someone being God
  • William Paley, the watch
  • Isaac Newton, the thumb
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What are the objections to the design argument

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  • natural selection happens by chance not by a designer
  • of god created the world why is there suffering
  • humans impose order and structure
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What is the first cause argument

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  • everything has a first cause
  • god is that first cause
  • the first cause is eternal
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What do Christians believe about the first cause and give a quote

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-god is the first cause of the universe
-god arguably causes the Big Bang
“Through him all things were made”

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What do Buddhists believe about the first cause

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  • there is no first cause
  • the universe is cyclical it has no beginning or end
  • the process is endless change with no beginning or end
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What do Atheists believe about the first cause

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-the Big Bang

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What are the objections to the first cause argument

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  • who or what caused God
  • if God is eternal the universe must be eternal too
  • religious creation stories are spiritual not literal
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What are miracles

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-they are impossible events that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws

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What do Christians believe about miracles

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  • shows God’s love and power therefore he exists

- strengthens faith

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Give an example of a miracle

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  • 1902 Marie Bailey had a disease which meant she could not eat
  • went to Lourdes got holy water poured on her abdomen
  • she returned to good health
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What do Buddhists believe about miracles

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  • meditators may develop miraculous powers but it doesn’t show spirituality
  • nor does it prove God’s existence
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Give an example of a Buddhist miracle

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  • Buddha was meditating in a heavy storm
  • the serpent king protected him for the rain
  • 7days later the King bowed before the Buddha
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What do Atheists believe about miracles

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  • lucky coincidences
  • undiscovered scientific explanation
  • made up for money or fame
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What do Christians believe about further arguments against god and give a quote

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-creation stories should be interpreted literally
-science reveals laws that God created
“The Big Bang(…) does not contradict the divine creation. Rather, it requires it”

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What do Buddhists believe about further arguments against god

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-Buddhists do not view science as presenting a challenge towards the teachings

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What do Atheists believe about further arguments against god

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  • science explains most of it
  • why is their suffering
  • god is an invention to answer questions and that can’t be explained
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What do Christians believe about the problem of evil and suffering

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  • free will
  • original sin
  • if there was nothing bad how can we tell what is good
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What do Buddhists believe about the problem of evil and suffering

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  • people can choose to act in an evil way
  • three poisons
  • they will suffer because of suffering
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What do Christians believe about special revelation and give an example

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  • shows God’s purpose and nature
  • experiencing God directly
  • Moses recovering the Ten Commandments
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What is a special revelation

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When god makes himself known through direct personal experience

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Name two types of special revelation

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  • hearing god’s call
  • vision
  • dream
  • prophecy
  • miracle
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What do Buddhists believe about special revelation

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  • helps to understand nature of reality

- when meditating Buddhists might get visions of Buddha or Bodhisattvas this communicates how to achieve enlightenment

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What are visions

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-an image of a spiritual being and receiving messages from them

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What happened to Saul

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  • Saul was on Damascus road
  • he was blinded by a light and was spoken to by jesus
  • converted to Christianity
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What is Bahiya’s vision

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  • he doubted if he was really enlightened
  • he had a vision of Deva who confirmed this and told him to see Buddha
  • he travelled to see Buddha shortly after he became enlightened
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What do Christians believe about general revelation and nature and give a quote

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-gives insight into god
-shows God as powerful and a creator
-strengthens faith
“The skies proclaim the work of his hands”

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What do Christians believe about scripture as a way of understanding the divine

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  • fundamentalists, the bible contains the actual words of god
  • liberal, it’s inspired by god but is seen in a different context in today’s world
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Give four examples of general revelation

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  • seeing God’s presence in nature
  • experiencing God through worship and scripture
  • coming to understand the nature of reality through meditation
  • learning about the nature of reality though scripture
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What is a general revelation.

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Coming to understand god or the nature of reality though ordinary common events

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What do Buddhists believe about general revelation

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  • scripture is the “enlightened word” tells us how to achieve enlightenment
  • contains sacred power that positively affects people
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Give two examples about what Christians believe about the nature of God

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  • omnipotent, god created the world

- omniscient,god knows past present and future

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Give two Buddhist beliefs about the nature of Buddha

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  • compassionate, wants to relieve suffering

- immanent, followers can enter a relationship through meditation

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Why is revelation important to Christians

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  • proves God’s existence
  • start a religion
  • have a relationship with God
  • understand how he wants us to live
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What is the value of revelation and enlightenment for Buddhists

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  • understand the nature of reality
  • reduces suffering
  • leads to compassion wisdom and peace and freedom
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What do Atheists believe about the value of revelation and enlightenment

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  • could be wishful thinking
  • caused by drugs or alcohol
  • mental illness
  • for fame and money

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