God as Creator

Question 0

what is the 1st basic account of the creation?

Answer 0

‘six days’ version = god creating the world

Question 1

how many basic accounts of the creation are there?

Answer 1

two

Question 2

what happens in the 2nd basic account of the creation?

Answer 2

the story of adam and eve - god moulding/crafting things into existence

Question 3

what does god cause?

Answer 3

the unvierse to exist

Question 4

what is god responsible for?

Answer 4

the universe coming into existence and sustaining it

Question 5

is god responsible for everything in the universe?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

what is genesis 1 concerned with?

Answer 6

the creation of the universe

Question 7

what does genesis 2 do?

Answer 7

sets out God’s relationship with humanity (through adam and eve)

Question 8

what are other passages associated with God as creator?

Answer 8

Isaiah 40: 22-23

Job 38

Question 9

how long did it take to create the world? GENESIS 1

Answer 9

6 days

Question 10

how does God come across and who is it a close match to? GENESIS 1

Answer 10

god seems more remote and transcendent - close match to Aristotle’s PM

Question 11

when does God create different parts?GENESIS 1

Answer 11

on each day

Question 12

what words were used in the act of creation? GENESIS 1

Answer 12

‘god said’

Question 13

what is god able to do? GENESIS 1

Answer 13

create the world alone

Question 14

what does god having the ability to create the world alone show? GENESIS 1

Answer 14

his omnipotence

Question 15

what does genesis 1 seem to have?

Answer 15

greek influence

Question 16

how does god create? GENESIS 1

Answer 16

simply by demand

Question 17

what does genesis 1 clearly show?

Answer 17

god’s complete power over the world and his pre-existence in the creation of the world

Question 18

what does genesis 2 involve?

Answer 18

the creation of adam and eve and the fall

Question 19

how is god pictured? GENESIS 2

Answer 19

in a more super-human way, he has more of a relationship with humanity

Question 20

why does god come across as more involved or immanent? GENESIS 2

Answer 20

because he provides for creation and gets angry when they disobey

Question 21

what were adam and eve caught doing and what was the punishment? GENESIS 2

Answer 21

caught disobeying god and were ashamed and thrown out of the garden of Eden

Question 22

how did God create in genesis 1?

Answer 22

via word

Question 23

what approach does god use in genesis 2?

Answer 23

more hands on - god is crafting

Question 24

what do both genesis 1 and 2 regard humans as?

Answer 24

a high creation

Question 25

there is an intimate relationship shown in genesis 2 - who was it between?

Answer 25

god and mankind

Question 26

philosophical word for human-like image of God

Answer 26

anthropomorphic

Question 27

what does the relationship between man and god allow god to do?

Answer 27

reward or punish man

Question 28

who is god? GOD AS CRAFTSMAN

Answer 28

the skilled builder of the world

Question 29

how is god seen? GOD AS CRAFTSMAN

Answer 29

as the designer who laid down the foundations of the world

Question 30

what does 'creatio ex nihilo' mean?

Answer 30

creating out of nothing

Question 31

where does creatio ex nihilo come from?

Answer 31

both Gensis and Job

Question 32

what is believed about creatio ex nihilo?

Answer 32

that god created the whole universe, along with everything existing, out of nothing

Question 33

what does genesis 1 suggest about god's crafting?

Answer 33

that he crafter from a pre-existing mass

Question 34

what does creatio ex nihilo?

Answer 34

fits with the big bang

Question 35

give 6 qualities of god

Answer 35

``` omniscient omnipresent omnipotent giver of free will eternal immutable ```

Question 36

aristotle's PM is transcendent - what does it fit with?

Answer 36

the account of genesis 1

Question 37

why is genesis 2 against aristotle's PM?

Answer 37

because it shows a more immanent God -PM cannot interact because it is unchanged

Question 38

PM is uncaring - why doesn't this match up to genesis 2?

Answer 38

genesis 2 shows that god talks to mankind -PM wouldn't

Question 39

if god is creator what is he responsible for?

Answer 39

everything in the universe

Question 40

what has god given humanity that may make him not be 100% responsible?

Answer 40

FREE WILL to chose between god and evil

Question 41

what challenges the omni-titles?

Answer 41

problem of evil

Question 42

what may mankind be? GOD AS CREATOR

Answer 42

partially responsible

Question 43

what may god's omniscience know that we don't?

Answer 43

about evil and it's purpose