KEY RE TERMS

Question 1

Immanent

Answer 1

Immanent – This is the belief that God is nearby and we can feel His presence. This might help a religious believer as they feel God hears them and cares for them.

Question 2

Transcendent

Answer 2

Transcendent – This is the belief that God is completely different to us and outside our world. This might help a religious believer when they pray because God is outside the situation and can provide that outside help.

Question 3

Omnipotent

Answer 3

Omnipotent – This is the belief that God is all-powerful. This might help a religious believer because it means God is more powerful than the difficult circumstances we face and God can rescue us.

Question 4

Omniscient

Answer 4

Omniscient – This is the belief that God is all-knowing. This might help a religious believer because it means God knows more than we do and we have to trust Him to know what is right for us.

Question 5

Omnipresent

Answer 5

Omnipresent – This is the belief that God is everywhere. This might help a religious believer when they pray because they know God hears them wherever they might be.

Question 6

Omnibenevolent

Answer 6

Omnibenevolent – This is the belief that God is absolutely good. This might help a religious believer because they know that God is completely pure and nothing He does is ever bad or evil.

Question 7

Knowable

Answer 7

Knowable – This is the belief that although He is God, we can know Him. This can best be seen through prayer when humans can speak to God. For Christians, Jesus is the perfect example of how God is knowable because people spent time with God in human flesh.

Question 8

Unknowable

Answer 8

Unknowable – This is the belief that because God is completely different to us we can never really know Him.

Question 9

Monotheism

Answer 9

Monotheism – This is the belief in one God. For example, Christianity and Islam are monotheistic.

Question 10

Polytheism

Answer 10

Polytheism – This is the belief that there are many gods.

Question 11

Trinity

Answer 11

The Trinity is a way of describing the three ways of being God.
The Trinity does NOT mean that Christians believe there are three gods, rather that God is three and one all at the same time.

Question 12

Vishnu

Answer 12

A hindu deity preserving order and harmony in the universe.

Question 13

Qur an

Answer 13

Muslim Holy book

Question 14

Shiva

Answer 14

Hindu deity .The destroyer part of the Trumurti(the 3 mist important Hindu gods)

Question 15

Allah

Answer 15

The God ofI Islam

Question 16

Anthropmorphic language

Answer 16

Description of God in personal terms as though God has human qualities.

Question 17

Brahma

Answer 17

Hindu deity responsible for creative power

Question 18

Monotheism

Answer 18

Belief in one God

Question 19

Evolution

Answer 19

The process of simple creatures becoming complex