Key Words

Question 1

Monotheism

Answer 1

Belief in one God

Question 2

Polytheism

Answer 2

Belief in more than one God/ many gods

Question 3

Omnipotent

Answer 3

All powerful

Question 4

Omnibenevolent

Answer 4

All loving

Question 5

Omniscient

Answer 5

All knowing

Question 6

Transcendent

Answer 6

He is outside and beyond everything he created

Question 7

Immanent

Answer 7

Present in the world; He is close to people and has an imminent relationship with them

Question 8

Ruah

Answer 8

Breath

Question 9

Lebab

Answer 9

Self awareness, consciousness

Question 10

Agnostic

Answer 10

A person who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable

Question 11

Theist

Answer 11

Belief in the existence of a god or gods

Question 12

Atheist

Answer 12

A person who disbelieved or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods

Question 13

Positive atheism

Answer 13

Where a person asserts that there is no such thing as a god or god- they do not exist

Question 14

Negative atheism

Answer 14

Where a person does not personally believe in a God or gods but does not go as far as to say there are none i.e. Someone that is not a theist

Question 15

Natural evil

Answer 15

Suffering caused by events that have nothing to do with humans and which are to do with the way the world is, e.g. natural disasters such as the volcanic eruptions, floods or earthquakes

Question 16

Moral evil

Answer 16

Suffering caused by humans acting in a way that is morally wrong e.g. Bullying, murder, rape, theft or terrorism

Question 17

Descent with modification

Answer 17

When animals have babies, they act differently. Random variation

Question 18

What are some reasons for why people would be atheists?

Answer 18

Science can explain aspects of the world without a need for God as an explanation

There is no proof that God exists

All religions teach different things about God- they can’t all be right so they are most probably all wrong

The problem of evil