Key Words Flashcards
Monotheism
Belief in one God
Polytheism
Belief in more than one God/ many gods
Omnipotent
All powerful
Omnibenevolent
All loving
Omniscient
All knowing
Transcendent
He is outside and beyond everything he created
Immanent
Present in the world; He is close to people and has an imminent relationship with them
Ruah
Breath
Lebab
Self awareness, consciousness
Agnostic
A person who holds that the existence of God is unknown and unknowable
Theist
Belief in the existence of a god or gods
Atheist
A person who disbelieved or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods
Positive atheism
Where a person asserts that there is no such thing as a god or god- they do not exist
Negative atheism
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
Natural evil
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
Moral evil
Suffering caused by humans acting in a way that is morally wrong e.g. Bullying, murder, rape, theft or terrorism
Descent with modification
When animals have babies, they act differently. Random variation
What are some reasons for why people would be atheists?
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
