Knowledge of God's existence key words Flashcards

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natural theology

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attempts to discover truths about the existence and nature of God by using human reason and experience

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Psalm 46

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knowledge of God gained through observation of natural world
greatness evident all around
“I speak to you through the grass of the meadows and the mountains”

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teleological argument

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use order / complexity / design / beauty to point towards evidence for a creator

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Qua regularity argument

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Aquinas
order
a being that directs all things
example of arrow and archer

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Qua purpose argument

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Paley
things within the universe appear to work towards specific purposes
5 evidences of design
example of the watch

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nature as a ‘point of contact’

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Calvin
conclusions about God’s existence reached through study of natural world
metaphor of ‘mirror’ and ‘theatre’

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epistemic distance (Calvin)

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believed epistemic distance caused by humans, not God

God’s presence in nature so obvious, failure to recognise due to wilful ignorance

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principle of accommodation

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God wants humans to know him
human mind too limited to comprehend God
nature = obvious but not overwhelming, God revealed in a way we are able to conceptualise

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Fibonacci sequence

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precise mathematical formulae evident within nature

some argue evidence for intelligent design

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sensus divinitas

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Calvin
“divine sense”
“awareness of divinity”
instinctive, within all humans

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universal consent argument

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Cicero
people from all cultures, time periods, nationalities have believed in God
instinct to believe in higher power universally and naturally present

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‘the unknown God’

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St Paul
alters to Gods and idols + the unknown God
evidence for an intuitive sense to know the ‘true God’

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natural moral law

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inbuilt reason within everyone, a gift from God

to distinguish right from wrong, and seek good

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conscience

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God given ability to distinguish right from wrong

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Revealed theology

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knowledge of God directly given to humans from God himself

not worked out by human reason

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immediate revelation (Bible)

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first hand experience where God reveals himself / some knowledge
direct

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mediate revelation (Bible)

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immediate revelation which is then passed on to others, less direct
eg Moses passing on 10 commandments to others

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verbally inspired (Bible)

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Bible is the word of God
writers told what to write by God
innerant, infallible cannot be wrong

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divinely inspired (Bible

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inspired by God
reflects attitudes / opinions of writers
not totally innerant

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the incarnation

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God in human form of Jesus

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the word of God

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God’s intentions / message to humanity
Jesus reveals God’s message
“I and the father are one” John

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“mirror and mediator”

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Calvin

mirror: Jesus reflecting God’s qualities
mediator: Jesus = the link between humanity and God

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Jesus as the ‘point of contact’

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Barth
point at which God’s world meets our world
“the known plane is intersected by another plane … the world of God”

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faith

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fait that Jesus is God incarnate is essential
this makes revelation meaningful
(combine with reason)

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God’s grace

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God’s grace gives us the ability to have faith and the ability to know God

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The fall

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result in distorted / broken relationship between humanity and God
sinful nature introduced