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What does Inspiration (keyword) mean?

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“God breathed”

The belief that the Spirit of God guides and individual to act or write what is good and true.

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What does Revelation (keyword) mean?

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The word used to describe all the ways in which God makes himself knows to human beings.
Christians believe that God does this finally and fully in the person of Jesus Christ.

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What does Omnipotence (keyword) mean?

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The belief that God is all powerful.

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What does Transcendence (keyword) mean?

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Existing outside of space and time.

God creates in a way that makes him nothing like anything else that exists, above and beyond creation.

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What does Creation ex Nihilo (keyword) mean?

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Creation out of nothing.

Before God created the universe, nothing existed. Only God can create out of nothing.

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WHAT is the Bible?

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The Bible is the Holy book of Christians, is is divided into two main sections; the Old Testament and the New Testament.

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Quote about the Bible:

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“All Scripture is given by the inspiration of God.”

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What do Catholics think about the Bible?

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Written by many different people.
There are lots of different types of books.
It was written thousands of years ago.
We need to look at the deeper meanings and messages in it rather than take it word for word true.

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What do Fundamental Christians think about the Bible?

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It is word for word true.

We should read the books and passages in exactly the same way.

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What are the three parts of the catholic stool?

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Bible
Tradition
Magisterium

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What is tradition? (Catholic Stool)

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The inspired wisdom captured in the words, customs and lives of Christians

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What is the Magisterium? (Catholic Stool)

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How the Pope and the Bishops interpret for Catholics today.

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What does morality mean?

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Knowing the difference between actions and intentions that are right or good and those that are bad and wrong.

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What is a quote we can use when writing about traditions? What can we write about this?

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“Not all things Jesus did are written down in the Bible”

There is a wider collection of inspired Christian wisdom captured in the words and customs of people’s lives.

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What is a teaching of the Magisterium?

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To take care of the environment.

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What helps the church grow in wisdom?

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The Holy Spirit

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What is the conscience?

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Human reason making moral decisions. The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong.

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What do Christians think about the conscience?

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The voice of the conscience seems to be the same as the voice of God, so Christians should follow it.

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Why is Genesis ‘symbolic’ to Christians?

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It has a hidden meaning that explains difficult to get across points to Christians.

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What is a good quote to use from Genesis 1?

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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

“Let us make mankind in our image.”

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What are good quotes to use from Genesis 2?

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“God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.”

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What do the creation accounts show us about God?

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Shows us he is omnipotent, omnibenevolent and transcendent.

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What do the creation accounts show us about humans?

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We are made in the image of god
We have a role in creation
God gives us life

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Did God create the world in 6 days?

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Catholics don’t think he literally did.

A day to god could be 1000 years.

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Can you believe in the Bible and science? (in relation to the creation story and the Big Bang)
Catholics don’t read the creation story as an alternative to the Big Bang, the Bible explains WHY things happen, science explains HOW.
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Who is St. Augustine
A saint that wasn’t moral growing up and thought it was impossible to live as a Christian Later converted to a Christian
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What do Jews believe about God?
He is the source of all life
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What do Orthodox Jews and reform Jews believe about the creation accounts
Orthodox believe it is a true account | Reform believe they are stories that shouldn’t be considered as historical facts
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What is the Big Bang theory?
The idea that the universe began in an explosion where from a single point all of earths matter was thrown outwards. This created planets we know today.
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What does Steven hawking say about the Big Bang?
He believes in the Big Bang and that creation out of nothing occurred but god had no part of it.
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What is a quote from Steven hawking?
Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing
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What does the pope say about religion and science in terms of the Big Bang?
He says they can work alongside each other Religion explains why Science explains how
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Who is Charles darwin?
Scientist that came up with theory of evolution
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What is natural selection?
Animals which are best suited to their environment are the ones which service and pass on their genes to their babies
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What do Catholics say about evolution?
It can help us learn about the world. | All of these scientific purposes are part of God’s loving plan for us.
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What does pope john Paul say about evolution
It is of great merit and can help us learn about the world. | Evolution shows how the human body evolved but religion shows gods love for us
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Who is Richard Dawkins?
A modern day evolution scientist
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What does Richard Dawkins say about god?
There is no god who has a purpose plan or design for the universe
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What would a Catholic say in response to Richard Dawkins’ views regarding there being no evidence of a soul?
Science is not in a position to say anything about souls because souls are not the type of thing science studies
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Why do Catholics think science shows god created the world?
The Big Bang had to be at exactly he right second, if it was too soon or too late it wouldn’t have worked. Only God is omniscience to do this.
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Why do some Catholics think science and the bible are right?
One of gods days in the story of creation could be millions or billions of days
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What is a good quote for talking about religion and science
One of the greatest tragedies of our time is this impression that has been created that science and religion have to be at war
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What is a creationist?
A type of Christian that thinks the creation stories happened exactly in the way they were written down in genesis.
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Who is Paul Taylor and what does he think?
A creationist that believes god created the world in six 24 hour periods He believes that fossils were made from the animals that were killed in the world wide floods (Noah)
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What do Catholics and creationists have in common?
Both say the bible writers were inspired by god Both believe in god Both say bible gives us help in lives today
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Who is Catherine of Siena?
A nun who had visions throughout her life and nursed the sick and dying.
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What does Catherine of Sienas writing mean?
Humans come from god | We are gods image because he loves us and we are created out of love
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What does genesis show us about humans
Humans are made in the image of god Human beings are rational Humans have free will and a conscience Humans can receive love
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What does paintings such as the creation of Adam show us about god?
He is the giver of life | We are made in his image
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What is the CDT?
Catholic social teaching | They want social justice for everyone eg demanding equal pay, dignity and stopping poverty
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What does CAFOD say about social justice?
Human dignity is an important part of social justice | Need to care for the earth
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How do Catholics live in the image of god?
Charitable actions
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What do the SVP do?
Tackle poverty and bring social justice to everyone Visit and befriend individuals in need Run support centres
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What is stewardship?
Duty to care for creation responsibly as stewards rather than consumers and protect it for future generations
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What do humanists say about stewardship
They agree with it and share the same views as Catholics
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What do humanists say about speciesism?
They disagree with it | We rely on animals so we should look after them
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What is abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
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What do Catholics and Jews say about abortion
They are anti abortion, unless the mothers life is at risk
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What do non religious people say about abortion
They are pro choice
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What is a good quote from humanists about abortion?
My life my body my choice
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What does Peter singer think about being a species or a person?
A human being is a species which is different to being a person. He thinks that if you are a person you can think feel choose etc. So therefore a foetus isn’t a person it is just a human being

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