Philosophy

Question 1

What do people mean when they talk about “God”?

Answer 1

Few theists think of God as a person

More likely to think of God as a power that has always existed (eternal) and caused everything to exist (creator)

Question 2

What is proof

Answer 2

Evidence which removes all areas of doubt in a persons mind

Question 3

Can the existence of God be proven

Answer 3

No physical proof
God is meant to be a power - cannot see, hear, smell, touch or taste to prove gods existence
No logical proof
Individuality if you feel gods presence

Question 4

What is faith

Answer 4

When you believe in something that cannot totally be proven

Question 5

Who suggested the first cause (cosmological) argument and when

Answer 5

Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century

Question 6

What is the first cause (cosmological) argument

Answer 6

Everything is constantly changing
All these changes are caused by something else, which in turn is caused by something else
Must be one thing that started everything - the “first cause”/God

Question 7

Weaknesses of the first cause (cosmological) argument

Answer 7

Maybe things happen without a cause - Big Bang
Existence of universe is God but existence of a god is left unexplained
If God is creator why create hurricanes, tsunamis, disease and death

Question 8

What is:
Atheist
Theist
Agnostic

Answer 8

Atheist - doesn’t believe in God
Theist - believes in God
Agnostic - doesn’t know whether there is a god or not