Philosophy And Ethics

Question 1

3 characteristics of god shown by revelation of Jesus

Answer 1

Omnipresent
Omnipotent
Benevolent

Question 2

Catholics use revelation to mean…

Answer 2

the ways in which god made himself known to humans

Question 3

What do Catholics believe about the revelation

Answer 3

God is not trying to prove he exists, he is communicating and teaching

Question 4

What does the revelation of Jesus show us about god

Answer 4

• Sent Jesus out of love for humans
• Sending Jesus was a sacrifice from god
• God sent Jesus to save humans and lead them to faith

Question 5

Catholics believe jesus was the……..

Answer 5

Final revelation from god

Question 6

3 important visions for Catholics

Answer 6

Mary appearing to Bernadette
Fatima
Bright light appearing to St Paul

Question 7

Corporeal visions

Answer 7

Physically seeing something

Question 8

Imaginative visions

Answer 8

Seeing it in a dream

Question 9

Old Testament vision

Answer 9

Abraham visited by god and promised a reward

Question 10

New Testament vision

Answer 10

Transfiguration of Jesus in Mathew

Question 11

Non biblical vision

Answer 11

Peasant called Joan had visions of St Michael

Question 12

Reasons visions may lead to belief in god

Answer 12

• May lead to person taking action or deepening their faith
• Private revelations are rare so are from god
• Unusual phenomenon can’t be explained by science

Question 13

Reasons visions don’t lead to belief in god

Answer 13

• Could be hallucinations from medication
• Could be a vision but might not be god
• Could be for attention and fame

Question 14

3 reasons miracles prove god exists

Answer 14

Reveal he is omnipotent
Communicates with people
Healing miracles prove he is benevolent

Question 15

Define miracle

Answer 15

An act that can’t be explained by anything but god

Question 16

2 biblical miracles

Answer 16

Jesus turns water into wine

Jesus’s resurrection

Question 17

Why don’t some people believe in miracles

Answer 17

• Could be a coincidence or an a usual event
• Unexplained things don’t mean god
• Science is continuing to expand, will find answer soon

Question 18

Miracles lead to belief in god

Answer 18

• If science can’t explain it it must be god
• Those who experience miracles can’t explain it
• If god is omnipotent he can break laws of nature

Question 19

2 beliefs about god shown in miracles

Answer 19

• He heals, you go to Lourdes to get healed

- Omnipotent, nobody else can do this

Question 20

What is a numinous experience

Answer 20

Presence of god in their life

Question 21

Corporate experience

Answer 21

Many experiences at once

Question 22

Conversion

Answer 22

Change in belief

Question 23

Religious experience

Answer 23

Direct contact with god

Question 24

Why are religious experiences used as evidence for gods existence

Answer 24

• Often cause conversion
• Happen in a place of beauty and are convinced they encountered god
• Long lasting

Question 25

SWA for religious experience

Answer 25

Zacheus saw Jesus and changed his ways

Question 26

Non religious responses to religious experiences

Answer 26

- Hallucinations - Drug induced - Mental illness - Lack of physical evidence - Fame

Question 27

Catholic responses to the question of proof (religious experiences)

Answer 27

- God is omnipotent | - No evidence doesn’t mean something didn’t happen

Question 28

What is the design argument

Answer 28

The world is so perfect it must have a creator, which is god

Question 29

What analogy did William Paley use

Answer 29

Pocket watch

Question 30

What is the pocket watch analogy

Answer 30

A watch is so perfect and works so well, so it must have a creator

Question 31

How does the design argument compliment a christians view of nature of god

Answer 31

He is omnipotent and omniscient

Question 32

How design argument may not lead to belief in god

Answer 32

- Poor designer, disease, natural disaster. Why would a benevolent god design these - Proves that the world has a designer, doesn’t say god - World could be made by ‘infant deity’ and our world was a learning world that is why it is imperfect

Question 33

SWA design argument

Answer 33

‘Ever since the creation of this world, his eternal power has even clearly perceived in the things that have been made’