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Philosophy And Ethics Flashcards

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3 characteristics of god shown by revelation of Jesus

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Omnipresent
Omnipotent
Benevolent

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Catholics use revelation to mean…

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the ways in which god made himself known to humans

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What do Catholics believe about the revelation

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

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What does the revelation of Jesus show us about god

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  • 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
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Catholics believe jesus was the……..

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Final revelation from god

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3 important visions for Catholics

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Mary appearing to Bernadette
Fatima
Bright light appearing to St Paul

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Corporeal visions

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Physically seeing something

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Imaginative visions

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Seeing it in a dream

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Old Testament vision

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Abraham visited by god and promised a reward

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New Testament vision

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Transfiguration of Jesus in Mathew

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Non biblical vision

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Peasant called Joan had visions of St Michael

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Reasons visions may lead to belief in god

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  • 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
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Reasons visions don’t lead to belief in god

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  • Could be hallucinations from medication
  • Could be a vision but might not be god
  • Could be for attention and fame
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3 reasons miracles prove god exists

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

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Define miracle

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

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2 biblical miracles

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Jesus turns water into wine

Jesus’s resurrection

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Why don’t some people believe in miracles

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

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  • 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
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2 beliefs about god shown in miracles

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  • He heals, you go to Lourdes to get healed

- Omnipotent, nobody else can do this

20
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What is a numinous experience

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Presence of god in their life

21
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Corporate experience

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Many experiences at once

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Conversion

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Change in belief

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Religious experience

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Direct contact with god

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Why are religious experiences used as evidence for gods existence

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

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Zacheus saw Jesus and changed his ways

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Non religious responses to religious experiences

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  • Hallucinations
  • Drug induced
  • Mental illness
  • Lack of physical evidence
  • Fame
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Catholic responses to the question of proof (religious experiences)

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  • God is omnipotent

- No evidence doesn’t mean something didn’t happen

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What is the design argument

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

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What analogy did William Paley use

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Pocket watch

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What is the pocket watch analogy

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

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

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He is omnipotent and omniscient

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How design argument may not lead to belief in god

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  • 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
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SWA design argument

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

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