P.R.E Flashcards

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Rational

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A belief that is logical, reasonable, and based on good evidence

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Miracle

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An unexplainable or impossible event that people believe is caused by god

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Richard Swinburn

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Belief in god:
Thinks that miracles are good evidence that god exists

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Natural evil

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Evil caused by the earth: e.g Earthquakes

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Moral evil

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Evil caused by humans: e.g. Murder

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John Mackie

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Against belief in god:
Thinks that suffering is proof that god doesn’t exist

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Inconsistent triangle

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If god is all loving (omnibelevolent), all powerful(omnipotent) evil cannot exist

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William Paley (design argument)

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Belief in god:
Thinks the world is like a watch, because everything fits together and cannot have happened b chance

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Design argument

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Complex things do not happen by chance, they have to have a creator / The world is a very complex thing / The world could have not happened by chance / The world must have a creator / This creator must be god

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10
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Sigmund Freud

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Against Belief in god:
Freud believed god was something we created to comfort ourselves

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Thomas Aquinas (Cosmological argument)

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Belief in God:
Everything that exists was caused by something else / The chain of cause and effect goes back through time / There must have been a beginning, a first cause / This is God

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The name Aquinus uses for God

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The first cause

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13
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Thiest

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A person who believes in God

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14
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Atheist

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A person who does not believe in God

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15
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Monotheism

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The belief that there is only on God

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16
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Polytheism

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The belief that there is more than one god

17
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Omnipotent

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All powerful

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Omnibelevolent

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All loving

19
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Freuds 3 wishes

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The desire for a father, the desire for fairness and the desire for immortality