RE Flashcards
What is a guilty conscience?
A guilty conscience is the voice in our heads which is God telling us that what we are doing is wrong.
Who suggested the guilty conscience?
Cardinal Newman.
Quote for A guilty conscience.
“Always do the most loving thing”
What is natural law?
Natural law is a body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct.
What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
•Shahada
•Salah
•Zakat
•Sawm
•Hajj
What is shahada?
Testify that there is no true deity except God, and that Muhammad is his messenger.
What is salah?
Pray 5 times a day
What is zakat
Pay the yearly alms
What is sawm
Fasting during ramadan
What is hajj
The pilgrimage to Makkah that all Muslims must do at least once in their lifetime.
What is jihad
Jihad is struggle. And holy war.
What is greater Jihad?
Greater Jihad is about making the effort to be a good Muslim through personal struggle to improve spiritually. It is a duty and an act of worship.
What is lesser jihad?
Lesser jihad is about defending Islam from threat. Lesser jihad is sometimes called holy war. It must be approved by a religious leader, fought in self defence and not used to either convert people to Islam or gain land.
What are some arguments for gods existence?
•Cosmological argument
•Teleological argument
Explain the cosmological argument.
•Everything that exists must have a cause
•The universe must have a cause
•something outside of the universe must’ve caused the universe.
•God caused the universe as he is the only thing outside of the universe.
•There is a God
Explain the teleological argument.
•Something with a certain complexity/ have a function can’t have just appeared there
•For example, a watch is complex, so it must have a creator.
•A heart or an eye is complex, so it must have a creator.
•This cannot be a human designer because there can’t be a human to make a heart if they don’t have a heart themselves.
•God is the only non-being thing
•God must be the non-human designer
•God exists
(William paley’s watch analogy)
What is an argument that his doesn’t exist.
The triangle of Omnis
What is the triangle of Omnis?
If god is omnipotent (all powerful) and there is evil in the world, then god cannot be omnibenevolent (all loving)
If god is omnibenevolent (all loving) and there is evil then he cannot be omnipotent (all powerful).
What is a quote about hajj?
“Purify my house for those who perform Tawaf”
What happens on day one of Hajj?
•Circle Kabbah 7 times.
What happens on day 2 of hajj?
Pilgrims travel to Arafat from Mina and pray on mountain.
What happens on day 3 of hajj?
•Stone the devil
•Sacrifice animals
Day 4 hajj
Stone the devil (again)
