R.E.- Component 1 Flashcards
Creation ex nihilo
Creation out of nothing. Chiristians believed God created the world out of nothing and only God can create out of nothing.
Evolution
The process of mutation and natural selection in a species over a period of time to suit a particular environment.
Imago Dei
In the image of God. The belief that humans are a unique refelection of God’s personhood. Means that humans are free, rational and moral.
Inspiration
God breathed. The belief that the Holy Spirit of God guides an individual to act or write what is good and true.
Ominipotent
The belief that God is all powerful. Because he created the universe in 6 days.
Revelation
The words used to describe all the differents ways God has make himself know to humankind. Believes that God does this finally through Jesus Christ.
Stewardship
The duty to care for creation responsibly. Beliefs that we should take care of it as stward and not consumers and protect it for future generations.
Transcendent
Exisiting outside of time and space. God exists in a way like nothing else because he is above and beyond creation.
Causation
The idesa that everything has a cause and God is the cause of the unicerse.
Eternal
Without beginning or end
Cosmology
The branch of science that studies the origins of the universe.
Natural Selection
A process in which animals better adapt to their environment to survive.
Sanctity of Life
The belief that human life is sacred as it is a gift from God.
Conception
When sperm meets an egg and fertilisation occurs
Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb to terminate a pregnancy
Relative
The idea that truth and moral values are not fixed but depends on the situation.
Quality of Life
The idea that life must have benefits for it to be worth living.
Pro Life
Belief that abortion is wrong in every circumstance and all human have the right to live
Pro Choice
Beliefs that the mother has the right to choose what happens to her body and so can have an abortion if she wishes.
Speciesism
The idea that human life is more important that any other life.
Immanent
God is close to his creation and involved with the world so that he can make himself known.
Conscience
Human reason making moral decision. Christians believe there is a God-given compulsion within all human to do what is right.
Evil
The abscence of good. The impluse to seek our own desire at the expense of other’s suffering
Free will
A person is able to choose right or wrong wothout being controlled by other forces.
Goodness
The quality of being like God.
Natural Law
The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal. The belief that moral law is discoverable by every human being and is same for all human beings at all places and time
Privation
The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present. Evil is the privation of good.
Suffering
Pain or loss which harms human beings. Some are caused by humans while others are caused by nature.
