re revision Flashcards
What does omnipotent mean?
All powerful
What does omniscient mean?
All knowing
What does benevolent mean?
All loving
What is the inconsistent triad?
The theory that God can only be two out of omnipotent, benevolent and omniscient
What is free will
The idea that God is letting us make our own choices, and if we didn’t have free will we’d all be robots
Natural evil
earthquakes etc. Harder to defend God from- why would he create natural evil?
Just
Fair
Moral evil
Murder etc (man-made)
The Trinity
God is 3 in one: the father, the son and the holy spirit
Incarnation
This means ‘God in the flesh’, the idea is that he’s fully human and fully God
Problem of evil
If God is all-powerful and all-loving why is there still evil in the world?
Oneness
Christians believe there is just one God
Jesus calms the sea
Jesus is as powerful as God
Why would God allow evil?
To give people free will
Days of creation
God made the world in 6 days, the seventh being his day of rest