Reasons for Belief in God

Question 1

Name the 4 reasons for belief in God

Answer 1

Upbringing
Religious Experience
Revelation
Reason

Question 2

Name 3 advantages of Religious Upbringing

Answer 2

Being part of a community
Having good morals
Having a purpose in life

Question 3

Name 3 disadvantages of Religious Upbringing

Answer 3

May not be an authentic faith
Can stop you from exploring other interests
Can create tensions between family with different views

Question 4

What is religious upbringing?

Answer 4

Where someone grows up in a religious household and learns about faith from a young age

Question 5

What is religious experience?

Answer 5

When someone comes into direct contact with God

Question 6

Name the 4 types of religious experience

Answer 6

Numinous
Conversion
Miraculous
Mystical

Question 7

What is a numinous experience?

Answer 7

An experience of awe and wonder
A feeling you get (e.g. when you enter a holy building, when you look up at the stars)

Question 8

What is a conversion experience?

Answer 8

A more definite feeling of God’s presence which changes your life for the better

Question 9

What is a miraculous experience?

Answer 9

An extraordinary event attributed to God that science can’t explain (e.g. someone is cured of an incurable disease)

Question 10

What is a mystical experience?

Answer 10

A direct encounter with God in which He speaks to you (e.g. in a dream, a vision, trance or just a voice)