SHHS Unit 3 Belief in God Key Words

Question 1

Omni-benevolent

Answer 1

The belief that God is all-loving

Question 2

Omnipotent

Answer 2

The belief that God is all-powerful

Question 3

Omniscient

Answer 3

The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen

Question 4

Conversion

Answer 4

When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.

Question 5

Miracle

Answer 5

Something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it.

Question 6

Numinous

Answer 6

The feeling of the presence

of something greater than you.

Question 7

Prayer

Answer 7

An attempt to contact God,

usually through words.

Question 8

Agnosticism

Answer 8

Not being sure whether God exists

Question 9

Atheism

Answer 9

Believing that God does not exist

Question 10

Moral evil

Answer 10

Actions done by humans which cause suffering.

Question 11

Natural evil

Answer 11

Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

Question 12

Free will

Answer 12

The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices