The Existance Of God Flashcards
Keyword: Theist
Someone who believes in a God or Gods.
Keyword: Monotheism
Belief in ONE God.
Keyword: Polytheism
Belief in MANY Gods.
Keyword: Atheist
Someone who believes there is NO God.
Keyword: Agnostic
Someone who believes it is impossible to know if God exists.
Keyword: Design Argument
The belief that the world is so perfect that there must be a designer.
Keyword: First Cause Argument
The belief that there is a first cause that started everything else off - this cause was uncaused and was God.
Keyword: Moral Argument
The belief that everyone has certain n rules inside of them that must have been given to them by a universal law giver - God.
Keyword: Infinite Regression
The belief that time has no beginning and end.
Keyword: Incompetent Design
If there was a designer of the world then it is not a very good designer as the world is badly designed. E.g earthquakes.
Quotes (3)
“A watch needs a watchmaker” (William Paley)
“Two things amaze me; the starry skies above and the moral law within.” (Immanuel Kant)
“Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame” (Albert Einstein)
Explain the design argument.
William Paley looked at the watch and the human eye and said that they are too complex to have just appeared by chance. He then looked at the universe and said that it must also have a designer as it is finely balanced and complex. Therefore they only person with that power is God.
What are the problems with the design argument?
Why can people be hurt by this creation is the designer is so loving. Therefore the designer must be cruel as they didn’t want a perfect world or the designer is incompetent so didn’t know how to create the perfect world. All fof these are against what people believe God is.
What is the first cause argument?
Everything that exists has a cause, this is called causation.
Therefore the universe must have a cause.
This was caused by an uncaused causer, something that had no cause.
Gd is the uncaused causer.
What are the problems with the first cause argument? (3)
If God is uncaused, why can’t earth be uncaused as well.
Why does the universe have to be caused.
Are the Hindus right about infinite regression.
What is the moral argument?
Immanuel Kant believed that everyone had a sense of morality as we all know murder is wrong. He believed that this moral sense was given to us at birth by God. St Thomas Aquinas also believe this and thought that everyone has a conscience telling them what is right and what is wrong.
What are the problems with the moral argument?
People have different beliefs about what is right and wr no. for example in Iran.vwomen who commit adultery are stoned to death. In Iran it is seen as right but in England it for is seen as wrong.
Social Conditioning - Right and wrong are taught by society, teachers and parents.
What is the God of the Gaps argument?
Everything has a scientific explanation but there are gaps and hour knowledge so they are filled by God. Million s of years ago, people believed earthquakes to be God but now we know that they are caused by friction beneath the ground.
What are the problems with the God of the Gaps argument?
To some people such as Nicky Cruz or St Bernedette, God is real and not fictional.
Many argue that science and religion answer different questions.
