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The Existence Of God Flashcards

1
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Upon who is the world dependent on?

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God

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2
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What does God bring to the world?

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Order

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3
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Most Christians believe the world was created…

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ex-nihilo

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Let us make man…

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Let us make man in our image, in our likeness
Genesis 1:26

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5
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What role does God give to humans in creation?

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The role of stewardship

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6
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God ensures who are provided for?

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Adam and Eve

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7
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He provides humans of a means for…

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He provides humans of a means for salvation

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8
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What did Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross repair?

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The relationship between humans and God

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9
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What did God lower himself to?

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The level of a human

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10
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How does God maintain his relationship with Christians?

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Through the presence of the Holy Spirit

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11
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What word describes God as outside of time?

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Atemporal

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What is the opposing perspective of God being atemporal?

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God is always active in time and changes in response to events, so it’s more fitting to say he is everlasting instead

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13
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How can humans communicate w/ God according to RCs?

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Through a priest, possibly by confessing their sins

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14
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What do Christians of the Protestant Church believe about communicating w/ God?
Stated in which book?

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A mediator is not needed stated in Hebrews 7

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15
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Why do they believe a mediator is unnecessary?

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Anyone who truly believes in God can pray directly to Him

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16
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Give an example of God’s goodness through law

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Moses is given the Ten Commandments and God gives humans free will

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17
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Why will God’s judgement be fair?

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He is omniscient and sees everything

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18
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Give an example of God choosing to offer forgiveness to humans.

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Allowing them to sacrifice animals

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19
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What was the ultimate sacrifice made by God?

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Sending his son, who died on the crucifix

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20
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What does Richard Dawkins call God?

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Immoral

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21
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Give an example that would show why some believe God acts without justice.

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Flooding the world during the time of Noah

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22
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What is the Augustinian theodicy?

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Humans are responsible for evil because they make wrong choices

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What is the Iranaean Theodicy?

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It is the soul making theodicy, that evil needs to exist for us to understand goodness. We were not created perfectly.

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24
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What questions the Augustinian Theodicy?

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Why were Adam and Eve created in the first place, if God knew they were disobedient?

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What questions the Iranaen Theodicy?

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The suffering of a baby

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26
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What do some believe suffering is a test of?

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Test of faith eg. Job who succeeds

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27
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What can the design argument also be called?

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Teleological argument

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28
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What does William Paley compare the world and God to?

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A watch

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29
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What is the thinking behind the watch comparison?

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The watch is very intricate and it must have had a designer. The watch is the world and God is the designer.

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30
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Why does John Stuart Mill disagree with this?

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God must be cruel if he allows cruelty as part of natural selection, where small animals are harmed for no reason

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31
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Who came up with the anthropic principle?

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FR Tennant

32
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What is the anthropic principle?

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The universe was perfectly structured to ensure life would develop

33
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What is an example of the anthropic principle?

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Increasingly complex life forms

34
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Who also supports the anthropic principle?

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Professor John Polkinghorne

35
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What denomination is Professor John Polkinghorne?

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Anglican minister

36
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What is his explanation of the anthropic principle?

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There has to have been a precise development in order for life to exist. It cannot possibly be luck.

37
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What book supports Polkinghorne’s theory?

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Genesis 1 and 2, how a perfect environment for human habitation is created

38
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What is the first cause argument also called?

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Cosmological argument

39
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Who came up with the first cause argument?

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Aristotle

40
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What did Aristotle say?

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Everything must have a cause.

41
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What role does God take in the first cause argument?

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The first cause

42
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What does the first cause argument say?

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The universe must have a cause, as something must have triggered the development of it.

43
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Who was another philosopher who developed the first cause argument?

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Thomas Aquinas

44
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What is the moral argument?

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Humans have an inner sense of right and wrong because of God

45
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Who came up with the moral argument?

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Cardinal John Newman

46
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What did Cardinal link our sense of guilt with?

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The voice of God speaking through our conscience

47
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Why can people choose to ignore their conscience?

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God has given them free will

48
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What did Newman teach about God’s voice?

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It is a reminder that we are responsible to him

49
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What did John Hick link our behaviour in this life to?

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Our existence after death

50
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Whose theodicy does Hick mirror?

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Iranaeus

51
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What can people become more like through the soul making argument?

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God, being good and perfect

52
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For how long does this process continue?

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After death

53
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Why do some Christians reject Hick’s argument?

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It does not include the belief about heaven and hell and hence, judgement day

54
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Which parable in what book shows the effect of moral behaviour on judgement day?

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The parable of the sheep Matthew 25:31 - 46

55
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How is this reflected in the parable?

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Those who acted kindly are rewarded with heaven
Those who did not were sent away from God for eternity

56
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What do Christians believe about the conscience and the Holy Spirit?

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By listening to it, they can make good decisions

57
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What does 2 Corinthians say?

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“our consciences testifies that we have conducted ourselves with integrity and godly sincerity”

58
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In what three ways does God reveal himself to humans?

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  • The Bible
  • Conscience
  • Experiences like visions and dreams
59
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In what four ways will Christians live ethically?

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  • Buy eco-friendly products
  • Buy Fair Trade products
  • Renewable sources of energy eg. Bethesda Methodist Church w/ 32 solar panels
  • Trees for Life to increase reforestation eg. Lemon trees in Mexico
60
Q

How much is a toilet and how much is a block of them in a school?

A

£60
£240

61
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What is the donation used for and by who?

A

Tearfund for clean water and basic sanitation

62
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” for the word…

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“For the word of God is alive and active”

63
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What do fundamentalists/literalists believe?

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The Bible is literally God’s words on page

64
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Which denominations mainly consist of fundamentalists?

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Protestant and Charismatic Churches

65
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When was this view brought about and why?

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In the Age of Enlightenment against new scientific discoveries

66
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How do the Amish not adopt to modern culture and why?

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They do not take photos due to the 2nd commandment

67
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What passage is used by the Dutch Reformed Church to support Apartheid?

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Genesis 11

68
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What occurs in this passage?

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God separates different nations

69
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What do conservatives believe?

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Bible writers were inspired by God, but humans wrote it so it may have mistakes

70
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How do conservatives explain prejudice in the Bible?

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The Bible needs to interpreted so that it is relevant to the world today.

71
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What do conservatives believe the Bible’s purpose is?

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To teach us moral messages

72
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What two things do liberalists believe?

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It is more mythical and symbolic.
They accept scientists have a better understanding of the world.

73
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What is an example of liberalism?

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Believing in the Big Bang rather than the fact that the world was created in 6 days.

74
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What is the Bible’s purpose in a liberalist’s view?

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It can be interpreted however you want to.

75
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“The Word became…

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“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” John 1:14

76
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“While we were…

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“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:8

77
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In what 2 ways was God coming as Jesus significant?

A

He died on the cross to repair the relationship between humans and God
He came as a human to Earth taking on all the pressures and emotions and realities humans experienced

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