The Existence of God

Question 1

Unitarianism

Answer 1

Christain belief that states God is one being, rejecting the Holy Trinity

Question 2

Why does Jehovahs Witness reject the Holy Trinity?

Answer 2

They argue Jesus was created by Jehovah and therefore he is not eternal like Jehovah and that the Holy Spirit is the force through which Jehovah acts.

Question 3

What does the Eatern Orthodox Church teach about the Holy Spirit?

Answer 3

Holy Spirit comes from only the Father

Question 4

What does the Orthodox Church teach about the Holy Trinity?

Answer 4

The Father is the source of all things and rejects the teaching of the Trinity.

Question 5

God’s relationship with the world

Answer 5

• World is dependent on the command of God
• Language of the Bible often presents God’s work like that of a craftsman (Creation)

Question 6

God’s relationship with humans

Answer 6

• God gave humans a role of stewardship over his creation
• God breathed into Adams nostrils to give him life
• Demonstrates God’s unique relationship with humans right from the point of Creation

Question 7

God shows ongoing care for humanity through:

Answer 7

• Promised Land of Canaan for the Israelites
• Laws and commands
• A means for salvation

Question 8

What are traditional views on God in terms of His perception of time?

Answer 8

He is timeless - God created all things including time which supports that God is not limited nor does He change

Question 9

What belief is held which opposes God living outside of time?

Answer 9

God is everlasting - He is in time with humans in each and every moment which sees God as personal and engaged with his creation and humanity

Question 10

How does the Catholic Church percieve the relationship God has with humans?

Answer 10

When a priest is ordained he is acting in the power of Christ so the priest acts as the link between humans and God

Question 11

How does the Protestant Church percieve the relationship God has with humans?

Answer 11

They believe they do not need a mediator between themselves and God and that Jesus has enabled all people who truly believe in God to pray directly to him and have a personal relationship with him

Question 12

State all the ways God’s goodness is revealed.

Answer 12

• Creation
• Provision of law
• Judgement
• Salvation

Question 13

Quote to support salvation.

Answer 13

‘Jesus Christ… is the atoning sacrifice for our sins’

Question 14

Quote to support God’s creation as good.

Answer 14

‘God saw all that he had made, and it was very good’

Question 15

The Design Argument

Answer 15

The world is so meticulously created with an immense complexity that it must have a designer, which logically would be God - William Paley

Question 16

The First Cause Argument

Answer 16

No natural event in the world is without cause so the universe must have a cause. God is the first cuase and He Himself does not have a cause. As he is he first cause He is eternal and unchanging. - Thomas Aquinas

Question 17

The Moral Argument

Answer 17

The sense of guilt experienced when doing something wrong is God’s voice speaking through our conscience. It is God who has enabled each person to know right from wrong. - Cardinal John Newman

Question 18

The Bible as the Word of God

Answer 18

To fundamentalists such as Protestants and charismatics they take the word of the Bible literally as God’s words recorded on the page, rejecting science.

Question 19

Quote to support fundamentalist views of the Bible?

Answer 19

‘For the word of God is alive and active.’

Question 20

God revealed through Jesus Christ

Answer 20

God coming to Earth as Jesus demonstrated what He was like. By enduring the normal pressures and emotions of humans as well as being fully God allowed him to provide an example for godly living and his love for humanity