The existence of God

Question 1

Key terms to describe God

Answer 1

• Omnipotent= All powerful
• Omniscient= All knowing
• Omnibenevolent= All loving
• Immaterial= He has no physial form
• Creator= God created the universe
• Transcendent= Is not part of the universe
• Immanent= God is ivolved with creation
• Infinite= No begining or end.

Question 2

what is the design argument?

Answer 2

it is an argument for the existence of God or an intelligent creator “based on evidence of deliberate design in the natural or physical world”.

Question 3

Can u give an example of when a design argument was first inroduced?

Answer 3

William Paley’s book about the watch maker, which says that if a watch has a maker a object like a (leaf) with a design suited for its environment must have an maker

Question 4

What is the causation argument?

Answer 4

The world is God therefore proving he exists. Paley’s Watch Argument Causation is a process where one thing causes another thing to happen. This is often known as cause and effect. It is a feature of the world, and whatever we do has an effect.

Question 5

Give a definition and example of Moral evil.

Answer 5

Something caused by humans e.g. war, Global warming, terroism.

Question 6

Give a definition and example of Natural evil

Answer 6

Something that naturally occurs or caused e.g. diseases, a huricane, starvation.

Question 7

Explain why the problem of evil challenges Gods existence.

Answer 7

• That an omni-benevolent God would want to stop evil
• An omnipotent God would know how to stop evil.
• evil exists therefore God does not.