Theme C - The existence of God Flashcards
life after death
any belief which says that death is not the end
re incarnation
soul is born into a flesh body again
near death experience
an out of body experience when ppl are close to death
mediums
ppl who claim to be able to communicate with the dead
deja vu
a feeling that you have experienced something before
past life recollection
having memories of a previous life
evidence of life after death
mediums
ghosts
deja vu
near death experiences
teleological argument
william paleys
-design argument
-God is the designer of the world
cosmological argument
- Thomas Aquinas’
-first cause argument
-God is the cause of the world
Anthropic principle
- belief that because the universe is set up for the development of intelligent life
-it must have a designer
-that has fine tuned things for life
weakness of anthropic principle
the world has flaws
natural disasters
design argument analogy
clock
trees
design argument theory
-all intellignet designs have an intelligent designer
-universe serves a purpose = intelligent
- must have an intelligent designer = God
Strengths of design argument
- fits well with biblical evidence
- fits with modern science as conditions are just right
- provides ways for religion and science beliefs to coexist
weaknesses of design argument
- not all designs serve a purpose
- flawed design = natural disasters
- evolution
Thomas Aquinas’ 5th way
- everything in nature is evidence for design
- a being directs all
- an intelligent being directs everything to its purpose = God
Muslim view - design argument
- God made humans to serve Him
- put humans in charge of animals
- complex design of world (balanced)
- only God
William Paley - design argument
- design isn’t accidental
- works of God
Thomas Aquinas - design argument
- only an intelligent being could keep things in order
-keep planets from colliding
Fred Tennant - design argument
- just right for humans to develop
- designed by God
-refers to gravity = just right
First cause argument theory
- everything must have a cause
- the universe must have a cause; couldn’t have happened on its own
- a powerful cause needed
- must be God
-God exists
weaknesses of first cause argument
- cause could be anything
- may be bias
- impossible to know what started the universe
- big bang theor
strengths of first cause argument
- logical
- God caused BBT
- simplest explanation
Kalam’s argument
- everything that begins to exist has a cause
-univere bgegan to exist
-must have a cause
Aristotle’s argument
- everything is brought to existence by something else
-chain of cause/effect goes back forever - must be a first cause
-which is unmoved
