Why Believe In God?

Question 1

St Anselm of Canterbury

Answer 1

Created the Ontological Argument

Question 2

Cosmological argument

Answer 2

Something cannot come from nothing - the First Cause which caused the universe to come into existence must be God

Question 3

St Thomas Aquinas

Answer 3

Created the cosmological argument

Question 4

Big Bang theory

Answer 4

The theory states that around 14 billion years ago all the matter in the universe was concentrated into a single tiny point which began to enlarge rapidly in a hot explosion, and is still expanding today

Question 5

Teleological argument

Answer 5

The world shows that it has been designed and so it must have been created/designed by someone: it could not have come about by chance.

Question 6

William Paley

Answer 6

Created the teleological argument

Question 7

Ontological argument

Answer 7

God is the most perfect being imagineable, and he must exist otherwise we could not produce this description.

Question 8

Argument from experience

Answer 8

Miracles, answered prayers, meditation, prayer, powerful event

Question 9

Moral argument

Answer 9

People have a basic understanding of “good” and “bad”, “right” and “wrong” and this knowledge must have come from God.

Question 10

Reasons people might not believe in God

Answer 10

Everything in the universe can be explained in a satisfactory way without using God
The world cannot have been designed by a perfect God as it is full of design flaws
God cannot be all-good and all-powerful because evil exists and he does nothing about it
There is no need of God for people to be moral and make good decisions