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11 Cards in this Set
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What are the main areas of belief commonly accepted by Christians about God
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Personal
Eternal Omnipotent - all powerful Omniscient - all knowing Omniprescent - all present Creater & sustainer Benevolent |
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God is said to be revealed to us in two different ways. What are they?
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General revelation - indirect eg through nature.
Special revelation - direct eg incarnation of Jesus |
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Four general revelation arguments for/against existance of God
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Design argument
Cosmological argument Existance of religion Moral argument |
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Design argument - for existance
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William Paley (1743-1805)
Philosopher World is complex & must have had a designer. Regularity & fit eg planets & orbits Big bang eg timing and nature Human body, designed for specific purposes eg ear. |
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Design argument - against existance
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Truth of this can only be confirmed by comparing with another world not designed.
Desig need not include the existance of God. Existence of evil and suffering; is this by design. More chaos than design; is God a good designer. |
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Cosmological argument - for existance
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Thomas Acquinas (1225-74CE) Catholic
Each event has a cause Each movement is caused by something First cause of all movement to an Unmoved Mover. God was the cause & mover of the first event Relevant to Big bang theory |
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Cosmological argument - against existance
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Assumption that there was a begining; universe has been eternal
Assumes God is eternal - how If this argument is correct God is eternal; should still be around making upgrades/changes |
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Existance of religion - for existance
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Religions have existed from the earliest records & in all areas;
there must be a God to worship; therefore God exists |
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Existance of religion - against existance
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Many religions - which God
Need to freligion is only a social need created by society Fascination with science fiction i.e. life on other planets Ulimately inconclusive |
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Moral argument - for existance
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Sense of right & wrong from our consicence which many believes comes from God
Religious conversion |
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Moral argument - against existance
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Society forms its own morality
Many different religions/gods but generally have same set of moral codes i.e. no killing, stealing |
