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Theist

A person who believes in God

Atheist

A person who believes there is no God

Agnostic

A person who believes we cannot be sure whether God exists

Cosmological

Referring to the origin and structure of the universe

Creation

the act by which god brought the universe into being

Teleological argument

The argument that god designed the universe because everything is so intricately made in detail that it could not have happened by chance

Big bang

the begging of the universe according to many scientists took place when a singularly exploded and from this explosion, all the matter that make up the universe came to being

Evolution

scientific belief that life forms have changed over time, developing from simple to complex

Miracle

A seemingly impossible occurrence, usually good

Religious experience

an experience that is outside normal experience, usually involving the supernatural

Morality

A system of ethics which distinguished between right and wrong

conscience

The inner feeling you are doing right or wrong

Faith

a commitment to something that goes beyond proof and knowledge, especially used about god and religion

Revelation

God shows himself to believers. This is the only way anybody can really know anything about God.

Transcendence

The idea that God is beyond and outside life on earth and the universe. (A quality of God).

General revelation

God making himself known through ordinary, common human experiences.

Special revelation

God making himself known through direct personal experience or an unusual specific event.

Vision

seeing something, especially in a dream of trance, that shows something about the nature of God or the afterlife.

Supremacy

supreme power or authority(A quality of God)

Omnipotence

Almighty, unlimited power(A quality of God)

Omniscience

The quality of knowing everything (As applied to God).

Benevolence

God-ness, being all-loving(A quality of God)

Personal Nature(of God)

the idea that God is an individual or person with whom people are able to have a relationship or feel close to.

Impersonal nature(of God)

The idea that Go has no 'human' characteristics. is knowable and mysterious, more like an idea or force.

Reality

The quality or state of being actual or true.

Illusion

An enormous perception of reality

Suffering

when people have to face and live with unpleasant events or condition.

Responsibility

Duty: The idea that we are in charge of our own action.

Natural suffering

Suffering caused by nature e.g. because of earthquakes, volcanoes, floods.

Man-made suffering

Suffering caused by the actions of humans, e.g. through war, pollution, crime.

Free will

Having the ability to choose or determine one's own actions.

Evil

The opposite of good. A force or the personification of negative power that is seen in many traditions as destructive and against God.

Personal being(nature of evil)

The idea that evil is an evil sprint or devil rather than an impersonal force.

Psychological phenomenon

an idea about the nature of evil that is something arising from the mind of a person.

Impersonal force(nature of evil)

The idea that evil is a power outside of people that draws them to evil.

Immortality

Endless life or existence; life after death.

Soul

The spiritual rather than physical part of humans.

Resurrection

Rising from the dead or returning to life (applied to souls after death).

Resurrection

rising from the dead or returning to life(Applied to souls after death).

Legacy

Something handed down from an ancestor; a way of being remembered after death.

Heaven

The state of eternal happiness in the presence of God that Christmas believe will be granted to the faithful after this life.

Hell

The state of eternal separation from God, seen as punishment for sin.

Reincarnation

being born again in another form.

Karma

The law of cause and effect (Hinduism).

Rebirth

being born again after death

Scripture

The sacred writings of a religion.

Channeling

Communication with the dead through a medium.

Near-death experience (NDE):

some people, when they are close to death or in an intense operation situation, claim o have had a sense of themselves leaving their bodies and seeing what exists beyond this life.

Dualism

The idea that humans have to basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.