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Agnostism |
Not being sure whether God exists. |
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Atheism |
The belief that God does not exist. |
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Why are some people agnostic? |
They're unsure of Gods existence because they believe there is no reliable evidence to prove or disprove the existence of God. |
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What do Christians believe? |
>Christians believe God is; Omnipotent Omniscient & Omni-benevolent. >They believe god created the world and everything in it >They believe God can answer prayers and perform miracles. |
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Why do Athetists not believe in God? |
>Science explains the beginning of the world. >No proof of God >Things god does can be explained by science or coincidence. >Evil and suffering can prove there is not a god that is all-loving and all-powering. |
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Why do Christians raise their children to believe in God? |
>Christians believe it is their duty to marry,have a family and raise their children within the Christian faith. >Christians believe that religion will help their children through difficulties by ensuring they have a secure basis |
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Definition of Baptism |
Child is welcomed into the Church with family,friends and the worshipping congregation promising to support them within the faith. |
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Worship? |
Christian children attend sunday school to learn about Jesus,God and the Church. |
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Parents examples for upbringing |
> Christian parents will encourage children to believe in God. Children will be encouraged to believe in God by seeing their parents praying,hearing about God through Bible stories and attending the Church. |
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Community involvement in upbringing |
>Bible study groups, youth groups,prayer meetings and other events. >Offers a sense of belonging. >Young adults are supported by the Church and may meet partners through the Church. |
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Numinous Experiences? |
An experience which completely amazes someone and often inspires awe and wonder. It leaves someone aware of a being greater than themselves. |
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Conversion |
An experience that causes an individual to change their beliefs,ideas or complete lifestyle. A atheist may change to a believer or a person may convert from one religion to another. |
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Prayer |
A method used to communicate with God. Believers pray to share their ideas with God, to praise him, to thank him for what he has provided, to ask for forgiveness or gratitude. |
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Miracles |
An act of God that appears to be impossible as it goes against the laws of nature and the laws of science. |
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The design argument |
Design is the result of intelligent thought> The universe shows evidenve if design. (Gravity, ozone layer)>
This suggests that being with intelligence designed the universe> The universe is too complex to have happened by chance or be designed by any other being but God.> Therefore God exisits. |
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Arguements against design? |
> We cannot possibly prove Gods existence and the design argument only suggests God is the designer. >The appearance of design could actually be the result of evolution. Scientific theories say everything has evolved and only has the appearance of design. |
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What is the causation argument? |
Nothing happens by itself>
Everything that happens is caused by something else>
The universe cannot have happened by itself> A powerful cause was necessary to cause the universes existence>
The cause has to be God>
Therefore God exists. God is the only unmoved mover.
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Arguments against causation |
>the causation argument cannot be proved. >even if everything in the world seems to have a cause, it doesn't mean the universe had a cause. >the argument is only a suggestion that God is the cause. >there are other possible causes of the universe such as the big bang theory. >if everything had a cause, God must have a cause. |
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What is the Big Bang Theory? |
An enormous explosion started the universe 15 billion years ago. |
Scientific explanations of the origins of the world. |
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What is Evolution? |
Darwins theory of the gradual development of species over millions of years. |
Scientific explanations of the origins of the world |
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What is Natural Selection? |
The way in which species naturally select the best characteristics for survival. |
Scientific explanations of the origins of the world. |
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Christian responses... |
>some believes these theories are compatible with God. >the Bibles description of the creation of the world is more of a story variation. >the six days of creation were 'stages' rather than actual days. >science describes how the world came to exist and the Bible explains why. > other christians believe that scientific explanations of the world are wrong because they conflict with what is in the Bible. They're called creationists. |
Scientific explanations of the origins of the world. |
