Deity Flashcards

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What does omnipotent mean?

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All powerful

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2
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What does omnibenevolent mean?

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All loving

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3
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What does omniscient mean?

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All knowing

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4
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What does omnipresent mean?

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All present

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5
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What does immanent mean?

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God can occur at any time

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6
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What does immutable mean?

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God cannot change

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7
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What does transcendent mean?

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God is beyond human understanding

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8
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What does judge mean?

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God (Jesus) will judge everyone on Judgement Day

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9
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What does eternal mean?

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God has no beginning or end

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10
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What does trinity mean?

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God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit

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11
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What are people that believe in God called?

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Theists

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12
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What are people that believe in one God called?

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Monotheists

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13
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What are people that aren’t sure what to believe called?

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Agnostics

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14
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What are people who don’t believe in God called?

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Atheists

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15
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How does God make himself known?

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  • Bible (God’s word)
  • Religious experience (prayers/dreams)
  • Natural world
  • Conscience (knowing right or wrong)
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16
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What is the Teleological or Design Argument?

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William Paley’s watch argument. World shows evidence of design and purpose so there must be a designer which is God

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What is the Argument from Experience?

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Some people have experienced God through miracles, answered prayers, meditation or prayer where they have felt his presence or heard him speak

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What is the Cosmological or First Cause Argument?

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St. Thomas Aquinas said that everything must have a cause. Something cannot come from nothing. Aquinas believes God was the first cause of the universe

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What is the Moral Argument?

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People have a basic understanding of right and wrong (conscience) which comes from God

20
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Who said that the reason we have a conscience is that God gave it to us so we would know how to do good?

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Cardinal John Henry Newman (this supports Moral Argument)

21
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What is the Goldilocks Effect?

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Conditions are ‘just right’ for humans to live on Earth

22
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Reasons why people might not believe in God

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  • Unanswered prayers
  • God is in man’s imagination (people made God up)
  • Not everyone knows right and wrong (conscience) in same way
  • Suffering in the world
  • No proof
  • Science
  • Universe has always been
  • Life could’ve just evolved
23
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Definition of a miracle

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Act of God that shows his love or power

24
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When did Jesus perform miracles?

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When someone had faith in him

25
Q

One of Jesus’s greatest miracles?

A

Resurrection

26
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Modern day miracle in Lourdes

A

14 year old girl called Bernadette had visions of Virgin Mary that a church should be built where visions took place

27
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Jesus as fully human and divine

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God in a human body (flesh and blood)

28
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Jesus as teacher and and guide

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God-like behaviour and attitude

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Jesus as saviour

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Died to take away sins (atonement)

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Jesus as eternal

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Resurrected and returned to live with his Father for eternity and will return as judge for Parousia, the Appearing

31
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Christian beliefs about Holy Spirit

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  • Gives hope, faith, guidance, understanding and spiritual strength to live up to teachings of Jesus
  • Jesus told disciples he would send them Holy Spirit
  • Spread love
32
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Definition of Anthropomorphism

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Different ways to explain God

33
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Definition of Divine

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Refers to God (Godly)

34
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What is a Eucharist?

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Christian Sacrament commemorating Last Supper

35
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Definition of Fundamentalist Christians

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Christians that believe in every word of the Bible

36
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What does Immanuel mean?

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‘God with us’

37
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What does infinite mean?

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Without limits

38
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What does Messiah mean?

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‘Anointed one’

39
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Definition of Parousia

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Second Coming of Christ who will judge humanity at end of the world