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Question 1

hOW DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING WAS MADE WITH A DESIGN

Answer 1

It is created to fulfil its purpose

Question 2

Thiest view on design

Answer 2

In the 1930s FR Tennant proposed the Goldilocks Principle. He argued that everything needed to sustain life in the universe was not too big or not to small but “just right” – eg, the composition of the atmosphere, the distance of the earth from the sun – they’re just right so that life can be sustained

Question 3

3 beliefs for the cause of fine tunning

Answer 3

1 Necessity: the universe MUST be life permitting

2 Chance: idea of multiverse where many universes are created until life is achieved by an universe creating machine

3 Design: The idea that a supernatural being designed the universe

Question 4

How have some scientists taken a ‘leap of faith’ to suggest that chance is the best explanation

Answer 4

idea of multiverse

Question 5

According to Fred Hoyle what “monkeyed with physics”

Answer 5

super intellect

Question 6

what else did Fred Hoyle say

Answer 6

is comparable to the chance that a tornado sweeping through a junkyard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials

Question 7

Thiest view of design argument

Answer 7

David Hume said ,”only the first rude essay of some infant deity, who afterward abandoned it, ashamed of his performance.“

three more examples of faults in the universe that prove to atheists the universe was not designed.

Desease

Earthquakes

Violence

Question 8

Cosmological argument

Answer 8

Everything that exists or begins to exist must have a cause.
* The universe exists and began to exist, so it too must have a cause.
* There had to be something eternal that was not caused by anything.
* The eternal first cause is God.
* Therefore God exists.
“in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”

Question 9

Russel argument

Answer 9

“fallacy of composition”

-just because bricks are small doesnt mean the wall is small therefore because parts of the universe have a cause does not mean the universe has a cause

Counter argument: Big ban theory

Question 10

miracle

Answer 10

-supernatural or extremely low chance

Question 11

Marie Bailly

Answer 11

Marie Bailly had tubercular peritonitis and she believed she would be cured in Lourdes, however upon arrival she was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Doctors believed she will die but asked to have holy water poured on her abdomen and she was cured after praying to Mary

Question 12

objection to miracles

Answer 12

Objections to the argument from miracles
Atheists might argue that miracles cannot prove God’s existence because:
* miracles are no more than lucky coincidences
* they may have scientific explanations not yet discovered
miracle healings may be the result of mind over matter on the part of
the sufferer. or a misdiagnosis by doctors
* some *miracles’ are fakes, made up by people who want fame or money.

Question 13

Dawkins on religion and science

Answer 13

It gives a facile explanation that hinders further research into the real explanation

Question 14

Lenox on religion and science

Answer 14

It was the driving force for science to progress

Science does not disprove God but shows his skill

Question 15

the pope

Answer 15

The big bang .1 does not contradict the divine act of creation;
rather, it requires it [.. .1 When we read the creation story in Genesis we
run the risk of imagining that God was a magician, with a magic wand
which is able to do everything [.. .1 But it is not so. He created beings
and let them develop according to internal laws which he gave every
one, so they would develop, so they would reach maturity.
pope Francis, speaking at the Pontifical Academy Of Sciences, 2014

Question 16

against suffering

Answer 16

Richard Dawkins- The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation …no evil, no good, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference

Question 17

for suffering

Answer 17

Rowe argued that such suffering was not down to human free will and neither did it serve any purpose to bring about “ a greater good” -

Question 18

Inconsistant triad

Answer 18

If GOD is all powerful and all loving then evil can not exist

Question 19

Sister Mary believes that she encounters God when she reads & meditates. What do you think is happening?

Answer 19

-Even if she does not really encounter God, she becomes more like Christ (the ultimate goal) through her inventive view of the scripture which allows her to understand a deeper spiritual interpretation of the bible so she can understand the creator better