Exam #2 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Cosmological Argument
Everything created must be created by a cause.
God is the first cause.
Ontological Argument
The existence of God follows necessarily from the idea of God.
Teleological Argument
Order is taken as a token of design and God is the source of that design.
Can revelation stand alone as proof?
Reason can only show that God exists. Divine authority is the only ground for believing in God. Faith in God is not based on evidence but is revelation. Believe that is a logically prior to believe in.
Theism
God is above all and at the same time in all. Creation is Ex-Nihilo. God is a supernatural being.
Names For God
Elohim Adonai El Shaddai Yahweh Pater
Elohim
Strong and mighty one.
Adonai
Almighty ruler.
El Shaddai
Possessing all power in heaven and earth.
Yahweh
Stresses covenant faithfulness. Proper name par excellence.
Predicates
In Absolute Reality we have our ground.
In Infinite Efficiency we have adequate cause.
In Perfect Personality we have sufficient reason.
The Problem of Evil
God exists. God is omnipotent. God is omniscient. God is omnibenevolent. God created the world. The world contains evil.
Free-Will Defense
Moral evil is a result of man’s misuse of free will.
Natural evil is the result of God’s penalty of man’s disobedience.
Deductive Problem of Evil
Existence of evil contradicts essential Christian beliefs, therefore God must not exist.
Inductive Problem of Evil
Evil provides evidence that there is no God.
Man’s Personality vs. God’s Personality
Man - limited knowledge, limited intelligence, moral responsibility.
God - omniscient, moral perfection, omnipotent.
Human Nature vs. Divine Nature
Human - ignorance, temporal, changeable, corporeal.
Divine Nature - eternal, unchangeable, Spirit.
Absolute Attributes
Spirituality Aseity Unity Infinity Eternity Immensity Immutability Perfection
Spirituality
God is a substantial being all his own and distinct from the world.
Aseity
God is self subsistent in that he is independent of everything else.
Unity
God is singular. God is free from division into parts.
Infinity
God is free from all limitations.
Eternity
God is elevated above time and possesses the whole of his existence in one indivisible present.
Immutability
God is devoid of all change.