GCSE RPSE Theme C Flashcards:

Question 1

What Is The Design Argument?

Answer 1

The Argument That God Designed The Universe Because The Creation Of The Universe Happened In A Very Complicated Manner So It Could Not Have Happened By Chance.

Question 2

What Is The First Cause Argument?

Answer 2

The Argument That There Must Been An Uncaused Cause That Made Everything Else Happen, Also Known As The Cosmological Argument.

Question 3

Define General Revelation.

Answer 3

God Making Himself Known Through Ordinary, Common Human Experiences.

Question 4

Define Immanent.

Answer 4

The Idea That God Is Present In And Involved With Life On Earth And In The Universe.

Question 5

Define Impersonal Nature.

Answer 5

The Idea That God Has No ‘Human’ Characteristics, Is Unknowable And Mysterious, More Like An Idea Or Force.

Question 6

Define Miracle.

Answer 6

A Seemingly Impossible Event That Cannot Be Explained By Natural Or Scientific Law, And Is Thought To Be The Action Of God.

Question 7

Define Omnibenevolent.

Answer 7

All-Loving/All Good.

Question 8

Define Omnipotent.

Answer 8

All Powerful.

Question 9

Define Omniscient.

Answer 9

All-Knowing.

Question 10

Define Personal Nature, (Of God).

Answer 10

The Idea That God Is An Individual Or Person With Whom People Are Able To Have A Relationship With/ Or Feel Close To.

Question 11

Define Special Revelation.

Answer 11

God Making Himself Known Through Direct Personal Experience Or An Unusual Event.

Question 12

Define Revelation.

Answer 12

God Showing Himself To Believers; This Is The Only Way Anyone Can Really Know Anything About God.

Question 13

Define Transcendent.

Answer 13

The Idea That God Is Above, Beyond And Outside Life On The Earth And The Universe. Powerful But Remote.

Question 14

Define Ultimate Reality.

Answer 14

The Supreme, Final, Fundamental Power In All Reality.

Question 15

Define Vision.

Answer 15

Seeing Something, Especially In A Dream Or Trance, That Shows Something About The Nature Of God.

Question 16

What Is Christians’ Response To The Existence Of Evil And Suffering?

Answer 16

This Is A Result Of Free Will, Adam And Eve Brought Evil And Suffering Into God’s Perfect World. God Did Not Create Robots That Were Programmed To Do Good All The Time. People Can Choose And Make Their Own Decisions.

Question 17

What Is The Big Bang Theory?

Answer 17

A Theory Of Origins Of The Universe Without God Through The Rapid Expansion Of Matter From A State Of Extremely High Density And Temperature.

Question 18

What Is Evolution?

Answer 18

The Process Where Only Those Best Suited To The Environment Survive

Question 19

Why Is Revelation A Good Thing?

Answer 19

. It Can Help People Start Their Own Religion.
. Provide Theists With Proof Of God’s Existence.
. Help Those Who Don’t Know How To Please/ Pleasure God.

Question 20

God Is…

Answer 20

Immanent.
. Transcendent.
. Personal.
. Impersonal.

Question 21

What Are Two Types Of Miracles?

Answer 21

. Events That Break Natural Laws And Cannot Be Explained By Science.
. Happy Coincidences In Which No Natural Laws Are Broken But A Coincidence Occurs Just At The Right Moment To Cause A Good Outcome.

Question 22

List 4 Objections People Have For Miracles.

Answer 22

. Miracles Are Just Lucky Coincidences.
. Some, ‘Miracles’ Are Fakes, Made Up By People Who Want Fame Or Money.
. How Can God Pick And Choose Who Gets A Miracle? That Means He Is Not A ‘Just’ God.
. If God Is Omnibenevolent Then Why Does Evil And Suffering Exist.?

Question 23

Define Omnipresent.

Answer 23

God Is All-Present, (Always Watching Over Us).

Question 24

List 2 Objections Theists Have For The Design Argument.

Answer 24

• Perceived Design - The Universe Only ‘Appears’ To Be Designed, The Universe Is A Result Of Billions Of Years Of Evolution.
• Flawed Designer- If The Universe Is ‘Perfectly’ Designed, Then Why Are Their Faults Such As Earthquakes That Suggest There’s A Flawed Designer. How Can This Be God?

Question 25

List 2 Objections About The First Cause Argument.

Answer 25

. It Contradicts Itself. What Caused God?
. The Big Bang Was A Random And Spontaneous Event, Not God.

Question 26

List Some Examples Of General Revelation, (What Experiences God Can Make Himself Known Through).

Answer 26

. Nature.
. A Person’s Reason, Conscience Or Sense Of Right And Wrong.
. When A Persons Worshiping Or Reading Scripture.

Question 27

List Some Examples Of Special Revelation, (What Experiences God Is Making Himself Known Through).

Answer 27

. Dreams.
. Prophecy.
. Hearing God’s Call.
. Vision.
. Miracles.

Question 28

What Are Christian’s Views On Natural Laws And Scientific Religion?

Answer 28

Most Christians See No Conflict Between Science And Religion, However Fundamental Christians Think It’s Wrong To Change Religion Truths To Fit Into Scientific Laws.