God vocab and arguements

Question 1

omnipotent

Answer 1

all powerful

Question 2

omniscient

Answer 2

all knowing

Question 3

omnipresent

Answer 3

always present

Question 4

benevolent

Answer 4

all loving

Question 5

eternal

Answer 5

has no beginning or end

Question 6

transcendent

Answer 6

beyond us

Question 7

metaphysical

Answer 7

not physical

Question 8

monotheistic

Answer 8

one god

Question 9

what are arguments used as proof of God

Answer 9

• the first cause argument
• the design argument
• jesus and the bible
• miracles and religious experiences

Question 10

arguments used as proof against god

Answer 10

• suffering the the problem of evil
• science
• god of the gaps
• hope and fear

Question 11

explain the first cause argument

Answer 11

• for gods existence
• everything must have a beginning and a cause
• so the universe must have a cause
• this must have been God as it had to be something eternal

Question 12

problems with the first cause argument

Answer 12

• it contradicts itself; if everything must have a cause why doesn’t god?, what if the universe is eternal not god?
• why does it have to be god and not something else?
• there is no proof the universe needed a cause

Question 13

explain the design argument

Answer 13

• for god
• William Paley
• there must be a designer for the universe as it functions perfectly and the designer must be god
• watch analogy

Question 14

describe the watch analogy

Answer 14

if you were walking in a field and came across a watch, you would assume it had a creator because of it intricate mechanisms which perfectly operates

Question 15

problems with the design argument

Answer 15

• evolution: the world perfectly works because of evoloution and adaption to environments
• suffering problem

Question 16

explain the argument about jesus and the bible

Answer 16

• for gods existence
• the fact jesus and the bible exist shows gods exists
• many believers died in horrible ways for their believe, if it was a lie why wouldn’t they own if to it to live?

Question 17

problems with the argument about jesus and the bible

Answer 17

• it was many hundreds of years ago and and our understanding of the world has changed a lot
• there was no exact proof jesus was the son of god
• if he was he would have the power to show people
• who is to say it is the christian god and not another?

Question 18

explain the miracle argument

Answer 18

• for god
• people experience miracles from jesus and modern times

Question 19

problems with the miracle argument

Answer 19

• the miracles of jesus might be an exaggeration or myths
• people lie today for fame

Question 20

explain the problem of suffering and evil argument

Answer 20

if god claims to be all loving and all powerful why is there suffering and evil
- an all loving God wouldn’t want us to suffer and an all powerful one has the power to change it

Question 21

what are the problems with the suffering and evil argument

Answer 21

• there has to be balance
• christine moore: love requires justice. we wouldn’t want a god who allows murder and does nothing to stop it. his hatred for sin is part of his love
• the definition of omnipotent can differ and can mean he can do everything that is logical

Question 22

explain the argument of science

Answer 22

• evolution disproves gods creation story and disproves gods perfect design

Question 23

explain the argument of the god of the gaps

Answer 23

we use a god to explain science we don’t understand or know and our need for him is decreasing as we learn more science
- the greeks did the same with gods to understand nature

Question 24

explain the argument about hope and fear

Answer 24

we created god to create a form or hope for the future in difficult times and so we don’t fear death and avoid the thought of nothingness

Question 25

problems with the hope and fear argument

Answer 25

if god is really we would expect him to be a source of love and hope - we didn’t create him to be something because he is that something