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What is the design arguement?

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The universe must have a designer as it has so much intricate work

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Give a teaching to support the design argument

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“God made the heavens and the earth”

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Give a disagree point of the design arguement

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Evolution

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What is the first cause argument (cosmological)

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Everything had happened for a cause. God was the first cause of the universe.

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What are differing opinions on the first cause argument?

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It’s contradicts itself
No evidence of the first cause being divine

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What are miracles?

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Inexplicable events that go against science

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Give some examples of healings Jesus did

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Feeding 5000
Healing the blind man
Healing the man with leoprasy
Healing the paralyzed
Turning water to wine
Walking in water

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Why don’t people believe in miracles?

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Can be a matter of perspectives
Eg placebo effect

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What is revelation?

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General - available to everyone ; interpreted
Special - specific people ; visions, dreams, hearing, etc.

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Give an atheists view on gods existence

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No evidence
Argue science provides sufficient evidence

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What is enlightenment?

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A state of spiritual awakening

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What is evil?

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A cause o suffering; the moral opposite of good. Believed by some to be contrary to the will of God.

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What is general revelation?

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Indirect revelation; the idea of being able to see God through nature and scriptures which are readily available in everyday experience.

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What is immanent?

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A characteristic of God; the belief that God is present and involved in the world

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What is impersonal?

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A characteristic of God; the belief that God is beyond human understanding.

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What is a miracle?

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An event that contradicts the laws of nature, and is usually thought to be impossible.

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What is omniscient?

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All knowing

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What is omnipotent?

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All powerful

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What is personal?

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A characteristic of God; belief that humans can build relationships with God

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What is revelation?

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When God is revealed to humans; can be special or general

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What is science?

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The collection of knowledge from observation and testing.

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What is special revelation?

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Direct revelation; God revealing himself to an individual through experiences such as visions

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What is suffering?

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An effect of evil where someone undergoes pain and hardship

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What is transcendent?

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A characteristic of God; belief that God is outside the space and time.

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What is ultimate reality?
Belief in a supreme and fundamental power in the universe.
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What is a vision?
An experience of seeing/experiencing something in the imagination or through a dream.
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What are the strengths of the design arguement?
-must be a designer as the world has organised parts and a purpose -more like a designed object like a watch rather then a natural object like a rock
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What is a weakness of the design arguement?
-world does not seem well-designed; there is suffering -analogy between designed objects and the world is not strong as the world and designed objects are not similar -theory of evolution explains the appearance of the design better than God
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What is the argument for miracle?
Argues that miracles are events unexplainable by nature as these events have no natural explanation, there must be a supernatural explanation, God
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Give examples of miracles:
- Jesus resurrecting from the dead - parting of the Red Sea - healing or being saved from death
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What is the argument of suffering and evil?
Atheists argue that there cannot be a loving and powerful God, because there is evil and suffering in the world. A loving God should not want evil and suffering and a powerful God would be able to stop it.
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Religious responses to suffering and evil
- maybe God cannot create a world without no suffering - it might be more loving to allow humans to have free will - the bible shows that if there is a God, humans do not fully understand him - evil may be a test of faith
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What is the first cause argument?
Argues that there must be a God because there is something rather than nothing; God must have caused everything
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What is a weakness of the first cause argument?
- the Big Bang could have been the first cause -we cannot provide prove that everything needs a cause - God being the cause of the universe does not explain what caused God
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What s the argument of miracles?
Argues that there are miracles (events unexplainable by, and which break, the laws of nature) and that, as these events have no natural explanation, there must be a supernatural explanation: God
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List some examples of miracles
- Jesus resurrected - Parting of the Red Sea - modern day healings or being saved from death
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what is the argument from evil and suffering?
Atheists argue that there cannot be an all loving and an all powerful God because there is evil and suffering in the world. A loving God should not want evil and suffering and a powerful god would be able to stop it.
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What are some religious responses against the Argument of evil and suffering?
- God may not be able to stop all suffering. It could be impossible to create a world with out it - humans have free will so an all loving God may find it less loving to control humans - humans cannot fully understand God so he may have a reason for allowing suffering - evil may be a test of faith - it may be fair for a just God to punish humans who made others suffer
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Wha are arguments based on science?
- Big Bang - Evolution
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What are religious responses to science based arguments against God?
- just because science can explain the origins of the universe and life, does nit mean God did/didnt work through scientific means - scientists may not be able to create artificial life God is needed for this
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Types of special revelation
Visions Miracles Prayer Dreams
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What are examples of general revelation?
Through scriptures Learning about God’s nature, will and plan
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What are religious people’s beliefs about general revelation?
- Nature shows God is powerful - Christians may feel awe and wonder looking a nature
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what are some non-religious people’s beliefs about general revelation?
- Nature reveal the power of the Big Bang and evolution and does not show a loving God, there is suffering. - Humanists think human progress is importing so may think that it is ok to act in ways which are not natural (use contraception)
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What are the different ideas about the divine?
- God is omnipotent through the scriptures - God is impersonal through revelations - God is transcendent through genesis - God is personal through revelations - God is omniscient through silent prayers
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What are the value of revelations?
- Evidence of Gods existence - Shows Gods commitment to humanity - Teach Gods will - Many forms of general revelation are easily accessible and available to everyone - Enlightenment allows liberation from cycle of birth and rebirth
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What are the problems with revelations?
- Revelations seem to support different religions and different branches of the same religion - Revelations may present conflicting ideas bout the divine
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What are the Explanations for revelations?
- Unreliable witness (lying; mistaken; drug use) - Hallucinations - Wish-fulfilment - Ordinary event (coincidence; religious upbringing)
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