Theme C Key Words

Question 1

Agnostic

Answer 1

Insufficient evidence to say wether God exists

Question 2

All compassionate

Answer 2

Omni benevolent; all loving

Question 3

All merciful

Answer 3

Always forgiving

Question 4

Atheism

Answer 4

Belief that there is no God

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

All loving

Question 6

Conscience

Answer 6

Sense of being right and wrong

Question 7

Design argument

Answer 7

God’s existence by focusing on the evidence of design (watch maker) William paley

Question 8

First cause argument

Answer 8

Everything is caused by something so everything must be cause by God - Thomas Aquinas

Question 9

General revelation

Answer 9

Idea of being able to see something through nature/bible (everyone can see) ~ holy scriptures, nature

Question 10

Humanism

Answer 10

Focuses on the morally good behaviour of humans (no God)

Question 11

Illusion

Answer 11

Something is not real and a trick of the mind

Question 12

Immanent

Answer 12

At work in the world and involved in creation

Question 13

Impersonal

Answer 13

Beyond human understanding

Question 14

Miracle

Answer 14

An event that contradicts the law of nature

Question 15

Omniscient

Answer 15

All knowing

Question 16

Omnipotent

Answer 16

All powerful

Question 17

Personal

Answer 17

Humans can build a close relationship with him

Question 18

Polytheist

Answer 18

There are many Gods

Question 19

Reality

Answer 19

What is actual or provable by science

Question 20

Science

Answer 20

Collection of knowledge form observations and testing

Question 21

Transcendent

Answer 21

Beyond space and time

Question 22

Ultimate reality

Answer 22

A term used for God

Question 23

Vision

Answer 23

Seeing something not physically real

Question 24

The argument from miracles

Answer 24

BELIEVERS - non scientific explanation, amazing events are caused by God
ATHEISTS - don’t prove God, just a happy coincidence, miracles that heal are the placebo effect (illness is in the mind)

Question 25

Evil and suffering

Answer 25

Natural evil and moral evil ATHEIST - why is there suffering if there is an omnipotent God, more likely he doesn’t exist CHRISTIANS - moral evil is a result of using God-given free will and making a mess. Natural evils are caused by man FUNDAMENTALIST - Adam and Eve (the fall), no longer ‘good’ and full of natural evil

Question 26

Anthony Flew and the invisible Gardner

Answer 26

Show religious people who to interpret science > two jungle explores came across a clearing. One thinks that it is an accident and the other believes that there is a gardener. No gardener is found - the believer argues that maybe the gardener is invisible. After tests no gardener is found and the believer continues to believe. Believers might agree that God caused the Big Bang but the rest of creation happened as a result of natural selection and not all prayers are answered - so God might as well be imaginary or not exist

Question 27

Special revelation

Answer 27

A vision that is seen by a particular person (Bernadette in Lourdes) ~ visions and miracles