Year 10: Deity Flashcards
(56 cards)
Agnostic
Believe in a metaphysical entity to the world, but do not conform to a religion.
Analogy
The use of words symbolically to suggest something else.
Anthro-pomorphism
God cannot be compared to anything on this earth.
Atheist
Do not believe in any metaphysical entity to the world.
Atonement
Paying for sins
Bible
The Christian Holy Book
Cosmological Arguement
An arguement for the existence of God that is based on the origins of the universe.
Deity
God or a form of God
First Cause
God was the creator of the world and caused its existence
‘Imago dei’
In the image of God
Immanence
God is within all
Impersonal God
A god that a believer cannot have a relationship with
Incarnation
When God became human-Jesus
Messiah
‘Anointed one’
Miracle
An event or occurrence that breaks the rules of nature
Monotheistic
Only believing in one god
Necessary being
God must exist
Numinous
The feeling of awe and wonder that we feel during religious emotional moments
Omni benevolent
God is all loving
Omnipotence
God is all powerful
Omniscience
God is all knowing
Personal God
A god that a believer can have a relationship with
Telelogical Arguement
An arguement for the existence of God that is based on the idea that the world was designed
Telos
Purpose/end
