Year 8 Is It Rational To Believe In God Flashcards
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What did Richard Swinburne believe ?
God exists because miracles.
What is a miracle ?
An unexplained or impossible event that people believe is caused by God.
What is an example of a miracle ?
In 2009 a man got trapped in a cave and got out by hearing god telling him which way to go.
Why does Swinburne believe miracles are proof god exists ?
There have been so many miracles that no all of them are wrong /by chance
What is the definition of rational ?
A belief that is logical, reasonable and based on good evidence.
What are the 3 types of personal religious experiences ?
Answered prayers and seeing, hearing.
What did John Mackie’s believe ?
He doesn’t believe in god because suffering is proof.
What is an atheist ?
An atheist is someone’s doesn’t believe in God.
What is moral evil ?
It’s caused by humans eg. Murder
What is natural evil ?
Something caused by nature eg. Tsunami
What does omnipotent mean ?
It means all powerful.
What does omnibenevolent mean ?
All loving.
Why does John Mackie not believe in god because of suffering ?
If god was omnibenevolent then he would use his omnipotence to stop all the suffering. Therefore god doesn’t exist.
What does William Paley believe ?
He believes in god because of the teleological/design argument
Why did William Paley thinks the world was like a watch ?
He thought the watch was so complex, all parts have a specific function, all parts work together and without one part it would not work.
What are the 5 steps of Paley’s argument ?
Complex things dot appear by chance they have to be designed, the world is complex, it can’t have happened by chance, it must have been designed by an intelligent being, there is proof of god.
What did sigmund Freud believe ?
God isn’t real because he believes god is a comfort blanket.
What 3 desires did Freud think all humans share ?
Father- people want someone to love and protect them.
Fairness - Bad people to get punished and good to get rewarded.
Immortality - We want eternal life after death because we are good people.
How does believing in god solve the 3 desires ?
God is the loving protecting father. God would reward/punish us with heaven/hell. They would give us eternal life.
Why was Freud an atheist?
Freud was an atheist because he thought god was just an illusion that the idea comforted us.
What did Thomas Aquinas believe ?
That god exists because their must have been a first cause.
What is Aquinas trying to prove in his argument ?
He’s trying to prove God exists by saying there must have been a first cause from the chain of causes.
What is the name of Aquinas’ argument ?
Cosmological argument
How does Aquinas’ argument work ?
- Everything that exists was caused by something else.
- The chain of cause and effect goes back and back through time.
- But there must have been a beginning - a first cause
- The first cause must be eternal and omnipotent ( This is God )
