Belief about Deity
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- Created on: 29-05-16 13:35
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- Belief about Deity
- Different opinons on what God is truly like
- Is he a person, is he a force, or is there just one God?
- Some believe in omnipresent-belief that God is everywhere
- Some believe he's IMMANENT meaning he's in the world and takes a active role
- Others believe in TRANSCENDENT-that God is above the world and doesn't involve himself in the world's doings
- Monotheism is the belief that there is only one God
- POLYTHEISM is the belief that there is more than one God
- Reasons for belief
- Upbringing will usually cause many children to believe in God, especially if their parents do
- Religion gives people faith and answers many unanswered questions
- This is known as the search for meaning as Christianity answers the question on why we are here
- Design arguments
- Mainly two arguments, are for the belief in God and try to help explain why there is a God
- Cosmological argument
- Belief that something cannot come from nothing-God must have made the Universe so God is real
- Teleological argument
- By William Paley who said that a watch, because it's so complex and unique, cannot simply come from nothing. It must have been designed by something and that designed must be all powerful-a reason for God.
- Also supported by Albert Einstein who believed that a thumb, being so unique cannot simply be there without design
- Also suggesting this for the universe for all it's wonders, that something must have made this to be like this
- Also supported by Albert Einstein who believed that a thumb, being so unique cannot simply be there without design
- By William Paley who said that a watch, because it's so complex and unique, cannot simply come from nothing. It must have been designed by something and that designed must be all powerful-a reason for God.
- Miracles
- Directly, religious experiences by an upper power to make a person believe in the power of God
- Something extraordinary happens, going against the law of nature
- Evidence from these from Jesus in the New Testament
- Mark 6:30-44 where Jesus fed the 5000
- Mark 6:45-52 where Jesus walked on water to catch up with his disciples'
- Others disagree, especially on the design arguments on the basis of CAUSATION arguments
- Belief that the Universe works on 'cause and effects'
- Something is made by something else to cause another thing to happen
- A cycle in effect
- Something is made by something else to cause another thing to happen
- Some are agnostic-don't completely disagree with God but don't fully believe in him
- Atheists are when someone completely disagrees with the belief of God
- Belief that the Universe works on 'cause and effects'
- Different opinons on what God is truly like
- Christianity mainly believes in MONOTHEISM but also believes in TRINITY-God is made of three powers
- Father
- Son
- Holy Spirit
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