Believing in God
- Created by: boy_repellent
- Created on: 06-04-14 14:27
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- Believing in God
- Design and Belief in God
- The universe must have been designed
- Anything that is designed must have a designer
- God must exist, only God could have designed the universe
- Some scientists see evidence of design
- In Evolution where complex life-forms develop from simple ones
- Plenty of evidence: laws of science (gravity, magnetism, DNA)
- Anything that is designed must have a designer
- The universe must have been designed
- Causation and Belief in God
- Causation one thing causing another
- Everything sees to have a cause makes people think the universe must have a cause
- God is the only logical cause of the Universe, therefore God must exist
- Causation one thing causing another
- Scientific explanations of the world leads people to being agnostic
- Matter is eternal
- the Universe began when the matter exploded (Big Bang)
- The Solar System came out of the explosion
- The nature of the Earth allowed life to develop through evolution
- The Solar System came out of the explosion
- the Universe began when the matter exploded (Big Bang)
- Big Bang Theory
- Red shift
- Universe is still expanding
- Matter is eternal
- Christian response to scientific explanations of the world
- Only God could have made the big bang
- Only God could have made the laws (gravity etc)
- Only God could have made the gases on Earth react to form life
- Only God could have made the laws (gravity etc)
- All evidence for the Big Bang and Evolution can be explained by the Bible
- Noah's flood and the Apparent Age theory
- This response is known as creationism
- Noah's flood and the Apparent Age theory
- Only God could have made the big bang
- Unanswered prayers
- The feeling that no one is listening to their prayers leads them to be agnostic, or even atheist
- Christians believe selfish prayers are answered, but not in the way the person praying may want
- Christians believe prayers may not be answered in the way you expect because God has different plans
- might not look like a direct answer
- God will answer their prayers in the best possible way
- Evil and Suffering
- Christians follow the example of Jesus and fight against evil and suffering.
- Jesus fought evil and suffering by healing the sick, feeding the hungry etc
- Christians do this by praying for and helping those who suffer
- Jesus fought evil and suffering by healing the sick, feeding the hungry etc
- If God is omniscient (all knowing) he must have known the evil and suffering that would come from the universe
- If God is omnipotent (all powerful) and omni-benevolent (all good) he must be able to remove evil and suffering from the world
- For many religious believers, evil and suffering becomes a problem if they experience it, this can change them into an atheist or agnostic
- Natural evil is suffering that has not been caused by humans (earthquakes, floods, cancers)
- Moral evil caused by humans misusing their free will (murder, ****)
- Some Christians believe Evil and suffering will only come to those who misuse their free will
- Evil and suffering is caused by humans, not God
- Other Christians believe evil and suffering is preparation for paradise
- They need to face it to become good, kind and loving
- Christians follow the example of Jesus and fight against evil and suffering.
- Design and Belief in God
- Evil and Suffering
- Christians follow the example of Jesus and fight against evil and suffering.
- Jesus fought evil and suffering by healing the sick, feeding the hungry etc
- Christians do this by praying for and helping those who suffer
- Jesus fought evil and suffering by healing the sick, feeding the hungry etc
- If God is omniscient (all knowing) he must have known the evil and suffering that would come from the universe
- If God is omnipotent (all powerful) and omni-benevolent (all good) he must be able to remove evil and suffering from the world
- For many religious believers, evil and suffering becomes a problem if they experience it, this can change them into an atheist or agnostic
- Natural evil is suffering that has not been caused by humans (earthquakes, floods, cancers)
- Moral evil caused by humans misusing their free will (murder, ****)
- Some Christians believe Evil and suffering will only come to those who misuse their free will
- Evil and suffering is caused by humans, not God
- Other Christians believe evil and suffering is preparation for paradise
- They need to face it to become good, kind and loving
- Christians follow the example of Jesus and fight against evil and suffering.
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