Believing in God
- Created by: NCheetham
- Created on: 03-05-15 19:10
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- Believing in God
- Religious upbringing
- Going to Church makes worshipping become natural
- Reading the Bible could convince them that events are true
- Praying as a family convinces them God exists becasue the parents wouldn't pray if he didn't
- The children may go to a religious school to educate them on their faith
- Religious experience
- Numinous experience
- An experience that amazes people and leaves them feeling that a person greater than them exists
- Conversion
- An experience that causes someone to change theri belief
- Prayer
- Through pray they connect with God so he must exist
- Miracle
- Something that goes against the laws of science and makes you believe God exists
- Numinous experience
- Causation argument
- 1) Nothing happens by itself 2) So the universe has a cause 3)The only thing big enough is God 4)Therefore he must exist
- Design argument
- 1) To design something you need intelligence 2) The universe shows signs of design 3)The only person clever enough is God 4) Therrefore he must exist
- Explanations of the world
- The Big Bang
- Scientists believe the Universe began because of an explosion
- Christians believe this is seen as God saying 'let there be light' in the creation story in Genesis
- Evolution
- People believe that humanity has adapted over time and the strongest survived
- Christians believe that we have adapted over time but say there is too many missing links for evolution to exist
- The Big Bang
- Unanswered prayers
- If God existed he would answer all prayers but he doesn't so he mustn't
- Christians say
- It's to test our faith
- It's punishment for Adam and Eve disobeying God
- He knows what's best for us in the long run
- Evil and Suffering
- 1)If God was omnibenevolent he would want to get rid of it
- 2) If God was omniscient he would know how to remove it
- 3) If God was omnipotent he would be able to remove it
- 4) However it exists so God musn't
- 3) If God was omnipotent he would be able to remove it
- 2) If God was omniscient he would know how to remove it
- Christians say
- It is the chioces of humans so to take away evil and suffering would also take away our free will
- We seek comfort from God becuase of it
- He couldn't reward people as well as punsih others
- 1)If God was omnibenevolent he would want to get rid of it
- Religious upbringing
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