God - How do we know?
- Created by: Laurenskye
- Created on: 16-04-16 17:41
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- God
- Truth
- Moral Truth
- This is knowing whether something is right or wrong. Almost like instinct.
- Historical Truth
- We can say we know something has happened because there is evidence
- Aesthetic Truth
- The sort of truth we find in pictures, books and film.
- It is believable although its not true itself.
- The sort of truth we find in pictures, books and film.
- Scientific Truth
- We can nly say its true if its been proven by an experiment
- Spiritual Truth
- Deals with faith and belief. Cannot be proven.
- Moral Truth
- How can we know if there is a God?
- Cosmological
- Everything has to come from something. You cannot make something out of nothing/
- Therefore there must have been a 'first cause' that created the universe and that 'first cause' is God.
- Everything has to come from something. You cannot make something out of nothing/
- Ontological
- God can be defined as 'that than which nothing greater can be concieved'. Therefore God exists in the mind.
- It is not possible to think of any being greater than God. Therefore God must exist in reality.
- God can be defined as 'that than which nothing greater can be concieved'. Therefore God exists in the mind.
- Teleological/ Design
- If you saw a watch on the ground you would assume that its parts had not come together by chance because its too ordered and complicated.
- Therefore because the universe is so ordered and complicated then must have designed it and that designer is God.
- If you saw a watch on the ground you would assume that its parts had not come together by chance because its too ordered and complicated.
- Morality
- Some people say that everyone knows the difference between right and wrong.
- This sense of morality has to come from somewhere and the only possible source is God. Therefore God exists.
- Some people say that everyone knows the difference between right and wrong.
- Cosmological
- Truth
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