Philosophy
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- Created on: 22-01-17 16:43
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- God
- Theories
- Design Argument
- the world is too ordered and planned to have happened by chance
- there must be a designer
- the designer must be an external source which is God
- First Cause (St Thomas Aquinas)
- nothing can come from nothing
- some external source must have created the earth and everything in it
- Paley's Watch
- if you found a watch without knowing its purpose you would see that it had been designed
- you know the watch has a purpose and it's cogs and details couldn't of been put together by chance
- Newton's Thumb
- the thumb print is unique to everyone and designed so God must have designed it
- Design Argument
- Challenges
- Darwin's theory of evolution explains the design of the earth
- why is there evil and suffering in the world
- people have guilt feelings because of societies, religions and families
- not everyone feels guilt
- random chance on whether people have a good life or not, no evidence to support life after death
- what appears to be a miracle may be something science cant explain yet
- some miracles are fake
- wrong diagnosis in the first place, or mind over matter
- could be considered God picking who he helps, not benevolent then
- religious experiences are difficult to prove as genuine
- atheists believe people are mistaken or misleasd
- Proof of God
- Miracles
- Personal Experiece- 911 Stairwell B
- Jesus- paralysed man
- Types of Miracle
- Events that break the laws of nature- Jesus and the paralysed man
- Coincidence- something occurs at the right time to cause a good outcome
- Arguments for miracles
- there is no natural explanation for what happened
- must be a supernatural being
- must be an eternal source
- god is outside nature
- Religious Experience
- Prayer and Meditation
- believers are speaking to God through prayer
- feel the presence of God
- use meditation to feel closer to God
- Worship
- feel God's presence
- Pentecostal Worship
- charismatic event
- believe you can receive gifts from the Holy Spirit
- speak in tounge
- feel overwhelmed by God's spirit
- Conversion
- saul to paul
- theist believe God has contacted them directly and they then experience a conversion
- can be converted to believe in God or change their beliefs about God
- Prayer and Meditation
- Morality
- sense of right or wrong that guides us
- conscience is the voice of God
- those who do not get fair treatment are rewarded with a happy afterlife
- inbuilt sense of morality, must come from an external source, that is God
- Miracles
- Theories
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