The Existence of God and Revelation
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- Existence of God and Revelation
- Design Argument
- For
- William Paley
- The universe is so complex it must have been designed by God
- Aquinas
- Only an intelligent being could keep everything in the universe in regular order.
- William Paley
- Against
- Natural Selection happens by chance
- If God is good and he designed the universe, why is there suffering?
- For
- The First Cause Argument
- Universe must have a cause
- There must be something existing with no first cause, to cause everything else to exist
- The eternal first cause can only be God
- There must be something existing with no first cause, to cause everything else to exist
- Against
- The universe could be eternal as well
- The Big Bang was a random event that had nothing to do with God
- However Christians would argue that God caused the Big Bang
- Universe must have a cause
- Special Revelation
- Miracles
- Marie Bailly
- 1902 french woman was diagnosed with disease which made her abdomen swell and meant she couldn't eat
- She was told she was dying but she wanted to visit Lourdes
- When she went she had holy water poured on her abdomen and she prayed to Mary
- She returned to good health
- When she went she had holy water poured on her abdomen and she prayed to Mary
- She was told she was dying but she wanted to visit Lourdes
- 1902 french woman was diagnosed with disease which made her abdomen swell and meant she couldn't eat
- Against
- She could've been wrongly diagnosed
- Why would God want to cause this suffering in the first place
- Christians would say this wasn't suffering but an act of revelation from God
- Marie Bailly
- Visions
- Bahiya (Holy man who lived in India
- After doubting if he was really enlightened, he had a vision of a deva (spiritual being) who said he wasn't as wise as he could be
- advised to seek out the Buddha
- traveled hundreds of miles and became enlightened shortly afterwards
- advised to seek out the Buddha
- After doubting if he was really enlightened, he had a vision of a deva (spiritual being) who said he wasn't as wise as he could be
- Christians believe they cannot fully understand God, but they know something of his nature and purpose through revelations
- Bahiya (Holy man who lived in India
- Miracles
- General Revelation
- seeing God's presence in nature
- coming to understand God through morality
- experiencing God through scripture
- Fundamentalist Christians believe that the Bible contains Gods actual words they must not be changed or questioned
- coming to understand the nature of reality
- learning the nature of reality through reading the scripture
- The bible consists of the authors opinion rather than the word of God
- Scripture does not prove that God is real or reveal anything about God
- Value of Revelation
- Christians
- revelation can provide proof for God's existence
- enable believers to understand how God wants them to live
- Buddhists
- help to understand the nature of reality and lead to enlightenment
- Athiests
- Revelations may be wishful thinking
- People could make them up for fame and money
- Conflicting revelations prove they cannot all be real
- Christians
- Arguments against the existence of God
- Science
- Science can now answer many questions without the ides of God
- Many Christians see no conflict between science and religion as they believe the Genesis short stories should not be interpreted literally
- However fundamentalists take the bible literally argue that the teachings shouldn't change due to scientific laws
- Many Christians see no conflict between science and religion as they believe the Genesis short stories should not be interpreted literally
- Science can now answer many questions without the ides of God
- Evil and Suffering
- God is all knowing , loving and powerful and if suffering exists he can't be all of these things
- Christians argue that suffering and evil are a result of free will
- However doesn't explain cause for natural disasters/ diseases
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- Buddhism teaches ethical responsibility, because people can choose their actions, they can choose how to act in an evil way
- Because of karma, they will suffer as a result of their actions
- Christians argue that suffering and evil are a result of free will
- God is all knowing , loving and powerful and if suffering exists he can't be all of these things
- Science
- Design Argument
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