Loach's Philosophy Revision Cards

The Nature of God:

• God was incarnate on Earth as Jesus
• He did this to redeem mankind and heighten our sanctity of life
• "That which is unassumed is unhealed" - therefore by Jesus assuming life on Earth he healed our sins and healed us.

Key words:

• omniscient - all knowing
• omnipotent - all powerful
• omnipresent - everywhere
• omnibenevolent - all loving
• perichoretic community- ultimate ontological community

Key Arguments:

Christian Arguments:

• Cosmological argument - Saint Thomas Aquinas. Everything that exists has a cause of its existence. The universe exists, therefore the universe has a cause of existence which must be God.
• Teleological argument - William Paley. Everything has a designer, it cannot be random. Therefore the world must have a designer. God must be the designer.

Atheistic Arguments:

• Feuerbach's argument - He says that there is no God, it is simply a creation of our mind to give us hope. "We project our own image onto God."

What is the Bible?

• 66 books (39 Old Testament, 27 New Testament)
• 41 writers (all male, except there is debate about one possible female)
• OT was written in Hebrew
• NT was written in Greek
• Jesus spoke Aramaic 
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Old Testament:

New Testament:

Genres: History, Gospels, Letters, Prophecy