B601, Beliefs about Deity

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What is a God?
A divine being
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What is the ontological argument?
God is the most perfect being imaginable, and he must exist otherwise we would not be able to produce this description of him.
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What is the cosmological argument?
The universe must have come from somewhere, Christians believe is came from God.
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What is the teleological/design argument?
The world is so perfect, it must have been designed by someone, that being God.
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What is the argument from experience?
God can be experienced, through meditation or prayer, or through miraclese
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What is the moral argument?
People have a basic understanding of 'good' and 'bad' and 'right' and 'wrong', this knowledge must have come from God.
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What is a miracle?
A marvellous event which cannot have been bought about by humans or nature and so is said to be performed by God.
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