the belief in one God who is creator and ruler of the universe and active in creation.
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analogy
using a word symbolically to suggest something else.
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deism
the belief in one God based upon reason and nature alone, rejecting the existence of revelation.
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polytheism
the belief in many gods.
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monotheism
the belief in one God.
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non-trinitarian
rejecting the belief in the trinity.
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agnoticism
the belief that there is not enough evidence to prove that God exists.
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anthropomorphism
describing or representing God using human terms.
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iconoclasm
the belief that God should not be represented through images.
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omniscient
all knowing.
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omnipotent
all powerful.
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perfect
without fault.
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transcendent
above and beyond human experience.
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personal
can be known in human terms.
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infinite
has no limits.
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Big Bang Theory
scientific theory which suggests that there was a massive explosion billions of years ago and that this led to the creation of the universe.
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numinous
a mysterious power that suggests the power of God.
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Eternal
everlasting.
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intelligent design
a theory which says that life is so complex that it must have been designed by a higher intelligent being, and did not evolve by natural selection.
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ineffable
cannot fully be described
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Classical Theism
the belief that God is absolute, eternal, omniscient, omnipotent and perfect. This view is shared by Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
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Ontological
the first classical argument by st Anselm who said God is the greatest thought we could have.
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Teleological
The third classical argument by William Paley who said the world is too complicated to have come about by chance, it must have had the designer (the watch antology)
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cosmological
the second classical argument by Thomas Aquinas who said God is the First Cause and created everything.
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experience
the second modern argument which argues we have experienced God. E.g miracles, visions, the Bible, Jesus etc.
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moral
the first modern argument by Immanuel Kant that we all aim to do what is right and good and this comes from God.
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Argument Against experience
the belief that God's experience cannot be proven through experience.
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Epistemic gap
the separation of humans from God as result of the Fall.
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Incarnate
God made flesh in the form of Jesus.
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literal
someone who follows the meaning of something (the Bible)very closely and exactly.
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Liberal
someone who is favourable to progress or reform (in terms of society)
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natural selection
theory that differences + genetic mutations between creatures of the same species can sometimes make one individual slightly better suited to their environment than others. This means that it survives longer and has more offspring who inherit that tr
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laws of nature
scientific generalisations arrived at by experiments and/or observation, which try to explain how nature works, or how scientists expect nature to work.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
using a word symbolically to suggest something else.
Back
analogy
Card 3
Front
the belief in one God based upon reason and nature alone, rejecting the existence of revelation.
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