Believing in God: Key words

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Created on: 21-04-15 21:10

Define: Numinous

The feeling of the presence of something greater than you

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Define: Conversion

When your life is changed by giving yourself to God

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Define: Miracle

Something which seems to break the laws of science and makes you think only God could have done it

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Define: Prayer

An attempt to contact God - usually through words

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Define: Design

When things are connected and seem to have a purpose (e.g. the eye is designed for seeing)

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Define: Causation

The idea that everything has been caused (started off) by something else

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Define: Agnosticism

Not being sure whether God exists

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Define: Atheism

Believing God does not exist

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Define: Moral Evil

Actions done by humans which cause suffering

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Define: Natural Evil

Things that have caused suffering but have nothing to do with humans (e.g. earthquakes)

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Define: Omnipotent

[The belief that God is] All Powerful

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Define: Benevolent

[The belief that God is] All Loving/good/kind

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Define: Omniscient

[The belief that God is] All Knowing

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Believing in God: Key words