Used to express the idea that God is involved and active in the world. Religious people may often talk of God being experienced through other people or in a miracle. These are examples of occasions when God is immanent.
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Transcendent
Used to express the idea that God is separate from and completely distinct and different from the physical world. Transcendence also indicates that God is beyond human comprehension and completely 'other' (different from us).
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Miracle
An event caused by God and a violation of the laws of nature.
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Necessary
In philosophy the word 'necessary' is used to mean that something has to be the way it is and that it is logically impossible for it to be different. To be a triangle, a shape necessarily has to have 3 sides.
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Bias
Unfairly favouring one person or group above another.
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Arbitrary
A decision that is not based on a reason nor is the result of rational decision-making.
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Hume's maxim
No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.
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Lourdes
A Catholic shrine in the south of France to which thousands of people go on pilgrimage. St Bernadette saw a vision of the Virgin Mary there and discovered a stream in the cave in the mountain.
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Petitionary prayer
A prayer that makes a particular request of God.
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Deist
A person who believes that God started off the universe with one creative act but then effectively left the universe to run without acting in it. Popular belief in the 18th century.
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Cumulative argument
A philosophical argument that is built up with many different arguments and pieces of evidence. A conclusion based on probability is then drawn from all the evidence.
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Providence
A word used in Christian theology to refer to God's goodness and continuing activity in the world for the benefit of creation.
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Quantum mechanics
Refers to the physical understanding of the universe developed in the early 20th century by physicists Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac and Erwin Schrodinger.
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Card 2
Front
Used to express the idea that God is separate from and completely distinct and different from the physical world. Transcendence also indicates that God is beyond human comprehension and completely 'other' (different from us).
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Transcendent
Card 3
Front
An event caused by God and a violation of the laws of nature.
Back
Card 4
Front
In philosophy the word 'necessary' is used to mean that something has to be the way it is and that it is logically impossible for it to be different. To be a triangle, a shape necessarily has to have 3 sides.
Back
Card 5
Front
Unfairly favouring one person or group above another.
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