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What are the main features of a catholic upbringing?

- They have been baptised, teach their children to pray and believe in God

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How does catholic upbringing may lead to belief in God?

- their parents would have told them about God and they would believe their parents - taught in school about God and they will believe the teachers - praying, parents won't waste time - seeing ppl worship God in Mass

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What are the pros and cons of having a Catholic upbringing?

:) catholic upbringing = family together, united for Catholic activities. understanding whats wrong&right = good morals :( takes away child's human right to freedom of religion -work against community cohesion,Catholic kids think other religions rong

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How religious beliefs may lead to the belief in God

numinous ie; looking at the stars, great feeling lead them to believe. Conversion- commit themselves to God, feel God is calling them 2 do sumfin. Miracle- only cause is God so believing. Prayer- God listening ie answered prayer

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what are the arguments against religious experience proving God's existence?

:( numinous expedience = caused by surroundings, nothing to do with God. - All miracles can be explained, eg: Jesus may not have been dead, so he just recovered. - More unanswered prayers than answered.

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how does design argument prove God's existence?

1) proof world has been designed(laws of science - gravity and DNA) 2)world designed = designer = God 3) appearance of design in the World = God exists 4) William Paleyw

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what are arguments against design argument?

- science can explain the design without needing God - only proves world has designer not necessarily God.

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what are the arguments FOR causation argument?

1)fits with common sense = everything can't come from nothing 2)makes sense of oursleves and it explains why we're here

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what are the arguments AGAINST causation argument?

1) if everything has a cause then God has a cause doesn't have to stop at God 2)everything in the universe has explanation but the universe itself doesn't need an explanation, could have been there forever.

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what are the arguments for causation that may lead to the belief in God

1)cause&effect basic feature of the world. 2)world and humans have a cause - God only logical cause of the universe. Therefore God exists.

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how does Science explain how the World came this way?

- Matter is eternal - matter of universe exploded= BigBangTheory. Gases produced primitive life. genetic structure of primitive life forms evolved to complex life forms

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How does scientific explanation of world lead to agnosticism/atheism?

science can explain the universe without God= agnostic, no longer need God to explain why we're there. Atheists= science explains the world&humans without God is proof to people so God doesn't exist.

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How do Catholics respond to scientific explanations of the world?

- Only God could have made the BigBang at exactly the right second to form universe - Only God made laws of gravity - Only God have made Gases on Earth to react and make life

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what is another response to the scientific explanations of the world?

Some catholics believe Bible and the scientific theories. Bible's story fits with science but one of God's days could be million/billion years

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what are the points that proove that scientific explanations proove God doesnt exist

- BigBang = accident no evidence caused by God. - Omnipotent&omniscient God wouldn't have created the world in a wasteful way with species dying over long time so humans can arrive

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why do unanswered prayers may lead to agnosticism/atheism?

people not feel the presence of God&God isn't listening to them.2)religious people believe God answers people's prayers,no answered God doesn't like them non existence.3)good catholic pray2cure their sick child dies,lose faith4)bad fing happen no god

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how do catholics respond to unanswered prayers?

if you pray for selfish things God will do the opposite of the prayer 2)not the way u expect because God has different plans 3)Catholics have faith, God will answer in the best way.4)God gives us what we need than what we want

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how do answered prayers prove that God doesn't exist?

1)Christians believe that God is luvin father, doesn't answer= doesn't exist.2)answer prays of good people, ie no war/starvation. clearly not answered

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Why does evil and suffering may lead to agnosticism/atheism?

1)If God is omnipotent he can remove suffering from the world 2) if god is omni-benevolent(all good) he must want to remove it = if god exists no evil. as there is evil God is not good/powerful or he doesn't exist.

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What forms can evil and suffering can happen?

Moral evil - caused by humans using freewill ie War. Natural evil - suffering not caused by humans ie floods

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how do catholics respond to the problem of evil and suffering?

1) praying for those who suffer (what Jesus did) humans don't understand reason 2) evil is fault of humans misuing free will.3) test to prepare for heaven.4)God has a reason humans r too limited to understand.

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what would people that believe evil and suffering prove that God doesn't exists use ?

1)A good God wouldn't have designed a world with volcanoes etc, cant be blamed on humans, God doesn't exist. 2)Omnipotent God wouldn't allow evil humans like Hitler that caused mass genocide, caused suffering God doesn't exist.

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