Philosophy Two

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Conscience
An inner voice or feeling giving guidance on the rightness or wrongness of behaviour.
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Free will
The belief that God created humans with the ability to make moral choices.
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Golden rule
Jesus' teaching the people that they should treat others as they wish to be treated themselves.
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Job
Biblical character whose faith is tested.
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Moral evil
Evil and suffering caused by people.
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Natural evil
Evil and suffering caused by natural events such as earthquakes.
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Omnipotent
Powerful, able to do anything.
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Omniscient
All-knowing.
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Original sin
The sin which was brought into the world at the Fall and which Christianity teaches everyone is born with.
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Redemption
The idea that sins can be forgiven and a person can be redeemed. Jesus is often referred to by Christians as the Redeemer as he died for the sins of the whole world.
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Sacrifice
Giving up a life for God.
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The Devil/Satan
A supernatural evil power.
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The Fall
The disobedience of Adam and Eve resulting in their expulsion from Eden.
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Theodicies
Arguments justifying why there is evil in the world if God is good.
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Big Band theory
Scientific theory which suggest that there was a massive explosion about 18 billion years ago and that this led to the creation of the whole universe.
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Cosmology
Theories about the origins of the universe.
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Creation
God's making of the universe.
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Creationists
People who believe that God created the world in six days as in the biblical accounts.
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Creator
Someone who makes or produces something.
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Dominion
Power or authority.
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Domination
Exercising power over a less-powerful being.
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Evolution
The scientific theory that all species develop from earlier forms of life.
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Ex nihilo
Out of nothing.
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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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Myth
A story which attempts to explain the origins of natual phenomena or aspects of human behaviour.
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Natural selection
Theory that tiny differences and genetic mutations between creatures of the same species can sometimes make an individual slightly better suited to their environment than others. This gets passed down the generations.
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Soul
The part of the human being which is seperate from the physical body.
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Steward
Someone who looks after something for someone else.
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The belief that God created humans with the ability to make moral choices.

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Free will

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Jesus' teaching the people that they should treat others as they wish to be treated themselves.

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Card 4

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Biblical character whose faith is tested.

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Evil and suffering caused by people.

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