Relgious experience AO2 Exam focus lesson

Taboo You have to describe a key word without using that word (it is taboo!). Create a list of 5 words, names or ideas connected to miracles, do not show anyone. Choose one Describe it to your partner Their turn First pair to complete the lists wins – the satisfaction of victory!

Impact of religious experience on religious belief

Whether religious communities are entirely dependant on religious experiences

Match the scholar to the key words and pictures – 3 E Aquinas Hume Holland Swinburne Primary cause, Timescale quicker, Transgression, Volition, Coincidence, Sign Secondary cause, Significance, Three types

3 F Revision Taboo You have to describe a key word associate with Hume or Swinburne without using that word (it is taboo!). Create a list of 5 words, names or ideas connected to miracles, do not show anyone. Choose one Describe it to your partner Their turn First pair to complete the lists wins – the satisfaction of victory!

‘No definition of miracles is adequate?’ Page 76 Definitions Inadequate Hume ‘violation of the law of nature’ Holland ‘a coincidence interpreted religiously’ Swinburne ‘event of religious significance Adequate

How far different definitions of miracles can be considered contradictory Argument Counterargument Evaluation

Summary of challenges to miracles Counter arguments Hume – natural laws, witnesses and conflicting claims Swinburne Wiles – arbitary God Pike – see booklet 1 Timeless God Miracles are pointless – Florida Building Philosophical arguments – not compatible with the teleological argument Definitions of miracles are confusing Science – quantum mechanics and God of the gaps

Sample student answer Use the mark scheme for summer 2012 and the generic marking scheme and give this essay a level and a mark. Candidates may use some of the following: Hume's criticisms. Just a coincidence. Leads to an arbitrary God who is "not worthy of worship". Not compatible with love and justice. Not compatible with Creator establishing laws of nature. "Breadth or depth" applies here. [30 AO1]

Examine what philosophers understand by the term miracle 2013 Homework for Monday 11th January AO1 Essay planning Write a detailed essay plan for the following questions Examine what philosophers understand by the term miracle 2013 Explain why belief in miracles may be challenged. 2012 or Examine reasons for not believing in miracles 2015 Examine philosophical issues raised by the concept of miracle. Sample answer in the WJEC textbook