AQA Theme C – Arguments for the existence of God November 2018 AQA Theme C – Arguments for the existence of God 19th Where do Christians believe the conscience comes from? Where do Christians believe guilt comes from? Can you define Conscience? Can you define eternal? Can you define external? 20th Give 2 strengths of the design argument Give 2 weaknesses of the design argument Give 4 authors of the design argument Bullet point the Teleological argument in 4 steps Can you define the Design Argument? 21st Give 2 strengths of the first cause argument Give 2 weaknesses of the first cause argument Give 1 author of the first cause argument Bullet point the Cosmological argument in 4 steps Can you define First Cause Argument? 22nd Give 2 Bible quotes that you could use in an answer about God being the creator of nature Give 1 Bible quote that shows God’s omnipotence Give 1 Bible quote that shows God’s benevolence Can you define General Revelation? 23rd Briefly explain why Humanism is not a religion Can you define humanism? Explain how the Big Bang Theory links and does not link to the first cause argument? Explain how the theory of evolution links and does not link to the first cause argument? 24th Give 3 theories from science that have lead people to lose faith in God Can you define illusion? Can you define enlightenment? Can you define Science? 25th Give 4 words that Christians might use to describe to nature of God Give 2 examples of God’s impersonal nature Give 2 examples of God’s personal nature Why do Christians argue God does not intervene all the time? Can you define impersonal? 26th Who claimed to have a healing miracle at Lourdes in 1901? How many miracles have been recorded at Lourdes in total? Give an example of a modern miracle Give 2 reasons David Hume did not believe miracles were evidence for the existence of God Can you define miracle? 27th Give one example of a vision from the Bible Give one example of a vision from the Quran 2 reasons why someone might argue visions are proof that God exists 2 reasons why someone might argue visions do not prove God exists Can you define vision? 28th According to Islam who alone can perform miracles? Why is the Quran viewed as Allah’s greatest miracle? Give 3 examples of General revelation Give 3 examples of Special Revelation Can you define immanent? 29th What did St. Augustine say about the existence of evil? 4 bullet points. What did St. Irenaeus say about the existence of evil? 4 bullet points Give 4 possible things that could be to blame for the existence of evil other than God? E.g the Devil Can you define Reality? 30th In 3 bullet points explain Epicurus’s logical problem of evil Explain in 3 bullet points the Free Will defence What is the origin of evil according to Christians Can you define Transcendent? What is religious truth? What is scientific truth? What is historical truth?

Theme C St Thomas Aquinas William Paley Isaac Newton RF Tennant Complete the bricks by colour coding them all to match the topics line at the bottom. Each brick can have more than one colour but it must have at least one colour. The first 3 have been done for you. St Thomas Aquinas William Paley Isaac Newton RF Tennant Arthur Brown Cosmological Teleological Marie Bailly Pilgrimage Epicurus Evolution The Big Bang Theory Copernicus Heliocentric Geocentric Lourdes David Hume Suffering Benevolent Adam and Eve St Augustine St Irenaeus Truth claims Genesis God Jesus walks on water Jesus raises Lazurus General revelation Special revelation Humanism Faith The design argument The first cause argument The argument from miracles The argument from the natural world The problem of evil Science vs religion Enlightenment

Faith Truth God Science A B C D E F G H I J K L Revelation Design Theme C - L has been done for you. This sheet has some spaces for quotes/teachings/ examples/ evidence as notes which you could use if you were going to write up your ideas in full. God Science Revelation Truth Faith Cosmological Design A B C D E F G H I J K L Believe / trust “let there be light” Religious truth Historical truth Scientific truth Example- L – Faith links to truth because some people need to believe something is true before they will put their faith into it. Religious Truth, according to Christians, can be found in the Bible. Early Catholics would have said that “let there be light and there was light”( – Genesis) is an example of how humans know that God is all powerful (omnipotent) as he created the universe and everything in it in six twenty four hour days. Modern Catholics might dispute this religious truth as the Pope said that “God is not a being with a magic wan”. We should ignore the whimsical narrative provided by Genesis in favour for the Big Bang Theory. In this way all Christians agree that God created the world and that is the religious truth. Historical truth is what has come before. People know about the past through looking at artefacts and through historical interpretation people have faith in what existed before them. Scientific truth is acquired through testing and observation. Unlike Religious truth, scientific truth remains as theories that are tested on and updated as new information is known.