Rapid Recall! Fill in the table with what you remember from memory! Prizes for the first correctly filled in one! 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)
Omnibenevolence and justice of God
Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks! Learning Outcomes To be able describe issues with God’s omnibenevolence (Grade C). To be able to explain, in detail, different views’ Omniscience (Grade B). To be able to evaluate the concept of omnibenevolence and justice (Grade A). Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks!
Cow time! Literacy Target Check that you have spelt all the key words correctly. Hesed Agape Hosea Take the time to check over the rest of your work for any other spelling mistakes. Ask for a dictionary or use the internet to check over any words that you are not sure are correct.
God’s Love? The Christian understanding of God holds unequivocally that God’s nature is love. This idea in not just a New Testament concept , but can seen in the old testament too. The Old Testament speaks mainly of God’s love for Israel rather than for individuals. The Hebrew word used is hesed. God’s love is not caused by any special worth in its object. God did not choose to love Israel because it had special loveable qualities. Israel has special worth because of God’s love. God’s love, like his existence, has no cause. It is not brought into being by something else but is part of God’s nature from the start. The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. -Deuteronomy 7:7
God’s Goodness Compare and contrast the similarities of Plato’s Form of the Good and Aristotle’s Prime Mover to the Christian idea of God… Ancient Greek Ideas Christian God The Form of the Good remains unaffected by anything. God can intervene to help his people. Top Philosopher: What does the term agape mean? How is used today? Where did it come from? Stretch yourself: What does Hosea 11:4 compare God to?
Read the story of Hosea and Gomer… Answer the following questions: How is Hosea’s love of Hosea like God’s love of Israel? What does Hosea 7:13 mean? What are the Philosophical questions that God’s love raises? Stretch yourself: What are the names and meanings of their children?
What do they mean? Bible time! Explain the meaning of each of the quotes and how it links to the idea of God’s love… Exodus 19:4-6 Amos 3:2 3. 1 John 4:7-9 4. 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 5: Matthew 10:30-31 Stretch yourself: Can you tell which quotes are from the new testament and which are from the old testament? Why? Top Philosopher: Why may the Christian idea of God’s love be considered platonic?
Is God really Omnibenevolent? Using Philosopher from the Problem of Evil topic, Complete a Zig-Zag with for and against arguments… For Against For Against Stretch yourself: Include Aquinas’s views on your zig-zag. Top Philosopher: What are Moltmann’s views from his book The Crucified God?
Mini White Boards Describe one issue with God’s omnibenevolence. Explain one view on God’s Omnibenevolence. Explain your own opinion whether God can really be omnibenevolent.
Homework: Evaluation Points… Read the article and answer the following question: How do the ideas of analogy, symbol and myth be used to evaluate God’s attributes? What are Dawkins views? What does Mackie means by the ‘miracle of theism’? What are issues with God being outside of time? What are the issues with God being inside of time? Does God have freewill? 7) If not God, what else might our actions be determined by? 8)What are the three views on whether God can break the laws of logic? 9) What is epistemic distance? How does it link to free will? 10) What would Flew say about explaining contradictions in God’s attributes?