1. Rapid Recall!
Fill in the table with what you remember from memory! Prizes for the first correctly filled in one!
1) What are William James’ four qualities of Religious Experiences?
2)What is a corporate religious experience? Plus give a real life example.
3) What does Starbuck say about Religious experience?
4)What are Swinburne’s two principles?
5) What does the term veridical mean?
6) What does Otto believe religious experiences are like?

2. The omniscience of God and justice of God in relation to human free will

3. Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks!
Learning Outcomes
To be able describe Boethius’ issues with God’s omniscience (Grade C).
To be able to explain, in detail, Boethius solution on Free Will and Omniscience (Grade B).
To be able to evaluate the concept of God and his relationship with time (Grade A).
Aiming for an A*? Try to complete the ‘Top Philosopher’ tasks!

4. Cow time! Literacy Target
Check that you have spelt all the key words correctly.
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.

5. Attributes of God: A Recap
Watch the video and write down the 5 contradictions of God’s attributes… 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

6. Boethius and The Consolation of Philosophy (480-525ce)
He observed that what the omniscient God foresees in the future must happen. Whether it happens because he sees it or because it will happen is irrelevant . God may not directly cause our actions but, in seeing them, they become necessary and we can not do otherwise.
Boethius sees that this produces several problems:
Pointless to punish people
If actions are foreseen and not prevented does this make god responsible?
No point in prayer

7. His solution?
Boethius argued that God’s life is limitless and that God possesses the whole of his life eternally without end. For God, there is no past, present and future. Instead God exists eternally and all of time is present to God at the same time.
God does not see the future as it happens, instead Boethius argues that all time is present to God ‘simultaneously’. Boethius believes that God is simple and therefore impassable and immutable.
“And God possesses this present instant comprehension of and sight of all things not from the issuing of future events but from his own simplicity.” Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy

8. Read the article and create a mind map on this view on Free Will…
Boethius and Free Will
Read the article and create a mind map on this view on Free Will…
What Boethius is saying is that for God, life is not only endless but it is not like physical life as it does not involve change and it does not involve experiencing life as a series of events one following another.
Boethius and Free Will
Stretch yourself task:
Are there any weaknesses of his argument? Add them to your mind map in red.
Top Philosopher task:
Which Philosopher influenced his views? Explain why in your notes.

9. Can we have free will with an omniscient God?
Complete a Zig-Zag with for and against arguments…
For
Against
For
Stretch yourself:
To reach a better A02 grade you must always link your arguments. E.g. However Swinburne would disagree with Aquinas because…..
Against
Top philosopher:
Include two synoptic links on your zig-zag!

10. Mini White Boards Describe Boethius’ issues with God’s omniscience.
Explain Boethius solution on Free Will and Omniscience.
Explain your own opinion whether God experiences time like we do.