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Nature of God and Life after death
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Religious Studies
10th Grade
05/16/2011

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Omnipotent
Definition
all important
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Omniscient
Definition
all knowing
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Omni benevolent
Definition
all loving
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Transcendent
Definition
exists outside of time and space
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Immanent
Definition
within all
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Monotheist
Definition
belief in 1 god
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Polytheist
Definition
belief in many gods
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Atheist
Definition
don't believe in god at all
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Agnostic
Definition
doesn't know whether to believe or not
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Why do we struggle to believe in God?
Definition
he can only be known by faith.
limited by time.
is spiritual, not a physical reality.
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What Christians believe?
Definition
creator of the universe.
shown in 3 persons (father,son and holy spirit).
forgiving.
humans made in his image
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If God is good then why suffering?
Definition
some think it is a consequence for our sins. natural disasters.
may be to test our character, determination.
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Evil
Definition
Christians believe that the devil tempts people to do wrong. devil is a personal being opposed to god's will.
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evil 2
Definition
some think that evil is an impersonal force, like gravity.
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evil 3
Definition
others think evil is psychological. abusive parents, combined with antisocial lifestyle.
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how does god intervene in the world?
Definition
through prayer,people, dreams and visions, worship, scared texts, miracles and nature.
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spirit
Definition
separate from the physical body.
god breathed his own air into Adam.
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immortal
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ever lasting
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Corinthians say...
Definition
in the Bible it says that the physical body is a temple for God which his spirit can live.
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Christians believe...
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that God will judge each person after death
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Catholics believe...
Definition
that some peoples soul will go t purgatory for further purification before they can enter heaven.
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Hell
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a place of eternal torture for non believers and sinners.
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other Christians believe...
Definition
in annihilation - where the body and soul no longer exist.
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Trinity
Definition
God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Spirit
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Teleological theory
Definition
William Paley
watch maker theory
too much of a complicated design, someone must have designed it.
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Cosmological theory
Definition
Thomas Aquinas
First Cause theory
there must be God
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Isaac Newtons thumb theory
Definition
he says that everyones thumb print is different so there must have been a designer
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Conversion
Definition
changing of faith
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Numinous
Definition
a feeling that makes you think there is a god
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miracle
Definition
an unexplained occurance
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conscience
Definition
sense of morality - right and wrong
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upbringing
Definition
a persons upbringing may influence whether they believe in God or not
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accident and coincidence
Definition
miracles can be sometimes explained by science
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why do people not belive in God?
Definition
this may cause someone not to believe in god, because God wouldn't do such a mean thing.
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God
Definition
a supernatural divine being
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miracles such as...
Definition
Lourdes in France
The knock - vision of Mary
Jesus - Feed the five thousand
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Ressurection
Definition
coming back to life from the dead.
as Jesus did.
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Crucification
Definition
when Jesus died on the cross
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funeral rite...
Definition
singing hymns,
prayers for them to get into heaven
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funeral is to...
Definition
celebrate the life of the person who died
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What is a rite?
Definition
an established ceremony
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Analogy
Definition
using a word symbolically to suggest something else
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Myth
Definition
a story which is not factually true but has spiritual meaning
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Symbol
Definition
a way of explaining the unexplainable.
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