Edexcel - Religious Studies Unit 1 vocabulary

Question	Answer
Agnosticism	Not being sure whether God exists.
Atheism	Believing that God exists.
Conversion	When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.
Free Will	The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices.
Miracle	Something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it.
Moral evil	Actions done by humans which causes suffering.
Natural evil	Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans
Numinous	The feeling of the presence of something greater than you.
Omni-benevolent	\ The belief that God is all-good.
Omnipotent	The belief that God is all-powerful.
Omniscient	The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen.
Prayer	An attempt to contact God, usually through words.

Agnosticism

Not being sure whether God exists.

Atheism

Believing that God exists.

Conversion

When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.

Free Will

The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices.

Miracle

Something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it.

Moral evil

Actions done by humans which causes suffering.

Natural evil

Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

Numinous

The feeling of the presence of something greater than you.

Omni-benevolent

\ The belief that God is all-good.

Omnipotent

The belief that God is all-powerful.

Omniscient

The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen.

Prayer

An attempt to contact God, usually through words.

Resource summary

	Created by revisionguru about 12 years ago