The Existence of God

Question 1 of 15

1

Religious people refer to God as...

Select one of the following:

Omnipotent, omniscient, benevolent
Invisible
Uncaring

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

1

What does proof mean?

Select one of the following:

Something is 100% correct and cannot be disregarded
Evidence that guarantees the truth of something
Evidence that doesn't remove all areas of doubt in the mind

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

1

What are the problems when proving God's existence?

Select one or more of the following:

God cannot be proved by physical senses as would mean God is limited to being something that is physical.
Religious experiences cannot be evidence as it is not valid for other people.
Some people may find ways to destroy any evidence suggesting God exists.

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

1

What is the First Cause Argument?

Select one of the following:

An argument that disregards God's existence, and puts to shame all theories that try to prove God exists.
It is a proof for the existence of God based on the idea that there had to be an uncaused cause that made everything happen.
It is a proof for the existence of God based on the idea that there is so much design and purpose in the universe that it could not have happened by accident.

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

1

St Thomas Aquinas drew up ____ way(s) to prove the existence of God

Select one of the following:

1
2
3

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

1

Which are strengths of the cosmological argument?

Select one or more of the following:

Many people use this as a starting point of who initiated the Big Bang.
If God is perfect, why is the universe made full of imperfections?
Things could work differently outside the world.
There must be pure existence for anything to happen - love, knowledge and power are all in God.

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

1

Aquinas used the analogy of an arrow and a target to explain the design argument.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

1

What are the challenges to the Design Argument?

Select one or more of the following:

Richard Dawkins used the digger wasp example of natural evil.
There aren't any challenges because the world is a perfect place.
If there was a God, he would have made a better job of creating things.

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

1

What is a religious experience?

Select one of the following:

It is a unique awareness of an outside supreme being.
It is when God reveals himself to people telling them that they are going to heaven.
It is when you suddenly change from one religion to the other.

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

1

Can religious experiences make differences to people?

Select one or more of the following:

Yes - they are often used as a basis for their own acceptance of faith. For example, many people accepted the resurrection of Jesus as a fact based on the experience of the early disciples and their claims to have seen the Risen Christ
No - they are difficult for people to understand let alone express, so others cannot make sense of religious experiences at all, so immediately disregard them.
Yes - the accuracy of people's descriptions of religious experiences can convert people into believing in a religion.

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

1

Which are accounts of religious experiences?

Select one of the following:

The Call of Jeremiah, Julian of Norwich, Bernadette of Lourdes
Muhammad, Isaiah, Peter
Mother Theresa, MLK, Gandhi

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

1

Valid religious experiences come unexpectedly.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

1

What is faith?

Select one of the following:

It is believing in one God, and disregarding any other religion.
A commitment to something that goes beyond proof and knowledge, especially used about God and religion.
Has the same meaning as 'knowledge'.

	Created by louisa_patrick over 11 years ago

AQA Philosophy of Religion GCSE

The Existence of God

Question 1 of 15

Religious people refer to God as...

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

What does proof mean?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

What are the problems when proving God's existence?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

What is the First Cause Argument?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

St Thomas Aquinas drew up ____ way(s) to prove the existence of God

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

Which are strengths of the cosmological argument?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

Aquinas used the analogy of an arrow and a target to explain the design argument.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

What are the challenges to the Design Argument?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

What is a religious experience?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

Can religious experiences make differences to people?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

Which are accounts of religious experiences?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

Valid religious experiences come unexpectedly.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

What is faith?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

Proving God would still allow human freedom.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

Choose two arguments used against God's existence

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation