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Christian Beliefs

Megan Lyons Religious Studies GCSE English 44 cards

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  1. 1What is Religious Literacy?Knowing enough about religion to see different opinions than our own.
  2. 2What is a Secular Society?Where religion is seen as a private activity and should have no place in everyday interaction.
  3. 3What are Numinous Feelings?A sense of awe and wonder about nature. The belief that there is something out there but it might not be a God or gods.
  4. 4What is the difference between believers and non-believers?The source of the meaning of their life.
  5. 5What is Orthodoxy?The correct beliefs
  6. 6What is Orthopraxy?The correct behaviours
  7. 7What is an argument?A conclusion based on premises (Because of x and y, I believe z is the case)
  8. 8What is wisdom?What you do with your knowledge, how you live your life and the choices you make.
  9. 9What is Belief?An idea or mental state about the way the world is
  10. 10What is Faith?A belief without any proof
  11. 11Summarise what St Ambrose saidGod wants people to believe in him because they want to, not because they have to.
  12. 12What is the opposite of faith?Knowledge/Certainty
  13. 13Summarise what David Hume saidNot everything that has always happened in the past will happen in the future
  14. 14What are Sources of Wisdom and Authority?Quotes from Holy Books
  15. 15What does a Theist believe?God definitely exists
  16. 16What does an Atheist believe?God cannot and does not exist
  17. 17What does an Agnostic believe?It can't be known whether God exists or not
  18. 18What does a Monotheist believe?There is only one God
  19. 19What does a Polytheist believe?There are many gods
  20. 20What does an Aptheist believe?They do not care whether God exists or not
  21. 21What are some of the characteristics of God?Personal, Monotheistic, Eternal, Transcendent, Immanent, Benevolent, Omniscient, Judge, Merciful, Wise, Omnipotent, Father Figure
  22. 22What is a Parable?A story with a deeper meaning
  23. 23What can you learn about God from John 3:16?He is benevolent, omniscient, a judge, forgiving, monotheistic
  24. 24Where in the bible does it tell you that God is a Judge and Monotheistic?The ten commandments
    John 3:16
  25. 25What is the Nicene Creed?A statement of belief, the basic information about what Christians believe about God
  26. 26What is the Trinity?The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit
  27. 27What does the Trinity allow Christians to do?Simplify a distant and complex God
  28. 28Some people say the Trinity can't be real. How can they all be God yet none of them be each other. What is an analogy for this?H20
    Solid, Liquid and gas are all H20 but they are not each other
  29. 29Why do Christians call God 'father'?Because he is benevolent and father connotes ideas of love, safety and protection
  30. 30Why do Christians call God 'Son'?So they have someone to have a more personal relationship with. Whilst God the father is above and more powerful than you, God the son is the same level to you like a brother.
  31. 31What is God the son a human example of?God the Son is a human example of how to live life. He was crucified so he can be forgiven and resurrected to show God's power
  32. 32Why do Christians call God 'The Holy Spirit'?So that people know that God is there even when he isn't physically there
  33. 33What does Paraclete mean?The Holy Spirit is with you
  34. 34What is the word for when the Holy Spirit is with you?Paraclete
  35. 35What are the challenges of the Trinity?- It is a monotheistic religion yet they are worshiping three different beings
    - It limits God (Takes away his power and gives him human form)
    - Unitarian Churches reject the Trinity because they are monotheistic
  36. 36Which church rejects the idea of the Trinity?Unitarian
  37. 37Summarise what Immanuel Kant said:Nothing useful or worthwhile can be achieved from believing in the Trinity
  38. 38Which form of God is in the Creation Story?God the Holy Spirit
  39. 39In the Creation Story, what is the Holy Spirit referred to as?The breath of God
  40. 40Why does the Holy Spirit do God's work in the Creation Story?Because God is not a physical being
  41. 41What (In the Creation Story) is the reason that men have one less rib than women?God the Holy Spirit gave Adam the breath of life and then took one of his ribs to create Eve
  42. 42What is one reason for evil and suffering, if God created a perfect world?God created a perfect world but humans ruined it
  43. 43What does an anthropomorphic God mean?A God that has human qualities
  44. 44How could humans have caused suffering in the world?There is suffering in the world because people are doing things that they shouldn't be doing

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GCSE Religious Studies (Christianity) Flashcards on Christian Beliefs , created by Megan Lyons on 05/05/2017.
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