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Flashcards by Martina Moran, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| WHAT IS MEANT BY 1. CONVERSION 2. MIRACLE 3. RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE | 1. to change for the better- from bad to good for GOD 2. An extraordinary event attributed to God that science cannot explain 3. ways in which we encounter God |
| Describe the conversion experience of St Matthew | BEFORE: Tax collector/ Traitor/ thief. CHANGED: Called by Jesus - healed from selfishness AFTER: Disciple, Loyal, returned all he had taken and abandoned his wealthy life. Wrote the Gospel. |
| DESCRIBE THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL | BEFORE: Angry/Hateful/prepared to kill Christians. Ordered the killing of St Steven, Off to Damascus to kill Ananias. CHANGED: Vision - Jesus- blinded- healed AFTER: Evangelist, shipwrecked, beaten, persistent, died for JESUS |
| DECRIBE THE CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OF JOHN PRIDMORE | BEFORE: Gangster, violent, crime, drugs, beat up someone - nearly killed them. CHANGED: Realised he didn't care and thought 'What have I become' AFTER: Gave up gangster life, writes and preaches about Jesus, doesn't profit from it |
| WHAT ARE THE 3 MAIN FEATURES OF RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING | HOME SCHOOL (FAITH SCHOOL) CHURCH |
| EXPLAIN FEATURES OF RELGIOUS UPBRINGING IN THE HOME | Parents teach the child to pray Parents talk about God Parents take child to church Parents send child to a faith school (e.g. Catholic Schools) Parents are the authority figure =child believes in GOD |
| EXPLAIN FEATURES OF RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING IN CHURCH | Person goes to church Priest authority figure talks about God Child learns to pray and may have some religious experience Child sees everyone else believing in God Child receives sacraments - like communion and confession = CHILD believes in GOD |
| EXPLAIN FEATURES OF RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING IN SCHOOL | Child goes to a faith school Authority figures - teachers tell them about God Friends believe in God Child has RE lessons Prayer is normal part of life Child has chance to experience God in Masses, retreats. |
| Give 2 things AQUINAS says are needed for something to be seen as a miracle | 1. MUST BREAK THE LAW OF NATURE 2. MUST BE SOMETHING THAT NATURE COULD DO, BUT FASTER THAN NATURE COULD ACHIEVE |
| NAME 2 PHILOSOPHERS WHO ARGUE FOR CONTINGENCE MIRACLES | 1. R.F. HOLLAND 2. RICHARD SWINBURNE |
| WHAT TYPES OF MIRACLES DOES THE NEW TESTAMENT SAY JESUS PERFORMED? | 1. NATURE 2. HEALING 3. EXORCISM - ( Casting out of evil) |
| EXPLAIN THE MONIKA BESRA MIRACLE | Monika has a tumour (huge) Nothing is helping Mother Teresa nuns are caring for her They pray. Overnight - the tumour disappears This meets Aquinas' definition - breaks law of nature or quicker than nature could do |
| WHAT IS A CONTINGENCY MIRACLE | A series of extraordinary events that seem to come together for the benefit of a person that the person attributes to the 'hand' of GOD |
| HOW IS THE HUDSON RIVER INCIDENT A 'CONTINGENCY MIRACLE' | Passenger planes don't typically survive water landing Birds fly into the plane breaking both engines Not enough time to fly to another airport Land in the hudson 155 passengers and crew survive a series of extraordinary events which some see as the hand of God |
| WHAT IS A COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT | An argument from cause and effect to try and prove the existence of God |
| WHAT ARE AQUINAS' 3 WAYS (3 COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS) | 1. Argument from motion and change - the unmoved mover 2. Argument from cause and effect the uncaused cause 3. Argument from contingent v necessary beings - the necessary being |
| EXPLAIN AQUINAS' ARGUMENT FROM MOTION AND CHANGE | 1. Everything in the world is moving and changing 2. Everything that is in motion is put in motion by something else. 3. INFINTE REGRESS is not possible 4. There must be something that is unmoved, that moves everything = GOD |
| EXPLAIN AQUINAS' ARGUMENT FROM CAUSE AND EFFECT | 1. Everything in the world has a cause 2. Every cause has a cause 3. INFINTE REGRESS is not possible 4. There must be something that is not caused responsible for causing everything = GOD |
| EXPLAIN AQUINAS' ARGUMENT ABOUT CONTINGENT AND NECESSARY BEINGS | 1. Contingent beings rely on their existence on others. 2. All things in the universe are contingent 3. The univesrse is contingent 4. Nothing can come from nothing - but if that was the case why is there something 5. Therefore there must be a non contingent being - which is necessary for all other things to exist |
| WHAT IS A TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT | An argument from design in the world to try and prove the existence of God |
| WHO WAS WILLIAM PALEY | A bishop of Carlisle who wrote a book called 'natural theology' which contained his 'design argument' |
| EXPLAIN PALEY'S WATCH | If you found a watch on the beach you be have to ask 'HOW did that get here?' Looking at it you would notice 'this is designed for a purpose.' - time telling The watch needs a watch maker. So to with the world; it is clearly designed so it must have a designer GOD |
| EXAMPLES of DESIGN in the WORLD | 1. World can Supports life - sun and ozone layer. 2. Example of an eye - clearly designed to 'see' . 3. Woodpecker is designed to peck wood - and its tongue protects it brain! |
| HOW DOES EVOLUTION CHALLENGE THE DESIGN ARGUMENT | The planet was not designed to support life -life that exists today has survived based on the species ability to adapt to the planet DARWIN - survival of the fittest. |
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