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Judeo-Christian
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- 1JUDEO-CHRISTIAN.
- 2The concept of God as the creator.
- 3Give an intro- according to Bible, God is responsible for bringing the universe in existence
- everything that existence owes its existence to God's creative activity and nothing is made except that is which made by God
- God is set apart from the universe
- he is transcendent over his creation
- he exists separately from it
- there are many passages in the Bible which pot ray the creative activity of God (eg. Job and Psalms)
- but the major creation stories are found in the opening of Genesis - 4What is Genesis a part of?the Hexateuch's
(first six books of the Bible) - 5Why were the creation accounts written?- to counter the views put forward in other creation stories by other cultures
- To display God's power - God = omnipotent - whole universe is created by God and is subject to God
- Although there is the message of faith in God as the creator, it needs to be seen as secondary to the purpose of showing God's saving role throughout history - 6What is the focus in the creation stories?In the creation stories, the focus isn't so much on HOW the universe was created but WHY and by WHO
The stories are clear, creation was not an accident but deliberate and performed by one omnipotent, transcendent God - 7Give a key quote from Genesis'in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'let there be light' and there was light'
- 8Was description of water existing before God began his work meant to be symbolic way to represent chaos before the origins of the universe? Or did the writers think that they were recording fact?Certainly it seems to speak of some sort of reality existing which might have always existed, rather than God making the world out of complete nothingness.
- 9The opening verses show God giving order and form, creating out of chaos - is this the same as creation out of nothing?Traditionally, Christians and Jews follow the teachings of St. Augustine and believe God created everything out of nothing = creation ex nihilio
Where there was no matter, God created it; nothing preexisted the Universe, exempt God himself
This is a unique viewpoint in classic thought, however, the working in Genesis is ambiguous and unclear - 10Describe Implications in Relation to scienceMany scientists believe that matter must have existed in some form for eternity because in their view it is impossible for matter to appear out of nowhere
It is possible to interpret the Genesis accounts in this way, where God uses 'formless' but already existing 'stuff' and fashions it in his own way to make the Universe
But, it should be remembered the writers of the Bible weren't prompted to show the origins of the universe but Gods relationship with people so the main claim is that the universe belongs to God and is responsible to him
(not the HOW but the WHY and WHO) - 11Describe implications in relation to GodCreation ex nihilo makes God responsible for everything including evil, disease etc and so raises questions about Gods intentions and omniscience
However, if God doesn't create out of nothing, then it means there is something (matter) which is also eternal like God so he is not unique and also undermines cosmological argument for the existence of God, which claims that the universe cannot cause itself but must have been caused by God - 12What is Gods first creation?Gods first creation = light
This is not seen as part of God himself as God remains at all times separate and distinct from it - 13How is each of the 6 days of creation presented?In a pattern
'God said let…and so it was;
Emphasis is on Gods word finding immediate fulfillment. This displays the belief in Gods absolute rule over creation and also that creation reflects Gods purposes
Most of the acts of creation are given the verdict 'good' and the whole of creation when completed is also 'good'
'god saw all that he had made and it was good' - 14Why did the writers not mention evil?They weren't blind to it but didn't see the world as evil like Plato as no evil was put into the world by Gods hand
- 15how is Gods creativity seen?Sometimes like a craftsman (gradually) and sometimes like the spoken word (it appears immediately fully formed)
- 16What happened on the fifth and sixth day?Living being were created fully formed
- 17give a quote for the creation of man'so God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them'
- 18what is the pinnacle of creation?creation of man
- 19man in gods image, what does image mean?duplicate
- 20what is the purpose of humans?to rule and dominate as Gods representatives
to maintain and enforce Gods power over the world - 21Genesis 2 wasdifferent writer from 1
- 22why was Genesis 2 written?not as historical narrative but to explain certain puzzling features of life and the human experience
- 23genesis 2 quote'the lord god formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being'
- 24what does the word formed do?creates the image of a potter shaping clay creating the image of God as the craftsman
similar to Job when he's described an an expert builder
more anthropomorphic and immanent as he has breath and special relationship is indicated - 25how are people warned not to think of themselves?As omniscient as they should recognize the great wisdom of God and not try to assert their independence outside the authority of God
- 26How does Davidson describe Eves creation?As 'delightfully naive'
- 27How does Morris describe the creation of EveGod must have had good reason for creating eve in this way
- 28quote for the serpent'more crafty'
- 29how is God described anthropomorphically in Genesis 3?'walking in the garden' and Adam and Eve can hear him
shows closeness with God before fall - 30Did God decide the punishment or was it inevitable?Is man or God to blame?
- 31how is Gods omniscience questioned in Genesis 3?Garden of Eden is graded by a cherubim
- 32List some similarities between the Prime Mover and God in the Bible- both are responsible for the existence of the universe
- both are described as the reason why the universe is here
- neither depends on anything else for existence, but exists 'necessarily'
- both are eternal, perfect and immutable - 33List some differences between God and the Prime mover- the God of the Bible creates on purpose as an act of love but the prime mover doesn't have intentions or make decisions as he is unchanging
- the God of the bible is an active force in the world whereas the Prime mover moves things to him but is unaffected
-PM = immaterial but the God of the Bible sometimes acts like how someone with a body would
-the PM only nows itself and is unaware of the physical world whereas the God in the Bible is aware of the physical world (punishment etc)
- God = omnipotent and omniscient and omnipresent
PM = limited thinking and knowing only of himself
- the God of Bible created world for humans in his image
PM = has no intentions and isn't capable of this - 34If God created the world, is he responsible for everything that happens in it?- should God be liable for evil/ suffering? washing machine malfunction analogy
the fall explains the reason for evil and suffering but God imposed punishment could he see fall
- free will but God = parent
- evolution life on earth adapts naturally and mebz world took on life of its own after omniscience - 35How does the Bible illustrate God's goodness?four c's
creation, commandments, compassion (hannah etc), cross - 36Philosophical problems with combining personal and interact God with perfect God1. God who has relationship must be capable of change but perfection = constant
2. For some = impossible to hold God as good and having a relationship with creation
3. Problems arise with notion that God can suffer or be effected in any way - 37God as lawgiver/judge10 commandments
don't eat from tree/fall
prophets
free will and punishment
conscious - 38What is righteous indignation?God doesn't remain unaffected but becomes angered at injustice
when he is angry its coz moral behavior as they fail to live up to Gods goodness - 39Punishmentparable of sheep and goats
'go away to eternal punishment'/ 'eternal life'
judgement = afterlife
old testament = punishment = present
good parent - 40Does God of the Bible show perfect goodness?old testament = not good as jealous and angry encouraging killings
Dawkins = old God 'obnoxious'
highlights abraham and isaac shows immorality
Christains = humans shouldn't analyze Gods goodness, reason = pointless as God goes beyond rational comprehension - 41The Euthyphro Dilemmadoes God command things as they are good or are things good as God commands them
option 1 = divine command ethics
good because God commands it - 42Explain option 1option 1 = divine command ethics
good because God commands it
for example, eve eats fruit and its bad coz God says
Sacrificing Isaac
problems =
suggests no sound reasoning to morality of actions except for Gods wims
implies we only have moral standards through chance
believers may disagree on what God commands (eg. protestants and catholics) - 43what is option 2?objective morality
God commands things because they are good
for example, 10 commandments - aren't random
problems -
implies external measure of goodness and Go dis not in control of morality
bible doesn't support this, God determines goodness creating it as he creates the universe
facts of a case don't logically show us the values so if God doesn't exist and we can't find absolute morality anywhere else = problem - 44Aquinas to the rescuehe argues the euthyphro dilemma wasn't a real problem as both parts can be accepted without contradiction
God commands things because they are good and knows what to common with perfect knowledge as his nature is entirely good so he wouldn't command something bad
his moral commandments will always be expressions of the goodness of his nature
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