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Beliefs About Deity
- ONTOLOGICAL
- COSMOLOGICAL
- TELEOLOGICAL
- The universe and everything in it is complicated a perfectly
adapted to its purpose - such perfection could only be
achieved by God
- If God is a perfectionist why are there so many
imperfections in the universe e.g. global warming
- The universe and everything in it is complicated a perfectly
adapted to its purpose - such perfection could only be
achieved by God
- Nothing else can explain what caused universe to be created
or the 'First Cause' - God is the only explanation
- The universe could have happened by accident, and if not,
who created God?
- TELEOLOGICAL
- God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived and
so therefore exists
- This is not proof, it is just a proposal or theory
- COSMOLOGICAL
- RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
- UPBRINGING
- MORALITY
- Everyone knows the difference between 'right' and 'wrong' -
this reasoning can only come from God
- Morality is formed from upbringing and societal values
- Everyone knows the difference between 'right' and 'wrong' -
this reasoning can only come from God
- Some believers are due to family upbringing and so do not
question their faith nor the existence of God
- The fact that they have not questioned it makes it blind faith
- MORALITY
- A miracle, prayer or vision may prove the existence of God to
an individual
- This may convince the individual but proves nothing to
anyone else
- UPBRINGING
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