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KS3 Religious Studies

Big Questions — Philosophy

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What's covered

Does God Exist? — Arguments For and Against10
Religious Experience — Miracles and Visions10
Science and Religion — Conflict or Compatible?10
The Origin of Life10
Why Is There Suffering? — The Problem of Evil10
The Origin of the Universe9

Key facts

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Agnosticism is being unsure whether God exists.

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Atheists often explain visions as the result of brain chemistry or psychology.

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The conflict view holds that science and religion contradict each other.

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In Genesis 2:7, Adam was made from the dust of the ground.

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Many religious people see the Big Bang as compatible with belief in a God who set it off.

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A common atheist argument is that an all-good, all-powerful God would prevent evil — its presence is evidence against such a God.

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Atheism is the belief that no god exists.

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Conversion is a change to a new religious belief, often after a powerful experience.

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Charles Darwin proposed evolution by natural selection.

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Many Christians accept evolution as God's method of creating life (theistic evolution).

Sample questions

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1Does God Exist? — Arguments For and Against

What is agnosticism?

  • Belief in many gods
  • Belief that God does not exist
  • Rejection of all religion
  • Unsure if God exists
2Religious Experience — Miracles and Visions

What is a miracle?

  • A coincidence that helps someone
  • A vision during prayer
  • Any unexplained natural event
  • Event seen as God-caused
3Science and Religion — Conflict or Compatible?

What is the conflict view?

  • Both always agree completely always
  • Both ask the same kind of questions
  • Both reject each other openly always
  • Science and religion contradict each other
4The Origin of Life

What does evolution describe?

  • Species change over generations
  • Species created in one moment
  • Species ruled by spirits
  • Species stay the same forever
5The Origin of the Universe

What does the Big Bang theory describe?

  • Universe created in seven days
  • Universe expanding from a point
  • Universe shrinking over time
  • Universe with no beginning
6Why Is There Suffering? — The Problem of Evil

What is the Problem of Evil?

  • How evil spirits are overcome by prayer
  • Whether God allows humans to sin freely
  • Why religious people experience more hardship
  • Why suffering exists despite God

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