Big Questions: Philosophy
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Does God Exist?: Arguments For and Against
Agnosticism is being unsure whether God exists.
Religious Experience: Miracles and Visions
Atheists often explain visions as the result of brain chemistry or psychology.
Science and Religion: Conflict or Compatible?
The conflict view holds that science and religion contradict each other.
The Origin of Life
In Genesis 2:7, Adam was made from the dust of the ground.
The Origin of the Universe
Many religious people see the Big Bang as compatible with belief in a God who set it off.
Why Is There Suffering?: The Problem of Evil
A common atheist argument is that an all-good, all-powerful God would prevent evil: its presence is evidence against such a God.
Does God Exist?: Arguments For and Against
Atheism is the belief that no god exists.
Religious Experience: Miracles and Visions
Conversion is a change to a new religious belief, often after a powerful experience.
Science and Religion: Conflict or Compatible?
Charles Darwin proposed evolution by natural selection.
The Origin of Life
Many Christians accept evolution as God's method of creating life (theistic evolution).
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What is the 'cosmological argument' for God's existence?
- •The universe designed itself perfectly
- •The universe has always existed unchanged
- •The universe is just an illusion
- ✓The universe needs a first cause
What is a miracle?
- •A coincidence that helps someone
- •A vision during prayer
- •Any unexplained natural event
- ✓Event seen as God-caused
What is the conflict view?
- •Both always agree completely
- •Both ask the same kind of questions
- •Both reject each other openly
- ✓Science and religion contradict each other
What does evolution describe?
- ✓Species change over generations
- •Species created in one moment
- •Species ruled by spirits
- •Species stay the same forever
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
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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