Unit 5: Optional theme — Philosophy of religion
Topic 5.1: Nature and existence of God Questions
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The problem of evil claims there is a clash between suffering and God's:
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The main reply to the problem of evil is the:
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True or false? The argument from inconsistent revelations proves that no God exists.
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Pantheism is the view that:
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Fill the gap: The ______ of evil sets a good, all-powerful God beside the suffering in the world and asks why they don't fit.
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Fill the gap: To say God is ______ means God is all-powerful — able to do anything.
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Monotheism is the view that there is:
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Negative theology claims that about God we can:
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The ontological argument tries to prove God exists using:
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The main modern rival to the teleological (design) argument is:
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In the Nyāya argument, God is needed to:
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The 'perfect being' idea is where philosophers get:
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The cosmological / Kalam argument concludes that there must be:
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True or false? The ontological argument reaches its conclusion by carefully studying the physical world.
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The most famous objection to the cosmological / Kalam argument is:
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True or false? 'Does God exist?' can be answered clearly before we decide WHICH God we mean.
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The usual reply to the omnipotence paradox is that 'all-powerful' means:
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To say God is 'omniscient' means God is:
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The omnipotence paradox asks whether an all-powerful being can:
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The argument from inconsistent revelations points out that:
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