1. Lets
Revise ...
Believing in God

2. What are the main features of a Christian upbringing?
Children will believe
that God exists
because parents teach
them to pray
Going to a
Church school
means Christianity
seems normal
Going to Church &
seeing other people
worship makes them
think God exists.
What are the main features of
a Christian upbringing?
Being baptised
parents will promise
to bring children up
as Christians
Move the boxes
to find out
how these would
lead to believing
in God.
Being confirmed would
support your belief
as you learn about God

3. Plums Never Collect Mouldy Yeuch that's mouldy!
What does this phase have to do with Religious Experience?
Yeuch that's
mouldy!
Never
Collect
Mouldy
Plums

4. PRAYER MIRACLES NUMINOUS CONVERSION
Sing a long to this! - do miracles still happen?

5. EASY! Bless my soul! A watch in the forest - how did that get
there? It must have a
designer. . .therefore the
earth must have a
designer too!
1.Move the box
2. Memorise the 5 steps in 2 minutes
3. Cover the box
4. Write everything you can remember on your white board!
The Design Argument - Explained
1. Anything that has been designed needs a designer
2. There is evidence that the world
has been designed - e.g. laws of science
3. If the world has been designed it must have a designer
4. The only possible designer must be GOD
5. So Design = God Exists!
EASY!
William Paley

6. Evidence of Design in the World

7. What about me?! I'm not part of the design plan
Well I think the
design argument is
rubbish! What about
volcanoes and earthquakes
. . . who designed them?!
Science can
explain the world.
We don't need
God
What about me?! I'm not part of the design plan

8. b (4 marks) Exam Question
Do you think God designed the world? Give 2 reasons for your point of view
(4 marks)
Don't forget - you need to state an opinion and then give two reasons for your opinion

9. The Causation Argument
Everything that happens has a cause
CAUSE
EFFECT
What does Olivia learn about cause and effect here?
What causes the wagons on this train to move?

10. Therefore God must exist
Everything that has been caused MUST
have been caused by something else
Sort these into the
proper order!
When you look at the world you can see that everything has a cause
Every cause must have a first cause
The Universe must have a first cause too
The only possible cause of the Universe must be God

11. So who caused God then? If everything needs a cause then God must need a cause too!
If matter is eternal and nothing can be created or destroyed then causes can go back forever
(I'm an A* pig!)
Anyway even if there was a First Cause it doesn't have to be God

12. d Practice Question i Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion (3)
"The argument from causation proves that God exists"
i Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion (3)
ii Give reasons why some people may disagree with you (3)
Remember!
3 For
3 Against

13. Science says the world started like this:
Matter is eternal - it cannot be created or destroyed, only changed
Dark Matter
Big Bang
15 billion years ago this matter exploded
Primitive Life
This formed stars and then the solar system
Solar System
Early Humans
Primitive Life forms started to emerge
2.5 million years ago humans evolved

14. Because Because Because Because
Explain why the scientific explanation of the world leads some people to become atheists or agnostics (8 marks)
Because
Because
Because
Because

15. BECAUSE How would a Christian respond to the scientific argument?
Response 2
Response One
Some Christians would say that
science is accurate but it helps prove
that God created the universe
BECAUSE
BECAUSE
Some Christians are creationists and think science is wrong
The Big Bang and evolution can be explained by:
- the effects of Noah's flood
- the Apparent Age theory
Only God could have made the Big Bang
at the right microsecond
Only God could have made laws like
gravity
Only God could have made
gases form life
Response 3
Miss Martin's favourite song!
Some Christians believe that
both science and the Bible are correct BECAUSE
- One of God's days could be millions or billions of years long

16. Unanswered Prayers
We prayed for them to be safe - Why didn't God listen??
If people feel that God is not listening to them or not answering their prayers they may become agnostic or atheist

17. What would a Christian say?
God has a different
plan for your life
If you pray for selfish things
God won't answer
What would a Christian say?
God will answer all prayers but
not always as you want or expect
God gives us what we need
but not always what we want

18. Exam Practice
Do you think prayer is a waste of time?
Give 2 reasons for your point of view.
(4)
I agree/disagree that prayer is a waste of time because 1. 2.

19. RAPE FLOODS MURDER GBH CANCER VOLCANOES THEFT EARTHQUAKE VANDALISM
Underline all the moral evils in green and all the natural
evils in red
FLOODS
RAPE
GBH
MURDER
CANCER
VANDALISM
VOLCANOES
THEFT
EARTHQUAKE

20. Omniscient ? Omni-benevolent ? Omnipotent ?
So what's the problem with evil and suffering?
Omni-benevolent ?
If God is all good he must want to remove suffering
Watch,
Read,
Think . . .
Do you agree?
Omnipotent ?
Omniscient ?
If God is all powerful he has the power to remove evil and suffering.
If God is all knowing he would know that
evil & suffering would come into the world and
should have created the world differently.
BUT there is evil and suffering in the world so either
God is not all good and powerful or he does not exist

21. Do you understand the problem of evil and suffering?
Yes No

22. Needed From the Thumbs Up Crowd -
A brave volunteer to come up and explain
the problem of evil and suffering in your own words

23. What would a Christian say?
You should help those suffering through prayer and service
God gave humans Free Will
so evil and suffering are the fault of humans
What would a Christian say?
Evil and Suffering are part of a test to help people prepare for heaven.
God has a reason but humans cannot understand it.

24. The Media Remember for each programme you need to be able to:
1. Outline what happened in the programme
2. Explain how it encouraged some people to believe in God
3. Explain how it encouraged some people to NOT believe in God
4. State whether it affected your beliefs about God

25. Do you think watching something like this in your home
could make you feel closer to God?
Some people might have their belief in God strengthened by watching Songs of Praise because:
They were convinced by the way religious believers talk about experiencing God.
Listening and singing along to the hymns and prayers could make people feel
closer to God in their homes and more likely to believe in God.
The programme made religion look real and interesting and showed how it
affected people's daily lives.
Some people might not agree and think that Songs of Praise would not make someone believe in God
because:
Religious programmes are boring and not enough people watch them
It is just talking about religion and not about God's existence.

26. Did it affect your beliefs?
Some people might have their belief in God strengthened by watching Miracle of Peckham because:
They are convinced that the miracle that happened in the Church could really happen.
It makes them more likely to believe in miracles.
The character of the vicar shows them how a good Christian would act.
The programme made religion look interesting and fun and showed how it can affect people's daily lives.
Did it affect your beliefs?
Some people might not agree and think that The Miracle of Peckham would make someone not believe in God because:
The miracle was faked and the programme shows that miracles don't really happen.
Delboy and Rodney were not really interested in religion, they just wanted to make money so are not a good example.
The programme just encouraged people to not believe in God.

27. Final Question
C. Choose one programme about religion and explain how it might affect someone's belief about God.

28. REVISE REVISE REVISE NO FAILING ALLOWED!!! If you fail to prepare,
prepare to Fail!
REVISE
NO FAILING ALLOWED!!!