1. UNIT 1
Believing
in God
KEY WORDS

2. Agnosticism
When people are UNSURE whether God exists or not, or if there is life after death

3. Atheism
When people BELIEVE that God does NOT exist and there is no life after death

4. Conversion Your life is changed by giving yourself to God like
Saul’s (St Paul) conversion on the road to Damascus

5. The idea that humans are free to make their own choices
Free Will
The idea that humans are free to make their own choices

6. Miracles
An event that appears to defy the laws of nature so you believe only God could have been responsible

7. Actions performed by humans which result in suffering
Moral Evil
Actions performed by humans which result in suffering

8. Natural Evil
Activities that cause suffering which have nothing to do with humans such as earthquakes or volcanoes

9. Numinous
The feeling of the presence of something greater than you – a sense of awe & wonder

10. The belief that God is good, kind & loving
Omni-Benevolent
The belief that God is good, kind & loving

11. The belief that God is all-powerful
Omnipotent
The belief that God is all-powerful

12. Omniscient
The belief that God knows everything that has happened and is going to happen

13. An attempt to communicate directly with God, usually through words
Prayer
An attempt to communicate directly with God, usually through words

14. Design
The idea that, as the world appears so complex and seems to fit together with a purpose, it must have been designed – the designer being God

15. Causation
The idea that everything has been caused (started off) by something else – God being the First Cause