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Mind Map by Rebecca Waddell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rebecca Waddell
almost 7 years ago
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- visions can be life-changing, affect
belief, and lead to a calling or
vocation
- visions have been reported
since old testament times
and many believe they
continue today
- many catholics believe they
demostrate a way of god
communicating with
christians, showing his
loving and mysterious
nature
- critics suggest that a lack of
proof, or alternative
explanations mean visions
do not prove god exists
- critics suggest that a lack of
proof, or alternative
explanations mean visions
do not prove god exists
- many catholics believe they
demostrate a way of god
communicating with
christians, showing his
loving and mysterious
nature
- visions have been reported
since old testament times
and many believe they
continue today
- a miracle is an event
that appears to break
the laws of science
- catholics and other christians
may claim that god is the only
explanation
- catholics believe tha miracles provide
evidence of god interacting with humans.
they offer an explanation for the
unexplainable
- critics argue that they are
still proof that god exists.
there may be other
answers and explanations,
even if people don't know
them yet
- critics argue that they are
still proof that god exists.
there may be other
answers and explanations,
even if people don't know
them yet
- catholics believe tha miracles provide
evidence of god interacting with humans.
they offer an explanation for the
unexplainable
- catholics and other christians
may claim that god is the only
explanation
- a religious experience is a
feeling of the divine presence
of god
- catholics believe it is
confirmation of god's role in
the world
- religious experiences have occured from
biblical times. may claim they still happen
today
- some critics argue miraculous
religious experience defiles
the laws of nature
- there is often lack of
credible evidence for
religious experience
- there is often lack of
credible evidence for
religious experience
- some critics argue miraculous
religious experience defiles
the laws of nature
- religious experiences have occured from
biblical times. may claim they still happen
today
- catholics believe it is
confirmation of god's role in
the world
- (design argument) STRENGTHS
- the design argument is
based on human
experience
- it gives catholics a sense of meaning
and purpouse, and encourages
scientific exploration of the universe
- WEAKNESSES
- humans cannot compare the
universe to other things
because it is unique
- evolution/natural
selection can explain
order and purpose in
the universe
- the world seems
poorly designed
to contain
suffering
- the world seems
poorly designed
to contain
suffering
- evolution/natural
selection can explain
order and purpose in
the universe
- humans cannot compare the
universe to other things
because it is unique
- WEAKNESSES
- it gives catholics a sense of meaning
and purpouse, and encourages
scientific exploration of the universe
- the design argument is
based on human
experience
- the cosmological
argument follows
the universal law of
cause and effect
- st thomas aquinas
proposed god was the first
cause of the universe
- catholics believe the
argument reveals god's
omnipotent nature
- atheists argue that the
world does not
necessarily need a first
cause, and there is also
no certain proof that
the first cause is god
- atheists argue that the
world does not
necessarily need a first
cause, and there is also
no certain proof that
the first cause is god
- catholics believe the
argument reveals god's
omnipotent nature
- st thomas aquinas
proposed god was the first
cause of the universe
- evil in the world suggests there cannot
be an omnipotent, omniscient, and
omnibenevolent god
- lacantius argued that
you must know evil to
know good
- catholics believe in free will, and
that suffering can be a
consequence
- moral evil and natural evil present
different problems for catholics
- some catholics question or
reject god over the issue of
evil and suffering
- some catholics question or
reject god over the issue of
evil and suffering
- moral evil and natural evil present
different problems for catholics
- catholics believe in free will, and
that suffering can be a
consequence
- lacantius argued that
you must know evil to
know good
- the bible shows god is
omnipotent, omniscient,
omnibenevolent, and tells of
individuals who suffered
greatly but remained faithful
- st irenaeus and st augustine
tried to solve the problem of
evil and suffering their
theodicies
- charity and prayer can be
practical solutions for many
catholics
- charity and prayer can be
practical solutions for many
catholics
- st irenaeus and st augustine
tried to solve the problem of
evil and suffering their
theodicies
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