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Your job is to write a response to the statement: “There is sufficient evidence for the existence of God”. This is due on Thursday 12th Jan.

What arguments might someone put forward to suggest that this statement is true (think ontological, teleological, moral, cosmological arguments)?

Pick the two arguments you think are most convincing and discuss them. What evidence is there? Is this evidence good? Why might someone challenge these arguments? Are these fair challenges?

• Why would people say there is evidence for God? (Opening statement)
• Why would people disagree with this evidence? (Opening response)
• How might they discuss these arguments to put them to the test? (Discussion)
• What do you conclude? (What do the judges say?)

Useful links:

• BBC Bitesize
• a href=”http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ar/Arguments_for_the_existence_of_God”>Kids Encyclopedia

As always, leave a comment if you have any questions!

Your job is to write a response to the statement: “There is evidence for the existence of God”. This is due on the 2nd December (Friday).

Remember the boxing match we had in class. What arguments might someone put forward to suggest that this statement is true (think ontological, teleological, moral, cosmological arguments)?

Pick the two arguments you think are most convincing and discuss them. What evidence is there? Is this evidence good? Why might someone challenge these arguments? Are these fair challenges?

You might even write these up in a verbal boxing style:

• Why would people say there is evidence for God? (Opening statement)
• Why would people disagree with this evidence? (Opening response)
• How might they discuss these arguments to put them to the test? (Discussion)
• What do you conclude? (What do the judges say?)

As always, leave a comment if you have any questions!

(a) What does the term ‘holy’ mean? [1]
(b) Describe (with examples) two types of miracles Jesus performed. [2]
(c) How do Christians believe they can know what God is like? [3]
(d) Explain what Christians believe about the nature of God. [6]
(e) ‘If miracles were true, they would happen all the time.’ [12]

This is due on the 29th November for 11D and 1st December for 11C please!

You can leave a comment if you have any questions.

Your task is to consider whether miracles actually happen.

First thing to do is explain what a miracle is… What do different people consider a miracle to be?

Why might some people agree that miracles do exist? What evidence is there that miracles do happen? You might refer to the miracles of Jesus, or perhaps you could look at Lourdes and the miracles that have happened there. Remember analysis! Are these miracles convincing? Why? Don’t just say, “There’s no proof.” Think about the evidence. Is the evidence convincing? Does the evidence in the gospels provide compelling evidence of miracles? Some people consider the miracles of Jesus to be more metaphorical than literal. If you really want to push yourself try reading a bit of The Meaning in the Miracles by Jeffrey John. There is an interesting chapter on the healing of a paralysed man.

Why might some people disagree that miracles happen? What evidence is there that miracles don’t happen? Why might some people put miracles down to luck or co-incidence?

Due Monday 31st Jan.

Resources: Lourdes PowerPoint

Your task is the Part D (6 mark) question: “Explain the reasons a Christian might give in support of their belief in God”.

Your job is to explain briefly the reasons people might give for belief in God. The six to talk about are given by the acronym EMU COT:

• Experience
• Morality
• Upbringing
• Cosmological
• Ontological
• Teleological

You should have something about all of these in your notes. 6 marks, 6 points. Make sure you explain what each one means briefly though, eg. “Some Christians might believe in God because of the cosmological argument, which means that they look at cause and effect in the universe and argue that God must be the first cause to start everything off”.

Due Monday 10th please!

As ever, leave a comment if you have any questions.

For the benefit of anyone who missed it I’ve added the Ontological Argument PowerPoint