Module 3 - God Exists

What does it mean for something to be "contingent"?

• It is necessary.

• It doesn't need anything to make it the way it is.

• It cannot exist any other way.

• It needs something to make it the way it is.

Which of the following is NOT contingent?

• an apple

• the Earth

• God

• an angel

What does it mean for something to be "necessary"?

• It cannot exist.

• It doesn't need anything to make it the way it is.

• It is contingent.

• It needs something to make it the way it is.

Which of the following is necessary?

• the laws of nature

• God

• human

• the universe

What do contingent things need to make them the way they are?

• Other contingent things

• The laws of nature

• They don't need anything. They're brute facts.

• A necessary being

What should go in the blank?

"The universe is ___________."

• a brute fact

• contingent

• necessary

• All of the answers are correct.

What should go in the blank?

"Everything that exists __________, needs a necessary being to make it exist."

•   necessarily

• contingently

• hypothetically

• 
  All of the answers are incorrect.

What should go in the blank?

"The universe _______________ to make it exist."

• needs a contingent being

• doesn't need anything

• None of the answers are correct.

• needs a necessary being

The Argument from Contingency is a Quranic idea. In which of the following ayaat of the Quran do we find this idea?

• "...He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing."

• "Allah is Al-Samad."

• "Has the story of Moses reached you?"

• "This is the Book! There is no doubt about it—a guide for those mindful of Allah"