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WorksheetsYear 9 - Does God exist?
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of these is NOT a traditional argument for the existence of God?
The Design Argument
The Cosmological Argument
The Swamp Man Argument
The Ontological Argument
Which two are NOT traditional problems for belief in God?
The Lottery Problem
The Paradox of the Stone
The Barber Paradox
The Problem of Evil
What is monotheism?
Belief in one God
Belief in many Gods
Belief in no God
Uncertainty about the existence of God
What is agnosticism?
Belief in one God
Belief in many Gods
Belief in no God
Uncertainty about the existence of God
Aquinas argued that God is a necessary being and must exist. True or False?
True
False
William Paley wrote about which of these things in his argument for God?
An apple
A swan
A watch
A bicycle
What is the ontological argument?
That the universe is like a watch and points to a watchmaker = God
There is no greater being than God and it is greater to exist, than not exist.
Just as you can tie a unicorn horn to a horse, it doesn't mean that a unicorn exists.
Our sense of right and wrong comes from God, therefore God must exist.
What is David Hume's criticism of the watch/telelogical/design argument?
That a bad watch maker can make a good watch
That the universe is nothing like a watch
Like effects may have like causes, but does not lead to an ‘all-loving God’
What is a theist?
Someone who is not sure if God exists
Someone who believes in God or gods
Someone who believes in Jesus
Someone who does not believe in many gods
The Cosmological Argument claims that the universe
Goes back into infinity
Contains more than one intelligent life form
Has to have had a first cause
Is not yet understood
What is the teleological argument trying to prove?
The universe is complex
The universe is finely tuned from a designer
We are to tell people about God
The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate
Does the ontological argument philosophically prove the existence of God?
No
Yes
