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Year 9 - Does God exist?

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is NOT a traditional argument for the existence of God?

a)

The Design Argument

b)

The Cosmological Argument

c)

The Swamp Man Argument

d)

The Ontological Argument

2.

Which two are NOT traditional problems for belief in God?

a)

The Lottery Problem

b)

The Paradox of the Stone

c)

The Barber Paradox

d)

The Problem of Evil

3.

What is monotheism?

a)

Belief in one God

b)

Belief in many Gods

c)

Belief in no God

d)

Uncertainty about the existence of God

4.

What is agnosticism?

a)

Belief in one God

b)

Belief in many Gods

c)

Belief in no God

d)

Uncertainty about the existence of God

5.

Aquinas argued that God is a necessary being and must exist. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

William Paley wrote about which of these things in his argument for God?

a)

An apple

b)

A swan

c)

A watch

d)

A bicycle

7.
What does omniscient mean?
a)
God is all-knowing
b)
God is everywhere
c)
God is all powerful
8.

What is the ontological argument?

a)

That the universe is like a watch and points to a watchmaker = God

b)

There is no greater being than God and it is greater to exist, than not exist.

c)

Just as you can tie a unicorn horn to a horse, it doesn't mean that a unicorn exists.

d)

Our sense of right and wrong comes from God, therefore God must exist.

9.

What is David Hume's criticism of the watch/telelogical/design argument?

a)

That a bad watch maker can make a good watch

b)

That the universe is nothing like a watch

c)

Like effects may have like causes, but does not lead to an ‘all-loving God’

10.

What is a theist?

a)

Someone who is not sure if God exists

b)

Someone who believes in God or gods

c)

Someone who believes in Jesus

d)

Someone who does not believe in many gods

11.
The key question asked by the cosmological argument is ....
a)
Why is there something rather than nothing?
b)
What was the start of the universe? 
c)
Did God cause the big bang?
d)
Why is everything in motion? 
12.
What fact does the cosmological argument start from...
a)
That things move
b)
That we can observe the existence of the universe
c)
That effects have causes
d)
That nothing comes from something
13.

The Cosmological Argument claims that the universe

a)

Goes back into infinity

b)

Contains more than one intelligent life form

c)

Has to have had a first cause

d)

Is not yet understood

14.

What is the teleological argument trying to prove?

a)

The universe is complex

b)

The universe is finely tuned from a designer

c)

We are to tell people about God

d)

The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate

15.

Does the ontological argument philosophically prove the existence of God?

a)

No

b)

Yes