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Worksheets6.2 - Nature of God - Overall
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
To philosophers such as Aquinas, God can be described as _________ __________
(a)
He argued that God can be defined as TTWNGCBC
Anselm
Aquinas
Kant
Descartes
Luke 1:37: "For nothing is (a) with God"
He said the idea of logically impossible actions is:
“… only a form of words which fails to describe any state of affairs.”
Anselm
Mackie
Descartes
Aquinas
According to Aquinas, which statement(s) applies to God? Pick ALL that apply
God can sin
God can change the past
God can do everything that is logically possible for God to do
God exists eternally
Who wrote "God is limited by the universe he has chosen to create…” ?
Aquinas
Vardy
Mackie
Macquarrie
The concept that God deliberately emptied himself of some of his divine attributes in order to become human is known as the doctrine of (a)
Matthew 10:30 - "But even the hairs of your head are all (a) "
Qur'an: "Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an (a) on the earth or in heaven"
He argued that because God knew eighty years ago that Jones would mow his lawn, Jones is not free
Nelson Pike
Boethius
J L Mackie
Swinburne
He likens God's knowledge to the intimacy between two friends
Nelson Pike
Schleiermacher
J L Mackie
Boethius
An everlasting God... (pick all that apply)
Has no beginning or end
Is eternal
Is in time
Is outside of time
What were the worries Boethius had in prison? pick all that apply
How could humans be free if God knows the future?
How can God know the future if it is uncertain?
How can God be loving and punish us if we are not free?
How can God be God?
According to Boethius, God does not experience time/change
True
False
He argued that a timeless God is a lifeless God
Swinburne
Aquinas
Schleiermacher
Anselm
He argued God was in time, suffering with us, and a suffering God is a compassionate God
Anselm
Swinburne
Moltmann
Lucas
He takes a four-dimensionalist view of God and time
Anselm
Aquinas
Boethius
Moltmann
He said "Nearly all the things which men are hanged or imprisoned for doing to one another are nature's everyday performances."
J.S. Mill
Mackie
Hume
Epicurus
He argues God is still loving because we have to grow and develop first, and suffering leads to growth. Just like a mother wouldn't feed her newborn baby adult food...
Irenaeus
Hick
Augustine
Vardy
What are the two types of necessity, according to Boethius?
Simple
Conditional
Voluntary
Divine
