Philosophy of Religion
Arguments For and Against the
Existence of God
Why do people Believe in God?
• We will be examining some
terminology and looking at the
reasons people give for their
beliefs about God
You will be able to:
• explain the meaning of the terms,
atheist, theist and agnostic
• Give one reason people give for
believing, not believing and why
some are unsure
• Give your own position with a
reason
Can You Prove that God Exists?
No1. The Origins of the Universe
We will be:
•
Considering the origins of the
universe in relation to the First
Cause Argument
You will be able to:
• Trace the origin of a class
member back to the beginning
of the universe
• Give an account of the
Cosmological Argument
• Explain (simply) the scientific
theory known as the big bang
No.2. The Design of the Natural World
We will be:
• Looking at the idea that the
natural world has a pattern and
that there must be a designer
You will be able to:
• Explain one argument For the
•
design argument
Explain one argument Against the
design argument
Does God Have a Body?
We will be :
• Considering the ‘physical’ nature
of various gods and goddesses
from different cultures and time
periods and its implication
You will be able to:
• Recognise gods and goddesses
from 3 different religions
• Explain how the idea of God’s
physical nature arose in
Christianity
• Explain a personal viewpoint on
the physical nature of God
What Is God Like?
We will be considering:
• The nature of the qualities of God
and how ‘he’ is portrayed within
the Christian tradition
You will be able to:
• Explain how the images of God
are used to express a quality of
‘his’ character
• Explain the terms associated with
the nature of God
• Express a personal view with
supporting reasons
Short Essay
We will be:
• Looking at how to construct an
essay with good arguments on the
nature of God
You will be able to:
• Create an introduction setting out
your aim
• Weigh up the arguments for and
against
• Grade the arguments from strong
to weak
• Give a conclusion which sums up
and asserts your own position