Seeing things differently...
What do you see?
Do different religions see God differently, or are
some ways of seeing God just not the same?
The Theistic God
To define theism
To explain why Christianity
believes in a theistic God
To compare and contrast
religious ideas about God
in other religions
Which ways of seeing God
- Could be describing the Christian God?
- Could definitely NOT be describing the
Christian God?
God is an allloving, allpowerful, allknowing Spirit
THEISM
1. Explain which way IS like Christianity and why
2. Explain why 2 of these ways of seeing God is NOT
like Christianity. Explain what that way is saying,
then explain how it is different.
**How is the God of Theism different from the God of
Deism?
There are 2 equal
“gods” – a god of
evil and a god of
good, fighting it
out in a massive
cosmic battle
DUALISM
Or something
Theism is the belief that God is a1. Define the
meaning
ofSupreme
omnipotent,
omniscient,
If God
is the
Being
(our
else would be
omnibenevolent.
• non-physical, spiritual
definition of God) , why does He
better
than
*What “clues”
can you
give
yourself
to remember these
words?
HAVE
to
be
these
5
things?
• uncreated (not made)
Him!
2. Complete the sentences below with the matching phrases in
• all-powerful (omnipotent)
blue
• all-knowing (omniscient)
3. Explain which of these characteristics of God would make the
biggest difference for you.
• all- good (omnibenevolent)
**Would God still be God if He was different from this? Why/ why
Creator God.
not
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
If God was CREATED then..
If God was physical and not SPIRITUAL then..
If God was not ALL-POWERFUL then..
If God was not ALL-KNOWING then..
If God was not ALL-LOVING then..
a. There would be things He didn’t know about
b. There would be things that would attack him and He couldn’t be
everywhere
c. There would be something greater than God that made Him
d. There would be things happening outside of His power and
control
e. He would not be good, or perfect, and he would not care for us.
What do these words mean?
Tell your partner!
Omnibenevolent
Omniscient
Omnipotent
Omnipresent
The God of Theism, is a personal
God who is perfect in every way,
and cares for man.
- all-powerful, all-....
Design a poster to
explain 5 things that
the God of Theism is
like.
1. Which religions believe
this to be true? Explain
why.
2. How is the God of
Theism similar to God
the Father?
**How is He different?