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REVISION PRESENTATION

C1 part 1How religious upbringing in a Catholic family and community

can lead to or support belief in God;The nature of religious experience for Catholics, as seen in

the numinous, conversion, miracles, prayer, and how these may lead to or support belief in God.

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CATHOLIC SCHOOL

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•pray with you •teach you Catholic values•tell you Bible stories•take you to church

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•are baptised •hear Bible stories•sing hymns •become part of a faith community

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•pray each day •learn Catholic values in R.E.•attend religious Assemblies•see holy pictures

CATHOLIC SCHOOL

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The feeling of awe and wonder when you look at the mountainsyou see the starsyou enter a great Cathedral.

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when someone’s life is turned around by faithwhen someone feels they must give their life to God

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Something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it.e.g. a healing

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A belief that God listens to and answers your prayers.

e.g. if you pray for a loved one to be cured of cancer and she is, you may think your prayers have been answered

N.B. Christians believe that God does answer prayers and “Sometimes the answer is ‘no’” (Cardinal Basil Hume)

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C1 part 2How the appearance of the world (design and causation) may lead to or support belief in God;How the search for meaning and purpose in life

may lead to or support belief in God;How the presence of religion in the world may lead to or support belief in God.

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Consider a WATCHIt is so complicated it must have been designed.It must have had a DESIGNER.

Consider the UNIVERSEIt is so complicated it must have been designed.It must have had a DESIGNER.

That DESIGNER is what Christians call GOD!

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Everything is caused by somethingThe universe existsTherefore the universe must have been caused by someone or something.

This First Cause is what Christians call God.

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In the midst of so much suffering, we all need a purpose in life

For many people, God provides that purpose

Faith in God has motivated many great men and women.

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The common features of most religions involve:•God as Creator•You can pray to God•There are moral rules to keep•Miracles and visions do happen

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How non-religious explanations of the world and of miracles may lead to or support agnosticism or atheism

How unanswered prayers and the existence of evil and suffering (including moral evil and natural evil) may lead

people to question or reject belief in God.

C1 part 3

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Non-religious explanations of miracles

Science is more convincing at explaining miracles than religion!

The Gospels exaggerated miracle stories to encourage belief - the stories of primitive people

People who think God has helped them - have just used God as a psychological crutch

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Non-religious explanations of the world

Science is more convincing at explaining the world than religion!

The Big Bang theory is more convincing than Genesis

There is plenty of evidence of evolution so Genesis must be wrong

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!!!!! REMEMBER !!!!!

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Adolf Hitler

The problem of Evil

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does he allow suffering?

does he not overcome evil and end suffering?

does he not stop the next tragedy?

If God is …

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does he not answer all our prayers?

did he create things like cancer or Siamese twins?

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C1 part 4

How Catholics respond to the problem of evil and suffering.

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Suffering is caused by humans exercising FREE WILL

Evil and suffering is the result of THE FALL

Suffering is a kind of TEST

It is only through pain that we DEVELOP as human beings.

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Revision ProgrammeHOW CATHOLICS RESPOND

Praying for those who suffer

Accepting their own suffering as Jesus accepted his

Realising that suffering can bring people closer to God

Reaching out to those who suffer (like Jesus reached out to the leper - Mark 1)

Standing up & speaking out against those who do evil and cause suffering

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