Transcript REVISION PRESENTATION

St. Cuthbert’s R.E. Department
REVISION PRESENTATION
C1 part 1
How 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
A Catholic upbringing
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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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CATHOLIC SCHOOL
•pray each day
•learn Catholic values in R.E.
•attend religious Assemblies
•see holy pictures
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The feeling of awe and wonder when
you look at the mountains
you see the stars
you enter a great Cathedral.
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when someone’s life is turned around by faith
when 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 2
How 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 WATCH
It is so complicated it must have been designed.
It must have had a DESIGNER.
Consider the UNIVERSE
It 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 something
The universe exists
Therefore 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.
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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
Non-religious explanations
of miracles
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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
Non-religious explanations
of the world
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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?
If God is …
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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.
EXPLANATIONS
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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
HOW CATHOLICS RESPOND
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