Does God exist?

What are atheists?

They believe that God does not exist

What did Albert Camus say?

Vast amount of evil and innocent suffering and that all life ends in death

What did Sigmund Freud believe?

Viewed God as a mere projection of human need

What are agnostics?

They say they don't know and maybe don't even care. Believers don't live what they say they believe

What is the general idea behind agnostics?

If I acknowledge the reality of God, i might have to change my life and i might not want to

Who is Blaise Pascal?

Created the wager

What is a wager?

Would you bet or not? Either live like God exists (whether or not God exists) or live like God doesn't exist

What are theists?

They say God exists, they can't scientifically prove it but many reasons exist as validation

Who is Thomas Aquinas?

Created the 5 Proofs of God's Existence. abstract reasoning

What are syllogisms?

Ordered logical sequences, step by step logic

Who was John Henry Newman?

His beliefs contrasted Aquinas.

What is steel rod versus cable?

Newman said that we cannot get absolute proof and must rely on a series of probable indicators

What is illative logic?

Inferential; we just know what will happen without seeing all the concrete facts line up to point us there

Who and what did Karl Rainer say?

Contemporary theologian, said God is at the edges of conscientiousness...horizon. "Mystery" replacing the word "God" ... the 'beyond' of curiosity and longing is God

Who and what did Rosemary Redford Reuther say?

God as empowering Matrix, she is mindful of the destructiveness of masculinizing God. Goodness and richness of nature is brought forth by God, the fertile seedbed

immanent

God is within us

transcendent

God has no boundaries, not tied to the limits of space; superior, surpassing

eternal

without beginning or end

omnipotent

all-powerful, unlimited in ability

omniscient

all-knowing, unlimited in knowledge

personal

God has qualities and characteristics that we have as human beings