Religion Trust and Truth test

common themes of trust

• no judgement

• having the freedom to be yourself

• someone who accepts us as we are but encourages us to be better

• someone who gives good advice

• someone who always tries to help you

• someone who keeps our secrets

trust

what we extend to another person when we believe what they say and do is truthful and good

Trustworthy

describes someone who is truthful and good in what they say and do

Trust/trustworthiness depends on what

someone does when no one is looking

T/F: faith is trust

true

Faith

when we trust someone to care for us

When we have faith

we don’t have to worry

opposite of faith

over worrying about things we don’t need to worry about; taking things for granted

_____ is necessary for relationship

trust

We are persons made for _________

relationship

God provides faith/trust because he

wants a relationship with us

T/F: Abrahamic religions believe that God wants a relationship with us.

true

God cares about you as an _____________ person.

individual

T/F: God proves that he is trustworthy.

true

God provides trust because

it is too hard to do on our own

What two things does God know we need to trust him?

1. We need to know that God exists

2. We need to know that God does/can provide for us

Faith is built on _____.

Trust

T/F: God is the most goodest thing that has ever been good

true

Why does God give us faith?

It allows us to have a relationship with Him.

God gives us Faith and we respond with the virtue of _______.

religion

religion

to submit

T/F: we submit ourselves to God, trust Him, seek a relationship with Him

true

We believe that God knows ____ __ ____ and will ____ __.

what is best; tell us

We DON’T do things for God out of _____ or ___________.

fear or punishment

Good submission _______ demeans your person.

never

Why do we sin?

we don’t trust that God is good

God shows us that he is _______ and ________.

trustworthy and good

T/F: God teaches us.

Any choice we put above God is a _________.

creature

God shows us through

special friendships

Why does God give you friends

so you can learn to be a good friend

Catholic Faith (capital F)

what the church teaches

personal faith (lowercase f)

a decision to believe

Faith (virtue)

a gift from God and a human response of Knowing God and giving him our hearts minds and wills

the ultimate person to trust

God

Jesus reveals that God wants a ________ with us.

friendship

T/F: God proves he cares for us.

true

the first patriarch

Abraham

Father of faith that has a covenant with God

Abraham

the paradigm of having faith

Abraham

Salvation History

a record of things involving God and God interacting w/us; story of God’s love and mercy revealed through human history

God knows that we struggle to trust him so…

he proves that he can be trusted

Abraham trusted God by

going to the new land of Cain and being willing to sacrifice his own son

T/F: Abraham struggled in his relationship with God

true

The 2 parts of faith

1. the thing we believe in

2. the act of believing

virtue

habitual, firm, disposition to do the good

Faith is what type of virtue

theological

We still suffer even though God is so great because….

• we have free will

• misunderstanding God

• sometimes we have to suffer in order to succeed

God lets us have free will because we need it for…..

relationship

God _______ directly causes suffering.

never

God allows suffering for 2 main reasons:

1. He wants us to be free

2. sometimes it is better for us

truth

a proven fact; corresponds to reality; objective; depends on the subject

opinion

your own thought and what you think is happening; subjective; differs from person to person

we can verify _____ of opinions but never the ___ ___.

parts; whole thing

______ can prove truth through observation and experimentation and the scientific method

empirical science

“sensible reality”

what we perceive through our senses

______ can prove truth by ______ authority and doing research; ______ a witness and evaluating the witness

trust, trusting, trusting

______ verifiies trust by using reason to draw a conclusion.

logic

reason

the power of the mind to understand things

what does logic prove

things we cannot know through the senses

theology

study of God

philosophy

the love of wisdom

theology and philosophy use ______

logic

We know God in 2 ways:

1. Natural Revelation

2. Divine revelation

Natural revelation

God reveals himself through nature (uses logic)

Divine Revelation

God reveals himself directly (uses faith/trust)

______ verifiies truth through a gut feeling

intuition

Conscience

a kind of intution

Everyone has a conscience to tell them _____ from _______.

right from wrong