AQA RS GCSE - revelation and existence of God quotes

Design Argument; First Cause - Bible - Genesis (RR!)

“In the Beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth.”

Design Argument alone - Bible - Genesis (RR!)

“And God saw that it was good'“

Design Argument - Isaac Newton

“The thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.”

Design Argument - Bible - John (RR!)

“Through him all things were made.”

Design Argument - David Hume

“Only the first rude essay of some infant deity”

Miracles - Biblical examples (Jesus’s) (RR!)

• feeding of the 5000 with 5 loaves and 2 fish

• Jesus healing the blind and the lepers

• Jesus walking on water

• Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding at Cana

Miracles - Bible - Luke (RR!)

“Nothing is impossible with God”

Miracles - Bible - Jesus healing (RR!)

“And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus… touched his ear and healed him.”

Science and Religion - Pope Francis (RR!)

“The big bang does not contradict the divine act of creation; rather it requires it.”

Science and Religion - Bertrand Russell

“Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence.”

Evil and Suffering - Richard Dawkins

“The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.”

Evil and Suffering - Qur’an (RR!)

“The work of Satan…cannot harm believers in the least, unless God permits it.”

Special Revelation - Bible - Numbers (RR!)

“I, the lord, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams.” (prophets)

Special Revelation - Jesus (RR!)

“Anyone who has seen me has seen the father.”

Special Revelation - Bible - Saul on Damascus road (RR!)

“Suddenly a light from heaven flamed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him "Saul, Saul why do you persecute me?””

General Revelation - Bible - Psalms (RR!)

“The heavens declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

General Revelation - St Paul (RR!)

“All Scripture is God breathed.”

Nature of the Divine - Qur’an - Names (RR!)

“The most excellent names belong to God…use them to call on him.”

Nature of the Divine - Bible - Omnibenevolent - John (RR!)

“For God so loved the world He gave His one and only son.”

Nature of the Divine - Bible - Omniscience (RR!)

“You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.”

Nature of Divine - Qur’an - Immanent (RR!)

“He is with you wherever you are.”

Value of Revelation - Bible - Matthew (RR!)

“Faith can move mountains.”

Value of Revelation - Bible - example (RR!)

Saul’s conversion after his vision on the Damascus road