I'm Etalie, I'm currently studying for my AS levels and will (hopefully) be posting revision entries on psychology and sociology.
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(NB - GCSE: italics in the science subjects are things that are only in paper 2!)

Thursday, 8 May 2014

RELIGION AND LIFE 

 1 - BELIEVING IN GOD

Causation argument - 

 Causation - the process of one thing causing another 

For - 
  • eg: a driver pressing the brake pedal causes the effect of the car slowing down 
  • Cause and effect = basic feature of world 
  • Universe and humans must have had a cause 
  • God = only logical cause - must exist
  • Explains how and why we're here 
  • Fits with out common sense - can't believe something came from nothing 
  • Fits with science - Universe (an effect) must have a cause (God) 
Against - 
  • God would need a cause 
  • Matter may be eternal (never created), process of causes could go back forever, not to God 
  • Universe could have been there for forever, just because everything in it needs an explanation doesn't mean the universe does too 
  • First Cause doesn't have to be a God of a specific religion - could be good, evil, mixture, several gods etc
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