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Year 7: Where is God? RE: 1 of 1

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This unit will provide students with an Agnostic A person who believes that nothing To believe or not to believe:
opportunity to explore what we mean by can be known of the existence or • Believe
religious belief and the concept of God. nature of God. o Family/friends are believers.
They will explore why some people believe in Atheist A person who lacks belief in the o Brings comfort in times of suffering.
God, why some people do not believe in God Belief existence of God or gods. o There must have been a creator – the
An acceptance that something exists
and the impact that these beliefs may have in or is true, especially without proof world is so well designed!
people’s lives. Cosmological An argument for the existence of God o It gives a purpose to life.
argument based on the idea that everything o It is nice to be part of a community with
Key facts to memorise: must have a cause. shared values.
Has always been and always will be
•Belief in god goes back thousands and Eternal o It gives people hope and comfort.
thousands of years. Throughout time, Evil Wicked actions, linked with the Devil • Not to believe:
by some religions
people have believed in a god or gods Fact Something that can be proved. o There is too much suffering in the world
although there have been many different Trust in someone or something for God to exist.
ideas about who and where God is. Faith o Science suggests that there is no
•Some religions are atheistic – they do not God The creator and ruler of the universe creator.
and source of all moral authority;
believe in a God or gods. An example of Good Moral or kind behaviour • You could devote your life to religion
this would be Buddhism. Monotheistic A religion that believes in only one only to find out it is not true
•Some religions are monotheistic – they God.
believe in one God. Examples of this Omnibenevolent All-loving
include Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Omnipotent All-powerful
Sikhism. Omniscient All-knowing
•Some religions are polytheistic – they Polytheistic A religion that believes in many
worship many Gods. An example of this is Gods.
Hinduism where the Gods include Brahma, Teleological An argument for the existence of God
Vishnu and Shiva. argument based on the idea that the universe
•Some people are agnostic – they do not appears to have been designed. Christianity Judaism Buddhism
feel they have sufficient knowledge to say
that God does or doesn’t exist.
There are many reasons why people may or Theist A person who believes in God
may not believe in God – you should try to Truth The real facts about something
learn at least three reasons for each side of Worldview How we look at the world and beliefs Hinduism Islam Sikhism

the argument