Human intellectual ability to recognise God's existence

• how does the concept of Imago Dei explain the human capacity to think and reflect on the existence of God?


  it means humans are made in "image of God" as mentioned in Genesis 1:27. People have the ability to think, reason and search for the truth about their existence and God. Humans can also form meaningful relationships with God and each other, allowing them to reflect on who God is and what he is like.
• in what ways does the idea of sensus divintatis illustrate the natural awareness people have regarding God's existence?

  Christian thinkers, in particular Thomas Aquinas, believe in natural theology the idea that people can know God through reason and by observing the world around them. The universe show's God's existence, power and qualities as seen in Bible.
• in what ways does the idea of sensus divintatis illustrate the natural awareness people have regarding God's existence in regards to John Calvin?


  otherwise called "sense of the divine" Calvin believed that everyone has a natural awareness of god and that people instinctively seek and recognise the divine.
• what is an example that demonstrates that human reasoning applied to the order of creation can lead to the recognition of God?


  the cosmological argument explains that everything that exists has a cause, leading to conclude that the first cause is God.
• what is an example that demonstrates that human reasoning applied to the order of creation can lead to the recognition of God?

  the teleological argument says the order and purpose we see in the universe suggests that a intelligent designer created it.
• what is an example that demonstrates that human reasoning applied to the order of creation can lead to the recognition of God?

  the moral argument points out that the presence of moral values and duties indicates there is a moral lawgiver, whom Christians believe is God.
• what is an example that demonstrates that human reasoning applied to the order of creation can lead to the recognition of God?


  the ontological argument argues hat since we can think of a perfect being (God), that perfect the ontological argument argues hat since we can think of a perfect being (God), that perfect being must exist in reality because existing is part of being perfect. Through thinking humans can recognise God's existence.