christian beliefs

• trinity


  means three in unity

  
  

  christian's believe in one god manifested through three people . they are all god
• who makes up God

  faither the son and the holy spirit
• the father


  omnipotent creator - seen as transcendent (above beyond faith and time )
• the son


  jesús - human incarnation who saved humanity from sin
• holy spirit


  gods active presence in the world today
• the trinity details


  - all present at creation

  - interdependent and have mutual indwelling (as important as eachother )

  - they are all fully god

  - mystery of the faith
• "baptise people in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit"


  means your welcoming and baptising people into the belief of the trinity showing importance of the trinity and how it makes christianity unique
• "the faith we and i are one " (jesus)

  - trinity is all fully god

  - they are all are interdependent - mutual in dwelling

  - jesus is god in human form
• influence of trinity


  - read bible and learn more

  - attend church to understand more and feel closer to for

  - feel close to God via the holy spirit
• what are the son and the goofy spirit

  imminent- direct impact on the word
• transcendent


  belief God is outside the universe - beyond space and time (father )
• immanent


  God is involved within the world and close to humanity (son and holy spirit)
• eternal


  God has allways existed and will allways exist
• omnipotent


  - God is all power

  - " with God all things are possible "

  - influence is to worship and pray to God
• omniscient


  - God is all knowing

  - "nothing is hidden from Gods sight " (hebrew)

  - influence christian's would avoid sin and do good
• Omnibenevolent


  - God is all loving

  - "God is love "

  - influence is to be loving and forgiving
• Just

  - God is a fair and just judge

  - "he is a God of justice "

  - influence is to treat others fairly and following gods teachings as on judgment day you will be judged
• Examples of omnipotence


  - God created the world "ex nihilo" (out of nothing )
• Example of Omniscient


  - day of judgement - God knows all that you have done so therefore will judge you
• Examples of omnibenevolence


  - sacarfice of Jesus in order to save humanity from sin
• examples of just


  - day of judgement
• problems with omnibenevolent (evil and suffering


  he would want to end evil and suffering
• problems with omnipotent (evil and suffering )

  - if he was he would be able to end evil and suffering
• what does evil and suffering do

  creates challenges to beliefs about the nature of God
• influence of nature of God

  - worship god as he is worthy (omnipotent)

  - pray to him as he can help (omnibenevolent)

  - do good as he sees every thing (omniscient )

  - loving to others

  - treat others fairly
• St Augustine on Adam and Eveoriginal sin

  - his defence of God is that adam eve disobeyed god by eating from tree of knwoeledge

  - he gave them free will due to omnibenevolent nature but they misused it

  - known as the fall and causes original sin

  - explains evil and suffering as not from him but by adam and eve
• criticism of st augustine explanation of evil and suffering

  - not fair to punish all of humanity for what adam and eve did
• John Hick - exolanation name

  the vale of soul making
• "The vale of soul-making" theodicy

  - world is a "vale" for soul making - to be developed

  
  

  - need evil and suffering so we can grow in response with compassion and kindness

  
  

  - suffering is a catalyst for character development leads to heaven

  
  

  - developing compassion and perseverance means we're worthy of heaven
• cristicism of john hick

  couldn't God fiund a bette way to develop our soul if he is omniscient and some evil and suffering has no benefit
• creation


  Bringing the world into existence; the belief that the world is God's loving creation.
• where is the creation story

  genesis 1
• creation


  1- light

  2- the sky's

  3- dry land , sea plants and trees

  4- sun moon stars

  5- fish and birds

  6- land animals and humans

  7- God rested
• "creation ex nihilo"


  creation out of something - omnipotence
• "created in image of God "

  - humans life is holy and sacred
• trinity at creation


  father - created heavens and earth

  son - "through him all things were made "

  spirit - "spirit was hovering over the waters "
• literal christian's and creation

  - take story as literally the

  - belive God created universe in 6 days and rest

  - reject scientific accounts like big bang theory
• liberal christian's and creation

  - don't believe it is literally true

  - belive it's a metaphor to convey spiritual truths

  - science helps us understand how god actually created the universe
• Ressurection


  The rising of Jesus from the dead - christian's belive they will too
• judgement


  The belief that God will decides whether each person should receive eternal life or eternal punishment based on their earthly life.