God of the Gaps

Cards (7)

  • What is the God of the Gaps theory?
    Gaps in scientific knowledge are taken to be evidence or proof of God's existence
  • Which parable relates to the God of the Gaps theory?
    Flew's Parable of the Gardener
  • What does Dawkins believe religious people do with God?
    Use him as a simple, go-to explanation for anything they do not understand
  • What did Tillich say God is?
    "Being-itself rather than being"
  • Which theology does Tillich's view of God link to?
    Process Theology
  • How does Polkinghorne believe God acts?
    In a way that is undetectable to humans
  • Does Polkinghorne believe God is active or passive?
    Active