King Henry School Polytheism Atheism The Cosmological argument Year 7 Knowledge Organiser Hinduism is often depicted as a polytheistic According to thinkers like Richard The cosmological argument is an attempt to religion, which means the belief in many Religion and beliefs about God Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, prove the existence of God by the fact that Sources: gods that operate in the natural world. and Sam Harris, belief in God is things exist. It assumes that things must have a https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zygbtv4/revision/1 The three main deities in Hinduism, known irrational. Atheism has attracted cause, and that the chain of causes can only end Key Terms as the Trimurti, are Brahma, the creator, millions of people due to by a supernatural event. Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the bestselling books such as The God Literalist – a person who adheres to destroyer. The word Trimurti means ‘three Delusion and God Is Not Great. The Ontological argument. the literal representation of the bible. forms’. Non Literalist – a person who does not The Ontological argument rests on the take the literal interpretation of the identification of God as “that than which no Bible. Monotheism and Theist greater can be conceived”. Once it is understood Prayers – a request for help or that God is that than which no greater can be expression of thanks to God. There are still a large majority of people conceived, Anselm suggests, it becomes evident Miracles – an event that cannot be in the world who would consider that God must exist. In other words if God explained by science. themselves as theists because they exists in the mind, then God must exist in Mystery – something that cannot be might have experienced God maybe reality. If you can think of an all-powerful being explained or understand. through prayer, or the natural world in your mind, then he must exist in real life. Suffering – the state of undergoing around them, lets them know that there must be a divine being that exists. pain, distress or hardship. The Teleological (Design) Argument Evil – something that is immoral or wicked. The nature of God in Christianity. The design argument is based on an observation Monotheism – belief in one god. of the world and the universe. The basis of the Polytheism – belief in many gods. There are many stories in the Bible Some Christians are known as design argument is the idea that the order and Telos – Greek word meaning ‘end’ or which reveal the power of God. An literalists. This is because they design in the natural world is so complicated and ‘purpose’. example of God's omnipotence is found believe the accounts from the Bible to impressive that it cannot be just because of Teleological – referring to the end, in the chapter that describes the be the truth, and stated exactly as chance. purpose or consequences of something. creation of the world in the book of they happened. Cosmological - relating to the origin Genesis. and development of the universe. The nature of God in Islam. Omnipotent – God is all powerful. It states how God created the world in Omni benevolence – God is all knowing/ Others, known as non-literalists, Muslims believe that there is one God, Allah, and six days and rested on the seventh, and that this oneness is central to their spirituality. all loving. believe the accounts may be more how God made a man from the dust in The most important belief about Allah (God) in Omnipresence – God is present mythical. Despite how the accounts the ground and a woman from man’s rib. Islam is the concept of Tawhid, which means everywhere. are interpreted, they still portray the Even Christians who do not believe this power or omnipotence of God which ‘oneness’. Tawhid begins with the idea that there Omniscience - God is all knowing of story to be literally true still accept is one God and teaches that oneness is central to past, present and future. are all part of the one God. that creation shows God's power. the nature of Allah