Seeing things differently...What do you see?

Do different religions see God differently, or are some ways of seeing God just not the same?

The Theistic GodTo define theism

To explain why Christianity believes in a theistic God

To compare and contrast religious ideas about God in other religions

God is everything, and God is in everything eg rocks, trees PANTHEISM

Which ways of seeing God - Could be describing the Christian God? - Could definitely NOT be describing the Christian God?

God just made everything at the beginning, he isn’t around now DEISM

God is an all-loving, all-powerful, all-knowing SpiritTHEISM

There are 2 equal “gods” – a god of evil and a god of good, fighting it out in a massive cosmic battleDUALISM

There isn’t one god, there are many, each of them with a different job to do on this earthPOLYTHEISM

1. Explain which way IS like Christianity and why2. Explain why 2 of these ways of seeing God is NOT

like Christianity. Explain what that way is saying, then explain how it is different.

**How is the God of Theism different from the God of Deism?

Or something else would be better than Him!

Theism is the belief that God is a• non-physical, spiritual• uncreated (not made)• all-powerful (omnipotent)• all-knowing (omniscient)• all- good (omnibenevolent)Creator God.

If God is the Supreme Being (our definition of God) , why does He HAVE to be these 5 things?

1. Define the meaning of omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent.

*What “clues” can you give yourself to remember these words?2. Complete the sentences below with the matching phrases in

blue3. Explain which of these characteristics of God would make the

biggest difference for you. **Would God still be God if He was different from this? Why/ why

not

1. If God was CREATED then..2. If God was physical and not SPIRITUAL then..3. If God was not ALL-POWERFUL then..4. If God was not ALL-KNOWING then..5. If God was not ALL-LOVING then..

a. There would be things He didn’t know aboutb. There would be things that would attack him and He couldn’t be

everywherec. There would be something greater than God that made Himd. There would be things happening outside of His power and

controle. He would not be good, or perfect, and he would not care for us.

What do these words mean? Tell your partner!

Omnibenevolent

Omniscient

Omnipotent

Omnipresent

The God of Theism, is a personal God who is perfect in every way, and cares for man.

- all-powerful, all-....

1. Which religions believe this to be true? Explain why.

2. How is the God of Theism similar to God the Father?

**How is He different?

Design a poster to explain 5 things that the God of Theism is like.