What is free will? | ability to make decisions without anyone telling us what to do |
What is responsibility? | Being accountable for your actions or taking the blame if you do something wrong |
Describe the free will argument | God gave humans freedom to choose good or bad. He doesn't interfere when they choose bad otherwise humans would be God's puppets. The freedom to choose is most important, the fact that evil sometimes comes out of our own choices can't be helped |
What is determinism? | belief that every human decision and action is determined by causes outwith our control. We cannot be held morally responsible for our actions |
"Everything Happens For a Reason"
What is this referring to? | Determinism |
What is anti-Semitism? | the hatred of Jewish people and the Jewish religion |
Describe Genesis 3 - The Fall | Adam and Eve could eat anything in the garden of Eden except fruit from the Tree of Knowledge.
They have free will and choose to eat from the tree.
They are banished from the garden as punishment. |
What does the free will argument explain? | The existence of evil & why God allows evil to happen |
What do Christians believe is an example/source of the freewill argument? | The Fall |
What are the two types of determinism? | Theological (religious) and Non-religious |
What does non religious determinism argue | That there are higher forces at play controlling what happens. For example, fate, physics, the universe. |