The Supremely Transcendent and perfect being who created us and keeps us in existence
God
If we are made in the image and likeness of God and we change, Can we conclude that God changes?
No
We can know God exists by observing what?
By observing creation
According to Pope John Paul II, To create means to give and he who gives, .....
Loves
Does God change? Why or why not?
No because God is perfection itself and thus has no need to change
Beyond what we normally experience
Transcendent
Why can't we see God the father?
He is pure spirit
We can know God exists because God _______ himself to us?
Revealed
What do we mean when we say that God is eternal?
He has no beginning, no end, no limit to him
Define the word "Create"
The make something out of nothing
The power to think
Intellect
The probability that the universe happened by chance can be compared to what?
Throwing the elements of a wrists watch in the air and it landing in my hand as a watch
How does God reveal himself in scripture?
What does omnipotent mean?
having unlimited power
We can come to the conclusion that there is a God by studying what two things?
Scripture and Church Teaching
The power to choose
Will
What two things make up the human person?
A body and a rational soul
According to John, God is what?
Love
Since God is love, he created why?
Because of love
How does God use his knowledge of us?
To bring us closer to him
The Soul of Mankind
Rational
Can human beings create other human beings fully? why or why not
No
Human beings create the body, but only God can create the soul
List the 3 types of soul according to St. Thomas Aquinas.
Vegetative, Sensitive, Rational
Because God is all powerful, created everything from nothing, and was not caused by anything, we call God the what?
The uncaused cause
What attribute about God allows us to be fearless in the fact that God knows everything about us?
God is all-loving