Religion Chapter 2 Beginnings
Contrast two stories from Genesis to show how human arrogance brings disaster while God works wonders through a human person
*Tell short summary of both stories* Adam and Eve- arrogance to try and be equal and like God Noah-listened to what God said and therefore saved animals and his family
Identify four reasons of the heart
-some say that they "just know" (may be from personal experience) -some yearn for a God that will be there when they hurt and suffer -knowing deep down; sixth sense or intuition -if you hope that loved ones who have died are with God
What does it meanto say that belief in God is a "leap of faith"
-when you take a leap of faith you go from physical evidence to non-physical evidence -it cannot be explained you just feel it 4 -you have trust in God -you believe that God will suffer with you, support you, understand you when you fail, and give you the strength you need for hard times
List St. Thomas' 5 proofs for the existence of God and fully explain 1
1. need for the first mover 2.need for the first cause 3. creation of matter 4.need for a perfect model 5.need for order creation of matter- if nothing comes from nothing then everything has to come from something. That something from which all matter comes is the eternal God
Sarah
Abraham's wife
Describe the two creation stories and give 5 'truths" that the stories communicate about God and his creations
First Creation Story-making of the world in 6 days and on the 7th day God rested; controversy between evolutionists and creationists -Truths: _1.Everything that God created was good _2. We are made in God's image and likeness _3. We are created by God _4.We are caretakers of creation _5. We are co-creaters with God Second Creation Story: tells the Fall and how Adam and Eve were decieved by the devil therefore disobeying God -Truths: _1.We all come from God _2.There is a natural affinity between humans and the rest of creation because we are made from the same substance _3.Despite this affinity we are still different and unique (we are God's Breath of Life) _4.Woman is no more inferior to man than man is to the dust on the ground _5.Adam and Eve wanted to be like God and by themselves brought on original sin
ark
God instructed Noah to build this in preparation for the flood that was coming
Ishmael/Islam
Ishamel becomes the father of Arab peoples (bedouin); the Islam religion developed many centuries after biblical times among the Arabs
Choose one story and give a brief synopsis and what lessons or truths that the story is telling
Jacob and Rachel/ Leah *Tell Story* Lesson: What goes aroung comes around Jacob tricked his father and brother and that's what Laban did to him
Israel
Joseph's "new" name after restling with God; means "one who has contended with devine human beings"
Reuben
Joseph's brother who changes the brothers ideas of throwing him in a well to a dry one so that he can save him later; sold him into slavery
Leah
Laban's oldest; marries Jacob; has 10 sons and 1 daughter with Jacob (along with the concubines)
Rachel
Laban's youngest daughter; Jacob loves her; marries Jacob after Leah and has joseph (favorite) and Benjamin
Laban
Rebekah's brother; father of Rachel and Leah; tricks Jacob
Hagar
Sarah's maid; has son with Abraham called Ishmael; banished with son by Sarah
Briefly contrast the Theory of Evolution and the Theory of Intelligent Design
Theory of Evolution-all higher forms evolved from lower forms of life over a long period of time Theory of Intelligent Deisgn- meets the ideas of both evolutionists and creationists; believe in the Big Band Theory but they believe that God was the mind that was behind it all
Babylonian Exile
When Babylon pilvaged Judah three times, eventually causing the demise of Jerusalem; resulted in the deaths of multitudes, destruction of the land,devastation of the nation, loss of national identity, and infliction of hopelessness
Sabbath
a day of rest each week, was a sacred custom the Jews had carried with them to the Exile
Beginnings
another word for Genesis
Polytheism/Monotheism
belief in more than one god/ belief in one God
Genesis
first book of the Bible; written around the Babylonian Exile (6th century BC)
Adam
first man; created from dirt by God
Eve
first woman; created by Adam's rib; takes the fruit from tree of knowledge
Canaan
land where God first led Abraham and his family; land promised to Abraham and his descendents
the Rainbow
marks the end of the flood as a sign of God's love for every creature on Earth, and a promise that the world will never again be destroyed by a flood
Lot
nephew of Abraham that goes with him to follow God to Canaan
Semites
number of ancient peoples from the North East from where the Israelites descended
Noah
only man that finds favor with Godand is instructed to build an ark to protect himself, his family, and some animals from the destruction
Covenant with Abraham
our descendants will be as plentiful as the stars in the sky and the land of Canaan with eventually be your people's
Tower of Babel
people wanted to be equal to God like Adam and Eve by building the tower; they show arrogance; God stops them by confusing their language and dispersing the peoples
evolutionists
people who argue that the universe has evolved over millions of years, with humankind as a recent part of that evolutionary process
creationists
people who insist that the account in Genesis is factually true
Garden of Eden
place created by God for Adam and Eve to live until they disobeyed him
Abraham's Test
sacrafice your son Isaac to God
Banjamin
second son of Jacob and Rachel; not the favorite
Hospitality
shown to the messengers; custom used throughout the Bible
Isaac
son of Abraham and Sarah; marries Rebekah; tricked by Jacob to give the birth right
Cain
son of Adam and Eve; farmer; God does not accept his sacrfice; murders Abel
Abel
son of Adam and Eve; shepard; God accepts his sacrifice; murdered by Cain
Esau
suppoesed to recieve the birth right from Isaac
polyamy
taking more that one wife
monogamy
taking only one wife
the Flood
tells how bad things can get when sin spreads its ugliness
Abraham
the father of biblical faith
The Fall
the first sin of humankind
Fruit of the Tree of good and evil
the one tree in the Garden of Eden that God told Adam and Eve not to eat from, but they did anyways because they were persuaded by the devil
circumcision
the sign of the covenant between God and the people which is a ritual for all males
Jacob
tricks Isaac with Rebekah for birth right; goes to Unlce Labban to hide; tricked into marriage with Leah
Original Sin
what Christians call the Fall or the first sin of humankind
Sodom and Gormorrah
wicked cities in which God destorys
Rebekah
wife of Isaac; tricks him with Jacob