Apologetics Natural Theology Vocabulary
Terms Set 1 New
Design - ANSWER That which reveals order, purpose and complexity.
Necessary Being - ANSWER A being which cannot not exist
Contingent Being - ANSWER A being which does not have to exist.
Anthropic Principle - ANSWER The principle which says that the fine tuning of the
physical laws of the universe/nature make possible the beginning of life.
Multiverse - ANSWER The theoretical supposition that an infinite number of parallel
universe might exist.
Ontological Arguments - ANSWER Relating to or based upon being or existence
Cosmological Arguments - ANSWER Arguments that attempts to prove God's existence
by observing the world around us (the cosmos) from empirical facts about the universe,
( such as cause).
Psychological Arguments - ANSWER Arguments for God based man's shared universal
experience and understanding of himself.
Natural Theology - ANSWER Theology deriving its knowledge of God from the study of
nature independent of special revelation
Metaphysics - ANSWER " beyond physics", a division of philosophy that is concerned
Terms Set 1 New
Design - ANSWER That which reveals order, purpose and complexity.
Necessary Being - ANSWER A being which cannot not exist
Contingent Being - ANSWER A being which does not have to exist.
Anthropic Principle - ANSWER The principle which says that the fine tuning of the
physical laws of the universe/nature make possible the beginning of life.
Multiverse - ANSWER The theoretical supposition that an infinite number of parallel
universe might exist.
Ontological Arguments - ANSWER Relating to or based upon being or existence
Cosmological Arguments - ANSWER Arguments that attempts to prove God's existence
by observing the world around us (the cosmos) from empirical facts about the universe,
( such as cause).
Psychological Arguments - ANSWER Arguments for God based man's shared universal
experience and understanding of himself.
Natural Theology - ANSWER Theology deriving its knowledge of God from the study of
nature independent of special revelation
Metaphysics - ANSWER " beyond physics", a division of philosophy that is concerned
