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During the French Revolution, in 1793, a noble man called Lord Carrier didn´t believe in God. He told to a peasant from Nantes:
─ We will wreck your churches and your bell towers. The peasant answers him:
─ Maybe, but we still have the stars. While this alphabet of our good Lord will be in the skies, it serves us to teach our sons how to spell His sacred name.
As we can see, to prove the existence of God it is not necessary a pompous speech. The only thing that is needed is to open our eyes and see the marvels in Creation.
A. Answer writing a, b or c. (If the letter takes the red a correct answer)
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a. the Independence War |
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a. build new churches |
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a. watch the stars |
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a. to build churches |
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a. the churches |
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2. Evidence of the existence of the Universe
We know that there is no effect without a cause. When we see a house, a car or a table, we think in a group or architects and builers building the house, a mechanic repairing the car or a carpenter finishing the table. In the same way, when we see the Earth, the Sun, the animals and plants, our first thougth is to think that somebody do it. The first cause of the Universe is God.
The Universe cannot be its own creator, because a thing that does not exist cannot be created by itself. It must be created by God.
The Universe is not a product of a certain chance, because chance does not exists and cannot produce anything.
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a. without a cause |
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2. Builders have built |
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a. a car |
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a. a car |
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a. a car |
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3. Features of the eternal
A wise man said: “Nothing is eternal over Earth, and everything which is inside it or in its surface has a beginning and an end”
The Eternal Being has three characteristics: it is necessary, immutable and infinite.
The material world can’t be necessary, because its elements may disappear. The world could exist with or without a certain mountain or river, so these elements are not neccesary, they are contingent.
The world is nor immutable neither stable. Vegetables and animals born, grow and die. Everything regenerates, and only God is immutable.
The world is finite because it is limitated.
Since the world is not eternal, it has a beginning. It is the work of a builder, who we called God, the first cause of all the beings.
2. Choose a, b or c
1. Nothing is eternal a. over the clouds
2. Everything has a beginning a. and an end 3. The material world is not necessary because a.
es eterno 4. Things which are not necessary a. are eternal 5. Everything regenerates a. the world is 6. What main cause of all the beings is God? a. The first | Educational applications |
Philosophy for young | In
Spanish | Interactive | ®Arturo Ramo García.-Record of intellectual property of Teruel (Spain)
No 141, of 29-IX-1999
b. over the sky
c. over the land
b. and marks a starting point
c. and has a cause
b. its elements stand
c. its elements can disappear
b. are contingent
c. are permanent
b. only God is immutable
c. things are unchangeable
b. The second
c. The third
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