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Explain this statement: “Relativism is
self-refuting.”
Class Standing(3 to 5 quizzes) 15%
◦ 20 points per quiz (minimum of 10 pts)
◦ Total 100
Two Reflection Papers 5%
Group Project 10%
Two Long Exams (Written/ Orals) 40%
Final Oral/ Written Exam 30%
__________
TOTAL= 100%
There is
no truth!
Faith as a Response to a God who reveals
Himself in Love
What
“authorities” do
we rely on?
•Jesus and His
Disciples
•The Church
•The Bible
Faith is a response
to a God who
reveals Himself in
Love!!
The Paradoxes of Faith (An Introduction )
◦ An Introduction to the Paradoxes of Faith
Certain and Obscure
◦ Faith as both Certain and obscure
Certain enough to die for
And yet a mystery
◦ Can you prove that God exists? :
What does the bible say?
Genesis 1: 1-26
Romans 1:18-25
Five Arguments to the Existence of God
Certain yet Obscure
Reasonable, yet Beyond Natural
Reason
Free yet Morally Obliging
Particular Act yet Life Long Process
Gift, yet Our Doing
Personal and yet Ecclesial
The convergence of opposites”
(logic) a statement that contradicts itself
• Ex. “Love-Hate” Relationship
Certain, Yet Obscure
Reasonable, yet beyond Reason
Loved
Necessary
Chris: Who started the Big Bang?
Sal: That’s not a scientific question
Chris: Exactly. And therefore science has
no answer to it. But religion does. It is
not a scientific question not because it is
not about the real world—it is– but
because science can’t answer a question
about God, Who’s outside the universe,
just by looking at the inside of the
universe
Debate Statement: God exists because
the universe exists.