Key Words

Awe

- the feeling one experiences when in a magnificent cathedral or when viewing a beautiful sunset in the mountains and one feels that there is something much greater present.

The Numinous

- very similar to awe. Coined by Rudolf Otto in his book "The Idea of the Holy". The feeling that one is in the Divine presence.

Conversion Experience

- when a person's life is changed as a result of believing God.

Mystical Experience

- spiritual experiences such as visions, revelations and trances, where a person believes that he/she has been in direct contact with God or the spiritual world.

Miracles

- something happens which seems to break the laws of science or probability. One is left with the feeling that only God could have done it.

Theists

- believe in the existence of a personal God.

Monotheists

- believe that there is only one God.

Polytheists

- believe there are many gods.

Atheists

- believe that there is no God.

Agnostics

- believe that we do not and cannot have the means to know whether there is a god or not.

Moral Evil

- this is suffering that results from actions of humans.

Natural or Non-Moral Evil

- this is suffering caused by natural events such as earthquakes and floods.

Benevolent

- the belief that God is all good and wants only good.

Omnipotent

- the belief that God is all-powerful. He is the Almighty and can do anything.

Omniscient

- the belief that God knows all things.

Omnipresent

- the belief that God is everywhere at the same time.