Past Questions from old spec

Past Questions from old spec, adapted, for questions from the new spec please see link below.


Miracles


1. Discuss the view that the concept of a miracle is inconsistent with a belief in a benevolent God. [2002]
2. Assess Hume's reasons for rejecting miracles [2004]
3. By definition, a miracle can never happen. Discuss [2005]


Religious Language


1. Critically examine the Via Negativa as an approach to understanding the nature of God. [2002]
2. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the use of analogy as a means of expressing human understanding of God. [2003]
3. Assess the view that the different forms of religious experience are nothing more than fantasy [2006]
4. How far is the claim that moral language is meaningful, even if religious language is not [2004]


Religious Experience


1. Discuss the suggestion that it is pointless to analyse religious experience. [2003]


Nature of God


1. If our ethical behaviour is determined, there can be no possible answers to the problem of evil [2002]
2. God creates us and knows in advance all the choices we will make; therefore we cannot be held responsible when we do wrong [2003]


Life after Death


1. Eternal life in heaven does not explain or compensate for the unfairness of this world; only reincarnation can do that [2003]
2. The only point to behaving morally is to be rewarded after death, discuss [2005]


For a predictions grid, up-to-date questions and sample answers please see this website: http://sites.google.com/site/farrowsthings/exam-papers/exemplar-essays/y13-philosophy


Also this pdf continues lots of practice questions for OCR A2 Phil of Religion paper: http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupId=733938&ResourceId=3109741