Questioning in Context (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

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The Human Drive to Question
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What wonder represents in humans

Natural human desire to understand & explore the world

Age when questioning begins in children

Age 2

4 question types children constantly ask

HOW, WHERE, WHEN, WHY

Plato's metaphor for humans

Leaky vessels

What Plato's 'leaky vessels' means

Nothing permanent remains, nothing ultimately satisfies

Augustine's quote about restless hearts

You have made us for yourself O Lord & our hearts are restless until they rest in you

Augustine's view of questioning drive

Drive toward transcendence, search for the divine

Science's method for understanding

Empirical methods, observation, experimentation

Religion's focus areas

Meaning, purpose, morality, spiritual reality

Science answers 'how', religion answers...

'Why' questions about purpose & meaning

Ultimate moral questions examples

Why be moral? How determine right from wrong?

Ultimate existence questions example

Is there a God?

Ultimate death questions example

What happens after we die?

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