GCSE RE - Believing in God

A child being taught to pray and taken to church.

Christian parents arranging for their children to attend a ‘Sunday School’ where there is encouragement to be a good Christian and lead a Christian life.

Families usually celebrate Christmas and Easter (and the meaning of those festivals and stories around them)

Experiencing miracles

Christians baptising their children at a young age

It makes it more likely for the person to experience miracles which convince the person that God must exist.

Being born into a Christian family might support someone’s belief in God because they are surrounded by others who are convinced of the existence of God.

If the religion has been handed down through generations it may seem perfectly natural to members of that family to believe in God.

They are taught of the reasons why some people do not believe in God and how these reasons are incorrect.

Learning about God at home, school and in the church could lead some people to decide that God must exist.

A person seeing a situation where the quantity of a desired item like food seems insufficient but when this quantity is distributed it is enough for everyone.

A person seeing something that takes their breath away like a a starry sky or a wonderful sunset and it gives them feelings of awe and wonder. The person is convinced that God is behind it all.

A miracle which takes place in someone's mind.

When someone converts from an Abrahamic religion to another Abrahamic religion.

Talking about God

Miracle

Conversion

Prayer