Religious Studies A-Level
Necessary being
What Necessary being means in Religious Studies A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Necessary being
A being that contains the reason for its own existence and cannot fail to exist (God).
Topics that use Necessary being
- Philosophical issues and questions: Arguments for the existence of God (Design, Cosmological, Ontological) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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