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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Something that exists but could fail to exist and depends on other things for its existence.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 1.6, 1.7 · Paper 3
Something that exists but could fail to exist; its existence is not necessary.
Something that exists but could have failed to exist and depends on something else for its existence.
God is the necessary being in the Third Way, not a contingent being. The argument does not claim that absolutely everything, including God, needs a cause.
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Specification 2.6, 2.7 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
A being that can exist or fail to exist and depends on something else for its existence.
Something that depends on other things for its existence and could have failed to exist.
