Christian Views

Question 1

What is the Christian attitude to punishment and justice?

Answer 1

1. Believe in restorative justice -punishment allowing criminal to make amends by meeting and apologizing to their victim.
   - Victim receives closure and relieves trauma
2. ‘Father forgive them, for they know not what they do’
   - punishment should aim to reform

Question 2

What is the Christian view of good?

Answer 2

God made the earth ‘and it was good’ but humans have free will to decide between right and wrong.

Question 3

What is the Christian view of evil?

Answer 3

1. Catholics believe in Original sin
2. Evil comes from humans b/c Adam and Eve brought evil into the world when they chose to disobey God and eat from tree of knowledge.
3. “So God sent them out of the Garden of Eden’

Question 4

What is the Christian view of suffering?

Answer 4

1. God allows evil to exist b/c suffering through evil is necessary to develop moral souls
2. Knowledge of good and evil is not innate so we suffer to learn lessons about morality and virtue.

Question 5

What is the Christian view of forgiveness?

Answer 5

Jesus tells Peter to forgive others ‘seventy times seven times’