Evil and suffering Flashcards
(28 cards)
Samsara
Cycle of birth and rebirth
What causes us to be reborn
Craving and desiring things
What will cause a lower rebirth
If you have lived a life where you have caused others to suffer
Enlightenment
When you understand spiritual teachings - how you actions might have hurt someone
What is the vehicle to end suffering
Enlightenment
3 poisons
Greed hatred and delusion
Nibanna
Freedom from the cycle of rebirth by ending craving
Animal for greed
Rooster
Animal for hatred
Snake
Animal for delusion
Pig
What did the snake represent in the story of the fall
The Devil and temptations
What was eve made from
Adam’s rib
What categories are evil split into
Moral evil and natural evil
Omnipotent
All powerful
Omnibenevolent
All loving
What is the inconsistent triad
A triangle that is known as the rock of atheism as it proves god cannot be all loving and all powerful
Islamic responses to evil and suffering
Allah has a plan
Suffering is a test
Good can come from suffering shaytan
Inshallah
If Allah is willing
Shaytan
Name to describe evil
Iblis
The name of the anvil who became shaytan
Islamic book
Qur’an
Bahá’i belief 1
Evil is the absence of good the same way darkness is the absence of light
Bahá’i belief 2
There is no such thing as evil spirits the name satan is a symbol that referrers to the bad parts of human nature
Bahá’i belief 3
Evil is imperfection sin is the state of man in the word of basic nature for in nature exists defects injustice tyranny hatred hostility strife through education we must free ourselves from these imperfections