Evil and suffering Flashcards
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Samsara meaning
Living a life that causes other people to suffer which means you will have a lower rebirth. It is a cycle of rebirth.
What are the three poisons
Greed, hatred and delusion
Enlightenment definition
To understand spiritual teachings and it ends tanha
Nibanna definiton
To blow/ go out. It is freedom from the cycle of samsara.
Summarise the Fall
The Fall is a story in Christianity. God created Eve for Adam because he was feeling lonely but none of them could eat from the fruit tree. One day, a snake tempted Eve to eat the fruit so she did and told Adam to do the same. The consequences were death, women have painful birth, expulsion of the Garden of Eden and men have to work to get food.
Who made the inconsistent triad
David Hume
Who is David Hume
He was an atheist and he thought evil did exist or the Christian understanding of God is wrong. He created the inconsistent triad to demonstrate that evil is definitely a factor of god and only one of omnipotent and omnibenevolent are not.
What are the three points of the inconsistent triad
Omnibenevolent, omnipotent and evil
What does omnibenevolent mean
All kind
What does omnipotent mean
All power
What does inshallah mean
God willing
Reasons in Islam why suffering happens
Allah has a plan, suffering is a test, good can come from suffering and Shaytan
Explain ‘Allah has a plan’ in Islam
Everything happens in the will of God, including evil and suffering. It is impossible to understand his plan but Muslims have to maintain faith as Allah’s knowledge is better than humans.
Explain ‘suffering is a test’ in Islam
Muslims believe on the day of judgment everyone will have a list of their deeds and sins and will be rewarded or punished accordingly. Suffering and difficulties could test whether someone could still trust Allah
Explain ‘good can come from suffering’ in Islam
Suffering and difficulties could have a positive result such as studying hard for an exam but then getting great results
Explain ‘Shaytan’ in Islam
This is the name for the devil. Iblis is the name of the angel who later became Shaytan after he refused to bow down to Adam and was cast out of heaven. For revenge, he would tempt humans to do evil.
Baha’i beliefs about evil
Evil is not a substance or force but the absence of good. There are no spirits or entities and ‘Satan’ represents the bad characteristics of humans and that they should free themselves from it,
Summarise Pandora’s box
There were two good brothers called Epimetheus and Prometheus. Prometheus god in trouble with Zeus because he stole fire from heaven to teach to humans how to keep warm and cook food. As punishment, Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock for many years. Zeus was still angry and wanted to take vengeance on the humans so he ordered Hephaestus to make a woman from clay. Zeus named her Pandora and gave her to Epimetheus to marry and Zeus gave them a locked box and gave Epimetheus the key to hang around his neck. One day, Pandora opened the box and bad things came out like hate, sickness, disease but before she could shut it hope came out too.
Message of Pandora’s box
Being too curious can be negative and positive so be cautious with what you do
Ahimsa definition
Not killing, respect for life and not being violent/ hurting others in Hinduism
What is the Bhagavad Gita
A holy book in Hinduism
Who is Shiva
A god of destruction in Hinduism
Dukkha meaning
Suffering in Buddhism
Karma/ Kamma meaning
Good actions result in happiness while bad actions result in suffering in buddhism
