Evil and suffering Flashcards
(43 cards)
What are the three poisons
Greed, hatred and ignorance
What religion is the tree poisons in
Buddhism
What is samara
Buddhists believe in a cycle of birth, death and re-birth called samara
What causes re-birth
According to Buddhism, craving and desiring things cause us to be reborn again and again
What happens if you have lives a life and caused others to suffer
You will have a lower rebirth and will experience suffering and difficulties
What is enlightenment
When someone understands spiritual teachings
What is the vehicle to end suffering
Enlightenment
What is nibanna
freedome from re-birth
What does nibanna translate to
To go out/ blow out
What is the Tibetan wheel of life
It explains samsara and at the centre there are three animals which symbolise greed, hatred and delusion
What is the story of Adam and Eve called
The fall
What is the tree called that they must not eat from
The tree of knowledge
Who had been in the world the longest Adam or eve
Adam
What was the punishment for eating the forbidden fruit
Has to work to get food, pain of childbirth, not live forever…
8-10 types of evil and suffering
Greed, hatred, ignorance, craving, jealousy, hatred, selfish, war, disrespect, fighting, cyber bullying, human trafficking, abuse, modern salvors, homelessness
What is omnibenevolent
All loving
What is omnipotent
All mighty or all powerful
What is on the inconsistent triad
Evil
Omnipotent. Omnibenevolent
What did David Hume believe
Either evil did not exist or the Christian understanding of God was wrong
What is Muslims god
Allah
What is Inshallah
Muslims- if their god allows it then it will come to their future
Who was Shaytan
Islamic= Used to be an angel however refused to bow down to Adam and was thrown out of Heaven and tried to destroy humans as revenge
What was Allahs plan
Islam= everything that happens is the will of God, evil and suffering is part of Allahs plan
How can good come from suffering- Allah
Being depressed can recover you as a better person, sometime the preparation for something can have a positive rewarding result