Good And Evil

Question 0

Responses to evil

Answer 0

Evil exists and god loves us and is powerful to stop it

“God works in mysterious ways” trust him he knows what he’s doing for us

suffering is a test to see if we lose faith

devil causes evil to tempt us

Question 1

problems with evil

Answer 1

challenges belief in loving powerful God

why does God not stop evil if he’s so powerful

some people lose faith and become atheist

God created earth so he must of created evil?

Question 2

Free will

Answer 2

Christians use free will to try explain evil

humans have free will and choose to behave evil

god gave us free will to not be robots and see if we choose to be worshippers

free will to learn and develop

Question 3

Jesus suffering

Answer 3

God understands suffering

Jesus was god as a man and he experienced suffering like other people

God allowed him to die to help redeem sins

Question 4

The book of job- Suffering can be a test on faith

Answer 4

God lets satan prove him wrong

Satan takes job’s kids, farm, animals and makes him have diseases

Job doesn’t lose faith in god

God rewards him with wealth, more kids and lives to the age 140

Question 5

Genesis chapter 3

Answer 5

Adam and Eve story show devil tempts humans to do bad and disobey god

Humans have free will to do bad things

shows original sin, humans are born separate from god and with their sin

Question 6

Priest/church

Answer 6

priests in Catholic Church represent god, help people to correct their sins

Christians told at church how to act as priests are experts on how to act

Question 7

Bible

Answer 7

contain rules about how people should live

reliable words from god

readers see different messages from stories in bible

Question 8

Jesus/parables

Answer 8

“Love your neighbours as you love yourself” treat others the way we want to be treated

Jesus showed love and compassion to others

Parables are stories with moral/teaching: the Good Samaritan

Question 9

Punishments and rewards

Answer 9

show moral behaviour to earn their way to heaven

avoid the punishment of hell: separation from god

Question 10

types of natural evil

Answer 10

hurricanes and disasters

diseases caused by world

Question 11

moral behaviour

Answer 11

pain/suffering cause by actions of humans

Question 12

devil

Answer 12

creature believed to rule hell and tempt humans to sin