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What do other people think about evil and suffering ?

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That God gave people free will.

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How do Christians react to suffering ?

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They see it as a test of faith and God has his reasons even if we dont know them.

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What positive thing can suffering do ?

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It can bring people closer to God and that God is with them through suffering .

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What does benevolent mean ?

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Loving and caring .

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What is a quote about Gods benevolence ?

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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son .

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What does omniscient mean ?

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All knowing

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What is the Nicene creed ?

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In 325 Ad church leaders from around the world gathered at the council of Nicaea .They produced a creed .

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What does the Nicene creed do ?

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Describes how Christians see God.

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What does eternal mean ?

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God has always existed and will exist forever.

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What does immanent mean ?

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That God is present in the human world and takes a active role in humanity.

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What does personal mean ?

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God is a almighty and divine person .And a relationship is possible through prayer.

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What does transcendent mean ?

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God is beyond the world and doesn’t depend on it too exist .

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What happened before the Nicene creed ?

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Not everyone agreed that Jesus was one with God and he was equally as important.

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14
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Who doesn’t believe in the trinity ?

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Christadelphians

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What type of religion is Christianity ?

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Monotheistic which means one God.

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What are the Christian denominations called ?

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Roman Catholics,protestants,orthodox Christians

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What is the holy spirit in the trinity ?

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The presence of the God in the world.

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What did Jesus do before his death ?

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He promised his disciples “ I will ask the father and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you for ever .

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What part of God is the holy spirit ?

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The immanent yet impersonal part of God .

20
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What do some Christians feel the Holy spirit does ?

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Guides them to be good Christians .

21
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In the trinity what is the father ?

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The transcendent part of God .The title father is a mark of respect for God and is used by Jesus in the Gospels.”Be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect.

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What happened on the first day in the creation story ?

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1.Light and darkness were made.

23
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What happened on the second day of the creation story ?

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2.The sky

24
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What happened on the third day of the creation story ?

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Oceans land and plants

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What happened on the fourth day of the creation story ?

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Sun ,moon and stars

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What happened on the fifth day of the creation story ?

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Creatures of the water and sky.

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What happened on the sixth day of the creation story ?

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Land animals and people

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What happened on the seventh day of the creation story ?

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Rest

29
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What does just judge mean ?

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That God judges actions fairly.

30
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What happens to those who reject God and live sinful lives ?

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They will be punished which is shown in the story of the sheep and the goats.

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What is the sheep and goats story ?

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Jesus explains that people who have been good ,the sheep will be looked after by God.People who haven’t ,goats will suffer.

32
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What happens if you have lived sinfully but you are sorry ?

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God will forgive you which is shown by the story of the prodigal son.

33
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What do Christians think the son is in the holy trinity ?

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Jesus and they believe he is the incarnation of God in human form.

34
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What part of God is the son in the holy trinity ?

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The immanent and personal part.

35
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What do Christians believe Jesus provides ?

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A model for Christian behaviour in obedience to God the father.

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What quote from the Bible shows that God expects humans to take care of the Earth ?

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The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.This shows stewardship of the Earth.

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What is a quote about hell ?

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Then they will be go away to eternal punishment but the righteous to eternal life.

38
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Who is Job ?

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A man who endured lots of suffering so begins to question God.

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What happens at the end of the book of job ?

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Job comes to the conclusion that God is all powerful and knows what he is doing .And that suffering must be accepted because people could never understand the world or Gods plan.

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What is a quote from the book of Job ?

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Though he slay me yet will I hope in him.

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Do all Christians believe in heaven and hell ?

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No some see it as a state of mind.Pope John Paul second said that hell was a metaphor for how people who rejected God with feel.

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What happened after the fall ?

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All human beings was born with a flawed nature that was capable of causing suffering this is called original sin.

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What are Christians that take the creation story literally called ?

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Creationists.

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What do Christians that don’t take the creation story literally think ?

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They see it as more of a parable a story with meaning.They still acknowledge God as the creator but are open to other interpretations such as the big bang and evolution.

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What does the creation story show God as ?

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Benevolent as he gives all humans life,omnipotent as he can create the whole world and eternal as he was there before time.

46
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What does God creating humans in his own image show ?

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That humans should be respected and they are important.

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What is a quote about life after death ?

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For we know that if that earthly tent we live is destroyed we have a building from God an eternal house not built by human timing.

Re The trinity,creation,evil and suffering and afterlife (11 decks)

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