The problem of evil Flashcards

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What are the three attributes of God

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Omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent

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What does omnipotent mean

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All powerful

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What does omniscient mean

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All knowing

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What does omnibenevolent mean

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All loving

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What is a theodicy

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Defensive against God

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What is the inconsistent triad presented by jj mackie

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Only two can be true,if God is benevolent and omnipotent then evil can’t exist

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What is moral evil

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It means suffering caused by human beings and the decisions they make

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What is natural evil

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Is suffering caused by the natural world that is not result if human decisions

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What are three names for the devil

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Lucifier, Satan and beezelbul

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Where does the devil appear in the bible

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Adam and Eve,the temptations of Jesus, Judas and the story of Job

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What is the story of Judus

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He was one of the twelve disciples. At the last supper, Jesus knew Judas was going to betray him. Judas kisses Jesus on the cheek .He told the romans where Jesus was and traded him for 20 pieces of silver. He then committed suicide

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What happend before story of jesus’s temptations ?

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  • Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist
  • a dove flew above him and he could hear God’s voice
    -Then he went to the dessert for 40 days and 40 nights
  • because he needed to know that he was trustworthy
  • this was all before the temptations
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What was Jesus’s first temptation ?

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-1st temptation~ Satan asked Jesus to turn stone to bread but Jesus said that Man shall not live on bread alone but by the word of God

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What was Jesus’s second temptation

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Satan said throw yourself off a Cliffbut Jesus said don’t put our Lord God to the test

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What was the last temptations

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Satan said Bow down to me and Jesus said Get away from me Satan I worship the Lord

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What is fundamentalist understanding

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The belief in an actual devil and hell

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What is literal understanding

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The devil standing for evil temptations and hell doesn’t exist

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What do Christian’s believe about hell

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Hell is to be away from God and the Devil’s behaviour is far away from God

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Who is Augustine

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He was a famous theologian who lived in North Africa in 4th century

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What did Augustine believe

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When God created the world he made the world perfectly good.God is good

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What story does Augustine base his ideas in

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The story of creation

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What is the story of creation linked to

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It is linked to mortality and Adam and Eve fell to the temptation to dis obey God

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What kind of aura did they live in , what did their environment feel like

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They lived in a state of perfection and happiness and they didn’t need to change because it was still.Harmoney is the garden of Eden because God provided everything.Adam and eve lived care free

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What was the only commandment God order adams and eve

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To never eat from the tree of knowledge of Good and evil and the consequences were death,it’s in your nature to know right from wrong

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What was the consequences of Adam and Eve disrobing God

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Harmoney was destroyed.