unit 3

Question 1

What types of evil are there?

Answer 1

Moral and natural evil

Question 2

what is moral evil

Answer 2

Evil and suffering caused by the actions of human beings.

Question 3

Natural evil

Answer 3

Evil which is not directly u see the control of human beings.

Question 4

3 examples of natural evil

Answer 4

earthquake, volcanoes, tsunamis

Question 5

3 examples of moral evil

Answer 5

stealing, murder, lying.

Question 6

name two theories about the origin of evil and suffering.

Answer 6

Satan-
•Fallen angel called Lucifer
•rejected god and his reign
•tempted jesus 3 times whilst he was in the wilderness (lent)
•the reason Judas betrayed Jesus
•tempts adam and eve as a snake
•satan is eventually destroyed in revelation.
Adam and eves misuse of free will:
•god created humans to him but love cannot be forced so free will was necessary.
•people misuse this freewill
•C.S. Lewis referred to a world where humans didn’t have free will as being in a world of nothing more than robots.

Question 7

The purpose of evil and suffering

Answer 7

•A test of faith
•To strengthen faith and achieve great things
•A punishment for sin
•to allow freewill

Question 8

Decribe the test of faith purpose theory

Answer 8

Many times in the bible God tests our faith.
Suffering may be a test to see who’s faith in God pursues and who’s doesn’t.

Question 9

Explain the to strength faith and achieve great things theory for purpose of evil

Answer 9

•one persons personal suffering may be for a greater purpose to save a lot more people.
•Apostle Paul writes in the new testament-suffering produces perseverance
•there are many examples of how humans faith in God strengthens in the face of evil.

Question 10

Describe a punishment for sin theory for evil and suffering

Answer 10

•there are many examples in the Bible where God punishes send, for example, when Adam and Eve are trapped out of the garden of Eden, after being tempted.

Question 11

Explain the to allow free will theory of suffering and evil.

Answer 11

All moral evil can be put down to the fact that we have free will, which means some people choose to do the wrong thing.

Question 12

Both sides of the argument (natural suffering)

Answer 12

• human beings cannot be held responsible for natural suffering
• because the world is in perfect timing as natural order a pattern. Therefore, there is no designer and no God.
• PS have responded to this arguing about what humans, coal, natural disasters, disasters or natural evil are, in fact, not evil themselves. Many of these occurrences bring benefits to human beings. These events are in either good or evil there simply part of the natural world. They’re only considered Eva because of the potential suffering that I may cause human beings, but in many cases, humans play some cells in danger, for example, living in earthquake, zones, or in floodplains.

Question 13

Augustine’s theodicy

Answer 13

Augustine’s theodicy-evil exist because God give humans free, will humans, abuses, freewheel when they commit evil acts. How humans use free will determine is whether or not they will get to Heaven, or Hell timer for Augustines theodicy has been referred to as a soul deciding theodicy, God let’s humans, be rescued from sin, but they must accept the rescuer, this involves a conscious decision.
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Question 14

Irenaeus theodicy

Answer 14

he argued that evil exist, because God wants humans to respond positively to suffering, so that humans can become more like God uses an example from the Bible that humans are made in the image of God by humans are unfinished. I need to become more like God therefore this has been referred to as the soul making theodicy.

Question 15

Cons of the augustinian theodicy

Answer 15

This can only explain moral what about the reality of natural suffering should god not take responsibility for natural suffering beyond the control of humans?

Question 16

Cons of the Irenaeus theodicy

Answer 16

this can account for natural suffering, but it doesn’t explain the full extent of human suffering. However, and English philosopher supported the theodicy but added that God purposely created himself at an epistemic distance from creation. This means god cannot become involved in human affairs, otherwise, he would limit human freedom.

Question 17

what are the two humanist responses to the problem of evil and suffering

Answer 17

1) all in the mind
•humans have the capacity to do evil
•we are all products of our society, parenting, upbringing and experiences.
• in some people, these life experiences can lead to some kind of psychological malfunction, and they are more likely to commit acts of evil.
• however, this idea that Eva is a psychological phenomenon Does not conflict with the believe in Satan in the consequences of free will. This is because the good work on these vulnerable individuals causing acts of evil to happen.
2)evil is part of the evolutionary process
• if evolution history, we are survival machines, caught up in the process of survival of the fittest.
• it is perfectly reasonable to accept that suffering is just a part of life
• philosophically, however, it is not logically to describe anything as good or bad if there is no ultimate source or standard for either
• this means without a god there can be no evil or good

Question 18

How can evil be overcome (religious)

Answer 18

✖️By working again it
✖️By prayer
✖️By the support of others
✖️Comfort that God is in control

Question 19

How can evil be overcome (no religion)

Answer 19

✖️By working against ur
✖️accepting it

Question 20

what is the role of satan

Answer 20

✖️satan is a fallen angel
✖️saran tempts adam and eve to eat the forbidden fruit
✖️satan tempts Jesus in the desert
✖️satan will eventually be destroyed

Question 21

what is the inconsistent triad

Answer 21

God cannot be omnibenevolent and omnipotent if evil exists.