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- 1What is (Genesis 1:31a) and what are its interpretations?God saw all that he had made, and it was very good
- God created everything in the world
- Everything that God created is good
- Everything that is good came from God (since God created everything) - 2Definition of 'good'?Something that is positive, moral or deemed as a holy action
- The presence of God in the world
- Something that society judges to be moral or correct - 3Definition of 'evil'Something that is bad, immoral or sinful if you're a theist
- Absence of God
- Something that society judges to be wrong, bad - 4Name some evil acts of God/Jesus1) Noah's Ark
2) The 10 plagues in Israel
3) Slavery
4) God helps the men of Judah, kills 500, 000 of their Israelites
5) The story of Job - 5Name some good in the Bible1) Heaven
2) Feeding of the 5000
3) Crucifixion of Jesus
4) Resurrection of Lazarus
5) The good Samaritan - 6Name some evil in THE WORLD1) The Rwandan genocide
2) Apartheid
3) Natural disasters
4) The Holocaust
5) 9/11 - 7What is 'moral evil'?Evil caused by human actions/behaviour
- 8What is 'natural evil'?Natural events/disasters which do not appear to be caused by humans
- 9'If God is good and everything which God made is good - where does wrong or evil come from' GIVE A RESPONSESome Christians would say that if there is evil in the world then there must also be a power of evil as well as a power of good; often referred to as the Devil. So although God is encouraging people to be good and behave as he wants them to, the Devil is persuading them to do evil.
- 10Why does God allow the Devil or the power of evil to exist?According the the Bible, it is God who will judge us at the end of our lives and the decision will be made on whether we have followed God's teachings or followed evil.
- 11Give another attitude towards evil and the strengths or flaws of itSome people might say that the Devil does not exist and that is it just people who choose to be evil.
FLAW: It's not a good enough argument to say that some people are weak and choose the wrong things - 12Describe the first mention of the Devil in the Bible-Book of Job, Devil says Job is only pious because he has a good life
-God disagrees and allows disruption to be caused in Job's life, he loses all his children
-Job starts to question God, God gets angry and shouts at him, Job realises his mistake and apologises - 13Why were Cathers killed?They said Satan was more powerful than the Church
- Pope Innocent IV allowed Satanists to be tortured until they confessed
-No permanent damage/bleeding
- Those accused of heresy couldn't clear themselves
-Rich people were charged with heresy or witchcraft so people could get their wealth
-Women were more believed to be tempted - 14Where is the story of the origins of the Devil found?Religious books called the Apocrypha which were not thought suitable to include in the Bible itself
-Says Lucifer was one of the Archangels. When God created the first human he ordered the Archangels to bow down but Lucifer was proud and refused. God threw him out of heaven and fell to hell where he became the Devil - 15What is (Luke 10:18)I saw Satan fall like lightening from heaven
- 16Christianity teaches that God is much more powerful than the Devil and that therefore good is much stronger than evil.... FINISH THE TEACHINGHowever, it also says that God gave people free will so that they could decide what to do for themselves. This means that people are free to choose bad over good even though they know the probable causes of their actions.
- 17Why are exorcisms carried out?Many Christians think Satan is still very real and so they believe that buildings and people can become possessed by the Devil so they have exorcisms to remove the Devil.
- 18Give an example of exorcism in the Bible(Luke 11:14-15)
Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the m,an who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. - 19What is the other view of (Luke 11:14-15)?Other Christians might say that Jesus performed these exorcisms because it was what people expected at the time and that today we would regard these people as having mental diseases not having the devil in them. Some might say that the belief in the Devil and the punishments of hell were used in the Middle Ages to frighten people into going to church regularly.
- 20Give an overview of The FallAdam and Eve are in the garden of Eden. God tells them not to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge but the serpent tempts Eve to eat the fruit who then gives the fruit to Adam. God finds out and makes them and mankind mortal.
- 21What is the literalist view of The FallAdam and Eve literally caused the fall of mankind by eating the fruit.
Strengths: Coincides with biblical teachings and sticks closely to what God said and taught
Flaw: There are many authors of the Bible and would God really punish all of mankind for 2 people? - 22What is the liberal view of The Fall?Adam represents males, Eve females, serpent temptation, fruit of knowledge is the knowledge of all sins. The sin represents how mankind chooses to commit sin, banishment shows sinners will not be allowed with God.
Strengths: Explains that the evil in the world is the fault of mankind and their choices
-Explains that the evil in the world is the fault of mankind and their choices
-God allows mankind to make choices
-Explains why there is evil in the world and allows God to be omnibenevolent and omnipotent
Flaws: If God was omnibenevolent and omnipotent he would find a way to allow mankind to have free will and not sin - 23What is Original Sin?Condition that means you are born with the temptation to commit sin. Came from the St Augustine doctrine, not in Bible.
- 24What is the Roman Catholic view of evil?God did not create evil; evil came into the world because of "The Fall"
- Because of Adam and Eve's actions all mankind is born with original sin
Strength: The Fall is in Genesis and God could have got rid of evil but he gave free will
Flaw: Original Sin not in Bible
- Why would an omnibenevolent God put sin into the world?
- God has punished all of mankind with a condition for just 2 people - 25Where is there a reference to original sin?Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin and in this way death came to all men because all sinned."
- 26Explain the importance of the crucifixionJesus was the son of God and allowed himself to be crucified by the Romans. He died came back 3 days later from the dead. In this way he 'atoned' for the 'original sin' of humanity and overcame the power of death. People were redeemed from their sins because he died.
- 27Literalist view of devil?Believes he was an actual physical being who tempted Jesus in the wilderness.
Matthew 4:! "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil" - 28Liberal view of the devil?View Satan as a principle or concept of evil, without any physical existence or personality. They acknowledge that Jesus and his disciples believed in the presence of a living entity called Satan
- 29What is the problem of evil?Evil exists in a world created and sustained by an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God and this seems to be inconsistent.
- A god who is omnibenevolent will have a motive to get rid of evil
- A God who is omnipotent will have the ability to get rid of evil
- Evil exists in the world
Therefore either God doesn't exist or he is not omnipotent or omnibenevolent - 30Humanist view of evil?All human beings have the choice of how to behave. They can either choose to live their lives and behave in a way which is good for themselves and for other people or they can live in a way that might seem good for them but damaging for others.
- 31What is the Augustine theodicy?Argued that the Bible shows that God is entirely good and that he created a world prefect;y good and free from defect, evil and suffering according to Genesis 1.
1) God created all things good
2) Evil is not good
3) Therefore, God did not create evil - 32Strengths of Augustine theodicy?Strengths: It would not be right for God to intervene to stop evil. God is JUST. Therefore, he has to allow for us to face the punishment of sin which is DEATH and HELL.
- Suffering is essential to survive, things must die in order for other things to live, God must bear the responsibility of this. - 33Flaws of Augustine theodicy?Augustine's view is that the world was made perfect and damaged by humans is contrary to the theory of evolution which asserts that the universe began as chaos and has been developing continually.
-The existence of hell as a place of eternal punishment seems a contradiction for an all-loving God. If hell was part of the design then did God plan for the world to go wrong. - 34What is the Iranaeus theodicy?Also suggestsed that could be traced back to human free will. However, he differed from Augustine by saying that God did not make a perfect world and that evil has a valuable part to play in God's plan for humanity. Thought God created humans imperfectly in order that they could develop into perfection over time.
Flaw: Psychopaths never learn.
-In the Bible it states that man was created perfectly at first
-Makes good moral behaviour point;ess - 35What was John Hick's theory?Rejected the idea that humans were created perfectly. Thought that humans were still in the process of creation, believes that the fall of man is actually a description of the current state of man.
- 36Name the ways Christians can respond to suffering1) Look to the Bible
2) Ask another Christian or the Church
3) Conscience
4) Prayer
5) Holy Spirit
6) Example of Jesus
7) Agape
8) Patience
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