Chapter 8

Question 1

Omnipresent

Answer 1

Always everywhere

Question 2

Omniscient

Answer 2

All knowing

Question 3

Omnipotent

Answer 3

All powerful

Question 4

Omnibelovent

Answer 4

All good

Question 5

Transcendent

Answer 5

Outside space and time (verses imminent)

Question 6

What of the above attributes come into question becase of the problem of pain

Answer 6

Omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent

Question 7

What is st Thomas Aquino s concept of evil?

Answer 7

Evil is the lack of something which an entity ought to possess from its origin

Question 8

How is privation defined?

Answer 8

It is the negation of a substance

Question 9

Of the five point that geisler mentions regarding aquinas and Augustine which one does Hardy say lies at the heart of a discussion of evil?

Answer 9

God gave some of his creatures the power of free choice

Question 10

If God chose to destroy all evil, Shay would be frightening collateral damage?

Answer 10

The elimination of humanity

Question 11

Is there a purpose for God allowing evil to exist in the world?

Answer 11

A greater good would not be possible without the chance of evil

Question 12

What nuances does Lewis provide in his discussion of human kind’s freedom of choice?

Answer 12

Perhaps man’s happiness is not God’s goal

Fire both warms and destroys

Question 13

In the chapter human wickedness Lewis suggests that there are elements that seek to divert the responsibility for human wickedness, from the issue of evil (pain) in the world. What are they?

Answer 13

Kindness or mercy
Psychoanalysis
Shift pain

Question 14

Lewis suggests there has been an essential change in the nature of man that decouples God’s creative efforts from the result of human sin. What is it?

Answer 14

Man is no longer suited toward God, himself, others, or even the universe. He is not as God made him because of his own human choice

Question 15

Lewis suggests that suffering (evil) plays a role in martyrdom, bringing people to Christ, and other good purposes. He. Additionally suggests that Satan has a role to play in the evil in the world. What is it?

Answer 15

1. Man has caused evil in the world by choice.
2. Pain tells us something is wrong
3. Humans are not capable of living independently apart from God
4. Suffering brings depth, perspective,and character to the sufferer
5. Without evil the sacrifice of Christ has no meaning