Evil And Suffering Flashcards
Evil means
Morally wrong or bad
Suffering means
Undergoing pain
Natural evil is caused by
Nature
Moral evil is caused by
Human beings
Free will is the idea that
Humans are free to make their own moral choices
Penitence is
The action or feeling of showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong
Heaven is
A physical place in the afterlife for the righteous
Hell is
A place or state where gods judgment is on unrepentant sinners
Gehenna is the Hebrew word for
Place of torment or suffering
Sheol is the Hebrew word for
A place of waiting for judgement
Dukkha means
Suffering or illness
Nirvana means
The state when Buddhists have achieved understanding and have broken free of the cycle of life and death
Jesus’ first temptation was
To turn rocks into bread (hedonism)
Jesus’ 2nd temptation was
To throw himself off the temple and gods angels would catch him (egoism)
Jesus’ 3rd temptation was
To bow down and worship the devil and have great wealth and kingdoms (materialism)
Old Testament contains
Law and judgement
New Testament contains
Grace and forgiveness
Theodicy is
An attempt to answer the question of why a good god allows evil
Job’s 1st test was
Emotional suffering
Job’s 2nd test was
Physical suffering
Job’s 3rd test was
Social suffering
Irenaeus taught
That suffering brings you closer to god
St Augustine taught
Suffering was caused by humans not god
The passion refers to the suffering and death
If Jesus Christ “my god, my god, why have you forsake me?”
