Evil & Suffering

Question 1

What is evil and suffering?

Answer 1

Evil is the committing of harmful deeds, usually accompanied by suffering (pain or distress).

Question 2

Where is God in the midst of suffering?

Answer 2

Christians believe that God understands our suffering. For example Jesus, God’s Son, suffered at the hands of both his friends amd enemies.
Christians do not always escape trouble, but they are confident of God’s support.
God created people out lf love and with freedom of choice. This means that God will not intervene in every case to stop people from suffering.
Christians believe that God is in control. He alone knows the reason for suffering.

Question 3

What qualities do Christians believe God has?

Answer 3

God has qualities that no other being has:
- All powerful (omnipotent) - God must be able to remove evil and suffering.
- All knowing (omniscient) - God must know the evil and suffering in the world.
- All loving (omnibenevolent) - God must want to remove evil and suffering.

Question 4

Omni

Answer 4

All

Question 5

What is moral evil?

Answer 5

People’s behaviour which is deliberately cruel

Question 6

What is natural evil?

Answer 6

Events which harm or kill people but are not caused by humans.

Question 7

Anoint?

Answer 7

To rub with oil

Question 8

Who was Maximilian Kolbe?

Answer 8

He was a Catholic priest who hid Jewish people.
He was imprisoned for hiding the .
He was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.
He volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German desth camp of Auschwitz.
He is the paton saint of amateur radio operators, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists and any more.

Question 9

What are the two sacraments of healing?

Answer 9

Reconciliation
Annointing of the sick

Question 10

What was Annointing of the sick previously known as?

Answer 10

The Last Rites

Question 11

What is the sacrament given for?

Answer 11

It is given by God for our spiritual health and well-being.

Question 12

On what 3 occasions can you recieve the sacrament?

Answer 12

Before surgery
If you have a long-term illness
Getting older

Question 13

What are the four effects of the sacrament?

Answer 13

Uniting the sick with Jesus
Forgives sins
Gives strength
Prepares you for death

Question 14

Who can administer the sacrament and where can it be celebrated?

Answer 14

Priest or Bishop
It can be done anywhere

Question 15

What three things does the priest do when he administers the sacrament?

Answer 15

Lays his hands on the sicks’ head
Anoints them on their palms and forehead
Says a prayer

Question 16

What four spiritual benefits can this sacrament give us?

Answer 16

Comfort
Strength
Courage
Hope

Question 17

Can this sacrament only be celebrated by the dead?
Should this sacrament only be given to the dying?
Is this sacrament repeatable?

Answer 17

No
No
Yes

Question 18

What is Euthanasia?

Answer 18

Endling the life of someone whp is suffering, with the aim of preventing more suffering (‘mercy killing’ or ‘assisted dying’)

Question 19

What are the four types of euthanasia?

Answer 19

Voluntary
Involuntary
Passive
Active

Question 20

What is voluntary euthanasia?

Answer 20

The person asks someone to help them die. Also known as assisted suicide.

Question 21

What is involuntary euthanasia?

Answer 21

others decide that it would be best gor a person’s life to end, because they cannot make the decision for themselves.

Question 22

What is passive euthanasia?

Answer 22

Withdrawing medical treatment with the intention of ending a person’s life.

Question 23

What is active euthanasia?

Answer 23

Taking action that brings about death.

Question 24

Arguments for euthanasia being legal?

Answer 24

Some people just wait for death
Every day is suffering for some people with medical problems

Question 25

Arguments against euthanasia?

Answer 25

We shouldn’t give up on people’s lives
People who find themselves dependent might think death is the only option
Their families and friends are the ones who suffer
Catholics believe meaning can always be found in life

Question 26

What is a hospice?

Answer 26

A place where terminally ill people can go to recieve palliative care.

Question 27

What is palliative care?

Answer 27

Pain relief (without curing the cause of illness).

Question 28

What does termianlly ill mean?

Answer 28

Incurable illness, expected to result in the death of the patient.

Question 29

What is the main difference between a hospice and a hospital?

Answer 29

Patients in a hospice have no hop of recoveing whereas patients in a hospital are there to get better.

Question 30

What are the three main aims of a hospice?

Answer 30

To relive the pain of the patient
To enable patients and their families to open up
To care for the emotional needs of relatives before, during and after death

Question 31

What do patients in a hospice do?

Answer 31

They talk about death and their anxieties and do activites such as bingo and painting.

Question 32

What do hospices do for relatives?

Answer 32

Relatives are able to open up and talk about their fears of the patient’s death and they recieve care for their emotional needs from the hospices.

Question 33

How do hospices keep going?

Answer 33

Fundraising from people because they are free.

Question 34

What is a genocide?

Answer 34

The deliberate killing of a large group of people of a particular nation or ethnic group.

Question 35

What was the percentage of Hutus and Tutsis?

Answer 35

Hutus (84%)
Tutsis (15%)

Question 36

What are some stats about the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 36

Over the course of 100 days, from 6th April 1994, an estimated 800,000 people were killed, mostly Tutsis but also moderate Hutus.