Good And Evil

Question 0

Evil?

Answer 0

What is morally wrong/what causes suffering/what prevents humans from flourishing in accordance with God will

Question 1

Good?

Answer 1

What is morally right/what enables humans to flourish in accordance with God’s will / that helps others

Question 2

The devil (Satan)?

Answer 2

Symbol of evil in the Christian tradition/fallen angel (lucifer)/ enemy of God

Question 3

Free will?

Answer 3

The ability to make moral choices (given to humans by God according to to Christians)

Question 4

The fall?

Answer 4

The name given to the account of Adam and Eve sins and its consequences (Genesis 2-3)

Question 5

Original sin?

Answer 5

The mistake (sin) made by Adam and Eve that first brings evil and suffering into creation

Question 6

Redemption?

Answer 6

The forgiveness of sin offered to all humans by Jesus/ the promise of reconciliation with God

Question 7

Natural evil?

Answer 7

Suffering resulting from natural event (e.g tsunamis, earthquake,ect)

Question 8

Moral evil?

Answer 8

Suffering resulting from human actions (e.g bulling, murder)

Question 9

Theodicy?

Answer 9

Religious attempts to answer or explain the problem of evil

Question 10

Suffering?

Answer 10

The experience of pain and distress (physical, e.g. Broken leg or psychologic, e.g bereavement)

Question 11

Conscience?

Answer 11

The ‘internal’ voice helping us decide between is right and wrong/ ‘God-given’, scooting to Christian/ the source of our feeling of guilt

Question 12

Humanism?

Answer 12

The belief that humans, not God, determine what is right and wrong (a secular- non-religious- view)