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Good and evil Flashcards

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Concept of Good and Evil
God
Old Testament

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God is described as so perfect that Moses cannot look at God.

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Concept of Good and Evil
God
New Testament

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God is described as loving and forgiving. Christians believe that God is the ‘Supreme Being’.
God is perfect and has qualities that humans simply cannot comprehend.
Ultimate Good

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Concept of Good and Evil
God
Christianity theory

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If there is an Ultimate Good, there has to be an opposite - Ultimate Evil, known as the Devil or Satan.

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Concept of Good and Evil
The Devil
Traditionally

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Male, red in colour, horns, a tail, and carrying a pitchfork.

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Concept of Good and Evil
The Devil
Names

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Lucifer
The Accuser
The Father of Lies
The Serpent

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Concept of Good and Evil
The Devil
In the Bible

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Tempting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Testing Job - causing him all sorts of suffering to lose faith faith in God.
Tempting Jesus offering him great power and riches.

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Concept of Good and Evil
The Devil
Christians who interpret the Bible literally.

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Believe the Satan is real, and rules over hell.

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Concept of Good and Evil
The Devil
Liberal Christians

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Suggest the devil is the potential we all have to choose evil rather than good: Hell is not a real place, but a place where God is absent.

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Fall of the original sin and redemption
The Fall
The Bible

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Eve was tempted to eat forbidden fruit by the serpent. - from the start humans have rebelled against God, since then humans have been born in a state of sin.

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Fall of the original sin and redemption
The Fall
The Crucifixion

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The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross redeemed humanity from original sin so that people could go to heaven.

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Fall of the original sin and redemption
The Fall
Why Christians believe in evil.

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Christians believe that evil exists in the world for a purpose.
God is omniscient and omnipotent, so is aware that humans suffer.

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Fall of the original sin and redemption
God’s impact on evil
Some believers

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Think that God chooses to do nothing about suffering

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Fall of the original sin and redemption
God’s impact on evil
Other Christians

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Free will given to humans at the Creation means that we have to make choices for ourselves, and thus come to appreciate the power and love of God.

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Fall of the original sin and redemption
God’s impact on evil
Example of Job

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The Job suffered but kept his faith, coming to the realisation that God had a plan for him.

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The problem of evil
How Christians respond to suffering
Some Christians

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Suffering strengthens a believers faith - God would not test a Christian with more than they could bear.

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The problem of evil
How Christians respond to suffering
Christians

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Jesus suffered on their behalf even though he did not deserve to, and this gives them the strength to cope with their own suffering.

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The problem of evil
How Christians respond to suffering
Christians-God

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Humans have free will, God must have a plan to end suffering in the future.
Humans have to accept natural suffering as they can do nothing about it.

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The problem of evil
How Christians respond to suffering
A Christian

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May feel that it is hard to believe in the goodness of God, but try to accept a purpose to their suffering even though they do not understand what it is.

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The problem of evil
How Christians respond to suffering
Many Christians

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Use prayer as a way of responding to suffering.

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Behaving morally

Christians

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Humans were made ‘in the image of God’.

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Behaving morally
The Bible
Christians

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The mora code and guide lines written in the bible are there for a reason and should be followed - they show the way to God wishes them to behave. - by doing this they believe they will be rewarded after death.

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Concept of Good and Evil

God

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God is the beginning of everything and everything which God created is good.

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Concept of Good and Evil
Devil
Some Christians

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If there is evil in the world then there must also be a power of evil as well as a power of good. This power is often referred to as the Devil.

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Concept of Good and Evil
Devil
Other Christians

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Say that there is no such thing as the Devil and that it is people who chose to be evil.

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Concept of Good and Evil
The Apocrypha
Devil

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The original story of the Devil as a fallen angel is not found in the Bible as it was not thought to be suitable to include in the Bible itself.

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