Good And Evil - Philosophy

Question 1

What are the two different Christian concepts of evil?

Answer 1

Moral evil

Natural evil

Question 2

What is the definition of moral evil?

Answer 2

The evil that people (humans) bring about themselves or on others.

People choose poor behaviour, greed, dishonesty or selfishness. Some of the cruelest evil in the world is caused by human beings

Question 3

What is free will to christians?

Answer 3

The belief that God have everyone the choice to do good or evil and make their own decisions and if people do not make good decisions, then they will bring about suffering

Question 4

What is the definition of natural evil?

Answer 4

The evil that shows itself through natural disasters

These events do not seem to be anyone’s fault and natural evil is often very unfair. Eg when good people suffer from disease or natural disasters strike the poorest people in the world

Question 5

Give some examples of natural evil… name 3

Answer 5

Earthquakes, floods, disease, tornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes

Question 6

What are the three problems with evil? (Humanist) name 2

Answer 6

If god is all loving … then why doesn’t he stop evil that harms people?

If god is all powerful … why doesn’t he stop the devil and suffering?

If god is all knowing … why did he create the devil know that evil would result?

In conclusion god cannot exist as well as evil

Question 7

What’s a theodicy?

Answer 7

Views on the idea of evil

Question 8

What are 2 Christian responses to evil? (5)

Answer 8

• you can’t have good without bad
• suffering is preparation for heaven
• suffering is a test from god
• prayer
• suffering is a mystery

Question 9

What are monotheists?

Answer 9

People that believe there is only one god

Question 10

Christians are _________ so they only believe there is one god

Answer 10

Monotheists

Question 11

Christians believe God is extremely _____ and _________ from everyone else

Answer 11

Holy and different

Question 12

What the 3 ‘O’ words to describe God?

Answer 12

Omnipotent

Omniscient

Omnibenevolent

Question 13

What does omnipotent mean?

Answer 13

Powerful (has a P in it)

This means he can create, destroy and change any part of the world he wishes

Question 14

What does omniscient mean?

Answer 14

Seeing (has an S in it!!)

This means he’s all seeing and all knowing. He sees the past, present and future all at once. There is no secrets from God

Question 15

What does omnibenevolent mean?

Answer 15

Love - (it has love spelt backwards in it!)

God is the source of all love in the universe. He wants what is best for all humans and does everything because he cares for people.

Question 16

God is all _______, all________ and all________

Answer 16

Knowing
Loving
Powerful

Question 17

Why do some Christians think that there is evil in the world?

Answer 17

Because of Satan (the devil)

Question 18

Who is Satan to Christians?

Answer 18

The devil who is believed to be the enemy of god and rules in hell. He tries to make humanity turn away from goodness.

Question 19

According to early Christine doctrine, what was he story as to how the devil was created?

Answer 19

He was created good but was jealous of god and decided to fight against him instead of being obedient

Question 20

The devil appears in the bible __ times

Answer 20

3

Question 21

What’s the literal and symbolic views on the devil?

Answer 21

Literal - he is a real person that stands for everything bad in the world. He tries to tempt good people to do bad things

Symbolic - some say it’s just a poetic way of explaining how people feel pulled in different directions and why they often want to do things even if they know they are wrong

Question 22

What are the 5 different Christian responses to suffering?

Answer 22

• it’s necessary
• they will be a life after death in heaven
• suffering is caused by sin
• humans have free will - up to them
• God suffers people, and that’s part of his plan

Question 23

What’s the word that helps u remember the 5 Christian ways of suffering?

Answer 23

Nuclear - necessary 
Helicopters - heaven
Scare - sin
French - free will 
People - plan

Question 24

What does theodicy mean? The

Answer 24

‘In defence of God’ and it’s an argument against the problem of evil.

Question 25

What are the two theodicies?

Answer 25

* Angustinian theodicy | * Iranaeas theodicy

Question 26

What's the Augustinian theodicy?

Answer 26

Evil is caused by the absence of goodness caused by the free will of humans and the choices they make.

Question 27

What's the iranaean theodicy?

Answer 27

The idea that you need bad to appreciate the good and evil is to be overcome by the kind actions of humans

Question 28

What are the 3 main ideas about suffering that we get from the story of Job?

Answer 28

1. Suffering is a test 2. Suffering is a punishment for sin 3. Suffering is a part of gods plan

Question 29

Christians often turn to the Bible in order to learn the right way to behave. The bible is divided into 2 sections which are...

Answer 29

The Old Testament and the New Testament

Question 30

What kind of things does the Old Testament teach people about good and evil?

Answer 30

Teachings on morality. Also involves the Ten Commandments which are a universal set of rules e.g do not steal, do not kill

Question 31

What kind of things does the New Testament teach people about good and evil?

Answer 31

Teachings about morality. Includes many parables (stories) that convey a message of how to behave.

Question 32

How do Christians make moral decisions? They turn to... name 2

Answer 32

``` The bible 10 commandments Church Jesus- what would Jesus do? Conscience ```

Question 33

What's a conscience?

Answer 33

The ability to understand the difference between right and wrong. In some people this seems to be stronger than others, our conscience comes from a number of factors like upbringing. People might feel guilty if they don't follow their right/wrong conscience

Question 34

What's the example of Jesus when talking about suffering and good and bad?

Answer 34

Since Jesus suffered and died for all humanity, it is important for Christians to understand his message about the Kingdom of heaven. Jesus' sacrifice shows us how we must accept God's will.

Question 35

What are the 3 theories that Christian Philosophers have come up with? And what are they?

Answer 35

Absolute morality - someone who will always follow the rules in any situation (e.g. 10commandments) Relative morality - the idea that there aren't actions that are always right or wrong, it depends on individual circumstances Situation ethics - actions are right when they are done out of love - love is the ultimate law

Question 36

What is the holy trinity?

Answer 36

That God is one but has 3 parts, the father(creator), the son, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit which gives strength and power

Question 37

Where are the 3 times that the devil appears in the bible?

Answer 37

1. Garden of Eden - the serpent tempt eve to eat the fruit 2. Temptation of Jesus when he was fasting in the desert. The devil tempted Jesus to eat when he was fasting 3. The story of Job - tempting him to turn away from god, the devil took everything away from him to test his faith in god

Question 38

What does immoral and moral mean?

Answer 38

Immoral is the wrong thing to do and moral is the right thing to do