good & evil keywords

Question 1

Define Suffering

Answer 1

Pain or loss which harms human beings.

Some suffering is caused by other human beings; some is not.

Question 2

Define Free-will

Answer 2

The decision making part of a person’s mind is called the will.
Free-will is when a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces.

Question 3

Define Conscience

Answer 3

Human reason making moral decisions.

The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God.

Question 4

Define Natural-law

Answer 4

The laws of right and wrong are the same for people, in all places, at all times.
Every human can discover natural law.

Question 5

Define Incarnation

Answer 5

“Made flesh”

The Christian belief that God became man in Jesus.

Question 6

Define Evil

Answer 6

The absence of good.

This at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering.

Question 7

Define Privation

Answer 7

The loss of a quality or something that is normally present.

Evil is a privation of good

Question 8

Define Goodness

Answer 8

The quality of being like God.

Seeking the well-being of others selflessly