issues of good and evil

Question 1

four aims of punishment

Answer 1

retribution
rehabilitation
deterrence
protection

Question 2

Christian teachings on forgiveness

Answer 2

Do not forgive 7 times but 77 times
Love thy neighbour
Jesus died for our sins

Question 3

Christian teachings on evil and why ut exists

Answer 3

Original sin
Jesus died in the cross
We just dont understand

Question 4

Christian teachings on death penalty

Answer 4

• an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth
• love thy neighbour
• do not murder/ sanctity of life

Question 5

Muslim teaching on death penalty

Answer 5

Shariah law

Question 6

Christian teachings punishment/ death penalty

Answer 6

• an eye for an eye
• love thy neighbour
• thou shall not murder
• do not repay anyone evil with evil
• Sanctity of life
• Only God has the right to take life

Question 7

Islam teachings punishment/ death penalty

Answer 7

• Do not take life which God has made sacred except for just cause
• If someone kills a soul, it is as though he has killed mankind entirely

Question 8

Christian impacts on punishment/ death penalty

Answer 8

• Conservative states like Texas still have death penalty
• Quakers campaign against death penalty since 1818
• may campaign for death penalty to be reintroduced in the UK

Question 9

Islam impacts on punishment/ death penalty

Answer 9

• Many Muslim countries still have death penalty, firing squad, beheading etc
• Shariah Law

Question 10

Christian teachings forgiveness

Answer 10

• forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us
• Father forgive them, for they know not what they do
• parable of the unforgiving servant
• Jesus said to not forgive 7 times, but 77 times
• Blessed are the peacemakers

Question 11

Christian forgiveness impacts

Answer 11

• Christians will turn the other cheek, not retaliate or belittle someone who has done them wrong
• Gee walker forgave her sons killers after a hatecrime killing
• Christians may become prison chaplains
• May turn to restorative justice
• MLK

Question 12

Islam teachings forgiveness

Answer 12

Allah will forgive people on the Day of Judgement for things which they have done

• Story of the Prophet and the woman
• If you pardon and overlook and forgive - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Question 13

Islam forgiveness impacts

Answer 13

• forgive people so they’ll get rewarded in Jannah
• Pray for people who do them wrong rather than belittle them
• Help people rather than seek revenge
• Azim Khamisa forgave her sons killer

Question 14

Christian teachings about why evil exists

Answer 14

• Helps us understand Jesus
• Original sin
• Life is a test
• evil exists because good exists
• we have free will, “the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth.”

Question 15

Christian impacts about the problem of evil

Answer 15

• Christians will maintain their faith in God and will get rewarded when their suffering ends
• Christians may accept that God has a purpose for us and he will never give us more suffering that we are able to cope with
• they will pray
• they will help others who are suffering

Question 16

Islam teachings about the problem of evil

Answer 16

• Al - Qadr (predestination), will and plan of God
• Life is a test
• Evil comes from Shaytaan

Question 17

Islam impact about the problem of evil

Answer 17

• Muslims will resist temptations from Shaytan and try to carry out as many good deeds they can
• Muslims should never give up their faith in Allah
  Muslims regularly use the phrase ‘insha’Allah’, which means ‘if God wills it’ to express the belief that everything happens as a direct result of God’s will.

Question 18

what is the inconsistent triad

Answer 18

The belief that God cannot be omnipotent, omnibenevolent and still allow evil to happen

Question 19

Will of Allah

Answer 19

Muslims believe that everything which happens is a result of God’s will, and that nothing can happen unless it is permitted by God. This does not mean people do not have free will. What it does mean is that everything which happens is predestined by God. Muslims regularly use the phrase ‘insha’Allah’, which means ‘if God wills it’ to express the belief that everything happens as a direct result of God’s will.