problem of evil

Question 1

antisemitic

Answer 1

hostile to or prejudice against jews

Question 2

asylum

Answer 2

the protection granted by a state or someone who has left their home country as a political refugee

Question 3

discrimination

Answer 3

the unjust or prejudicial treatment or different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age or sex

Question 4

genocide

Answer 4

the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group

Question 5

ghetto

Answer 5

a part of a city, especially a slum area , occupied by a minority group or groups (warsaw)

Question 6

holocaust

Answer 6

destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war

Question 7

immigration

Answer 7

the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

Question 8

inconsistent triad

Answer 8

an inconsistent triad is a set of 3 propositions. only2 of which can be true at one time. the most famous example of this commonly sited is the one posed by the problem of evil

Question 9

nazi party

Answer 9

the nazi party was a group that ruled germany between 1933 and 1945. “nazi” is a short form of the official name. in english the official name is the national socialist german workers party. under adolfs leadership the nazis started in ww2

Question 10

liberation

Answer 10

the action of setting someone free from imprisonment slavery or oppression

Question 11

prejudice

Answer 11

preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

Question 12

propaganda

Answer 12

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

Question 13

refugee

Answer 13

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster

Question 14

scapegoat

Answer 14

a person who is blamed for the wrong doings, mistakes or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency

Question 15

segregation

Answer 15

the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others

Question 16

shoah

Answer 16

the mass murder of jews under the german nazi regime during 1941-5 the holocaust - modern hebrew , literally catastrophe

Question 17

theodicy

Answer 17

the vindication of divine providence in view of the existance of evil , justifying gods power and love alongside the existence of suffering

Question 18

the problem of evil

Answer 18

the problem of evil refers to the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil with an omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipotent god

Question 19

totalitarianism

Answer 19

a system of government that is centralised and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

Question 20

what is moral evil?

Answer 20

human actions

Question 21

what is natural evil?

Answer 21

events we can’t help caused by nature

Question 22

what is omnibenevolent, omniscient and omnipotent?

Answer 22

all loving, all knowing and all powerful

Question 23

what is the inconsistent triad for the problem of evil?

Answer 23

a triangle with 3 points of a omnipotent god, omnibenevolent god and evil. where only 2 can exist at the same time to make evil possible e.g. you can’t have a all powerful and all loving god who allows evil to happen

Question 24

does suffering bring us closer to god?

Answer 24

for some people it brings them closer to god and deepens their faith and definite faith in god as praying through suffering can strengthen their relationship and believing he made suffering for the better but for some they ask why god did this and he doesn’t answer them

Question 25

what is augustneis argument?

Answer 25

adam and eve were given 1 rule to not eat the fruit and they had free will to eat or not
they committed moral evil disobeying god. world then corrupted with absence of good or privation and natural evil entered the world. we the descendants of Adam and eve share this sin, all tainted by original sin. its our fault god can’t intervene as it would take away our free will. good has to punish when make bad decisions, the death of jesus means original sin has been removed (redemption). believing in jesus sacrifice and away from sin means paradise

Question 26

what is original sin ?

Answer 26

you have the capacity to sin but you don’t have to

Question 27

why does augustine call it privation?

Answer 27

it means the lack of something. blindness isn’t evil it’s the lack of sight

Question 28

what are strengths for irenaeans theory?

Answer 28

it allows to explain the theory of evolution, explains moral and natural evil moral-free will, natural-get close to god, evil has a purpose creating obstacles to get closer to god

Question 29

what are weaknesses for irenaeans theory?

Answer 29

not all evil creates obstacles to get closer to god some evil is pointless, adam and eve where close to god and managed to not go to heaven, should all people deserve to go to heaven

Question 30

what is irenaeans theory ?

Answer 30

god is at an epistemic distance from us, with each moral action we get closer, made in gods image
god made the world with the possibility of evil and gave us free will, the world is imperfect and natural evil provides obstacles for us to overcome, with each good moral action we become more like and closer to god

Question 31

what are strengths of augustines theory?

Answer 31

god didn’t create evil we chose to he didn’t make us, they decided where their souls went, if god didn’t punish them for bad decisions then sin would go unnoticed

Question 32

what are weaknesses of augustines theory ?

Answer 32

why was there a tree in the first place (the potential of evil, we have done nothing wrong but are born with original sin from adam and eve, as god knows all he would have known adam and eve would chose evil

Question 33

what were the different roles of people in the holocaust?

Answer 33

perpetrator- those who helped in the genoside of jews , victims-those who were killed in the holocaust, rescuers- those who rescued those in camps and bystander-those who did nothing

Question 34

what was the first act against jews in 1935?

Answer 34

nuremberg laws revoked german citizenship of all jews

Question 35

what happened next in 1935?

Answer 35

jews were restricted from going to university or entering medical or legal processions

Question 36

what was a criminal offence in 1935?

Answer 36

criminal offence for jews to marry or have sexual relations with someone of german blood

Question 37

what happened in 1937?

Answer 37

jewish children were banned from going to school

Question 38

what happened in 1938?

Answer 38

jewish people were required to carry id card with them at all times. any jew who didn’t have a recognisable first name were given middle names israel or sara on identification

Question 39

what was kristallnacht?

Answer 39

1938-night of broken glass. night of extreme violence against jews, nazi stormtropers broke into and smashed up jewish shops, homes and synaguages. many ordinary germans joined in

Question 40

what happened in 1939?

Answer 40

jews were forced into ghettos. living conditions were overcrowded and many died of starvation or disease. warsaw ghetto had 40,000 jews

Question 41

what happened in 1941?

Answer 41

invasion of USSR german killing squads round up and murder jews in russia 33,000 are murdered in 2 days near kiev

Question 42

what did jews wear in 1941?

Answer 42

made to wear the yellow star of david on clothes at all times

Question 43

what happened at kristallnacht?

Answer 43

they smashed and broke peoples shops and houses. 91 were murdered and others committed suicide. were torured with their own furniture and threatened with guns to open shops, synagogues were burnt and the fire brigade didn’t do anything

Question 44

whats does liberation mean?

Answer 44

freedom of different types of people and even groups or even emotions and a newbeining and hope.

Question 45

were the jews really liberated?

Answer 45

they weren’t really free, they were mentally and physically scared for life, they had nowhere to go and no family to return to, they had no money or processions they had forgot how to live

Question 46

what happened when the jews were liberated?

Answer 46

the jews that did survive had lost most/all of their families and home, it was too late jewish communities had been wiped out 90% of polish jews had been wiped out, their lives were trying to survive every minuet , scavenge, protect themselves and they had forgotten how to live, had no purpose to live and saw the full destruction of war

Question 47

where did some jews go after liberation?

Answer 47

went to displaced persons camp and some tried to immigrate from Europe to places of no destruction like south Africa, Australia, they had a new purpose to build new life and get married

Question 48

what were concentration camps?

Answer 48

confinement of people in one place without trial, harsh conditions, no rights , nazi imprisonment, jews died due to little food and water

Question 49

what were work camps?

Answer 49

exposing jews to forced labour in camps, section of concentration camp, nazis intensions were to exterminate jews through forced labour and terrible conditions and also for economic gain

Question 50

what were transit camps?

Answer 50

camp of temporary imprisonment before going to a concentration camp, deporting jews from all over europe passing over 70,000 jews, 1000 auschwitz

Question 51

what were extermination camps?

Answer 51

camps were death factories, including the mass killing of jews between june-setptember 1941, jews in large numbers were forced into gas chambers to die and were near railway lines so could be easily transported

Question 52

what happened to peoples faith in the holocaust?

Answer 52

some people lost their faith due the question why was he letting jews die and why didn’t he help them and if lost family members would ask why he let them die. some people strengthened their faith as god was the only thing keeping them going and as they survived would thank god

Question 53

how does the holocaust fit into the inconsistent triangle?

Answer 53

if god was all loving then how could he let this go on without doing anything or answering peoples prayers that their family would be alive if he had the power to

Question 54

what happened in israel that is relevant to the holocaust?

Answer 54

after being freed in passover the jews and god made a covenant that the jews would obey his laws and god would protect and deliver them

Question 55

what disproves irenaens theory in the holocaust?

Answer 55

a christian imprisoned for helping jews and as irenaens theory says doing good things makes you become closer to god but she stopped believing in god

Question 56

how might jewish children find it hard to believe in god?

Answer 56

as their parents taught them how to believe in god if they died they might not know how to believe in god

Question 57

why do some people still believe in god after the holocaust?

Answer 57

if all the jews lost faith then there would be no jews left and hilter would have won even if he didn’t kill them they aren’t jews if they don’t believe. also people ask where was god but others ask where was humanity as they stood silently and jews have had a rough history and always managed to get back