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section 1 : christian beliefs Flashcards

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what is monotheism

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the belief of one God

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what does transcendent mean

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it means that God is everywhere and can move betweehn heaven and earth

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what does eternal mean

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everlaqsting,has beginning and no end

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what does omni benevolent mean

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God is all loving

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what does omnipotent means

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God is all powerful

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what does omniscient mean

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God is all knowing/all seeing

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what is a doctrine

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it is the belief or set of beliefs held and taught by the church

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what is the trinity

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it is a doctrine unique to christianity. It is the belief tghat there is only one God in three person.Three in One

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in christianity how many Gods are there

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one

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what does homousious mean

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they are all of the same substance

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what is catechism

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it is a summary of official teachings olf the catholic church

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name three traits id the father in the trinity

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  • will look after his children with loving care
  • the creator of everything that exists in the universe,inculding the world,nature and humans
  • he is transendent
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what are three traits of the holy spirit in the trinity

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  • comforter,helping and inspiring
  • the presense of God in the world
  • the breath of God
  • the myserious force which christians can know God
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what are three traits of the son in the trinity

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  • immanet and reedmer
  • God inarnate-took on human form in order to help people
  • will return to the world ihn the future to establish God’s kingdom
  • suffered si that people’s sins could be forgiven
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why is the trinity important to christians

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uit shows how God is revealed to the world in three ways( God is still one), the father,son and holy spirit

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what do christains believe about the trinity

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that each peron of the trinity has a unique role,such as God the son was incarnated as human jesus, he is therefore the perfect role model for christians to follow

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name a real life example of the trinity

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Soild,water and gas

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Where is the word -. trinity never used

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in the Bible which leads some people to question if the doctrine ofthe trinity is real

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What scripture describez the baptism of jesus

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Matthew 3:16-17

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In matthew 3:16-17 , who is the voice and where is the holy spirit

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Thd ho!yspirit is represnted as adove and the voice is God

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what does the nicene creed state

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” we belive in one God, the father, the almity,maker of heaven and earth…

we believe in one lord,Jesus Christ, the only son of God,eternally begotten of the father

we believe in the holy spirit,the giver of life,who proceeds from the father and the son

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What does the catesisum of the church say about the trinity

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The mystery of the most holy trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life.it is the mystery of God himself

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What is catechism

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A summary of official teachings of the church

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What does Matthew 3:16 -17 say

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At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

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What does eternally forgotten mean

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The son of god has always existed and is in relationship as God the son

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what happenes on each of the days of creation

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  1. the heavens and the earth were created as well as light and darkness
    2.the water and skies were created
    3.land and plants were created
  2. sun, moon and stars were created
    5.birds and fish were created
  3. land animals and humans were created. humans were put in charge (stewardship)
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what is the literist or creationists view of the story of creation

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God created the world just asn the bible told in exactly 6 days . the bible is the sacred word of God so take it literally

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what is the view of the no literalists or metaphoricalists

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Creation story is metaphorical e.g. 6 days is longer period,
science and religion helps explain the creation story

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what is incarnation

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God took human form through Jesus and lived and died in the world.

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why did jesus ddie at the cross

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  1. Live among people to show he understands and identifies with human suffering.
  2. Teach people what God is like, that he
    loves humans and is all-powerful.
  3. Help restore human relationship with God
    after original sin, allowing Christians to
    have a relationship with God
    Importance of incarnation today
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how did jesus show us that he is divine

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-performed miracles
- was resurrected
- forgave sins
- free from sin
- virgin mother

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how did jesus show that he was human

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born to human
mother
- human emotions
“wept”
- Prayed to God
- He died
- Got tired and hungry

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What were the five key events of jesus’s last days

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1.last supper
3.. betrayl and arrest
2.cruxifiction
4.ressurection
5.ascension

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What was the last supper

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He had a dinner with his disciples.They ate bread and wine and jesus said take this bread as my body and the wine as my blood

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what was the betrayl and arrest of Jesus

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Judas betrayed him and kissed him on the cheek to show the soldiers which one was going to kill him.Jesus already knew someone was going to betray him

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what was the cruxifiction of Jesus

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Jesus sentenced to death for blasphemy. Nailed to cross. this is proof of his humanity, sacrifice for human sins to be
forgiven and restored relationship with God

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What was the ressurection of jesus

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he was brought back to life 3 days
later. *Proof of divinity and life after death

38
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what was the ascension of jesus

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he Taught disciples after
resurrection then told them he would send
the Holy Spirit to help guide them, before
going up to heaven.

39
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what is salvation

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is being saved from sin and its consequence

40
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what is atonement

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restoring relationship between God and humans (broke when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and chose to sin -The Fall).Jesus did this through his sacrifice =
redemption for humans.

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Because of atonement and salavation what can humans now do

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  1. have a relationship with God
  2. enter heaven when they die
  3. be saved from sin
42
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What are the inflluence of the belief of atonement and salvation on christians

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Live good, moral lives and follow Jesus
- Avoid sinning
- Repent for sins

43
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what is the signifigance of atonement and salvation

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-#Restored relationship
- All-powerful and loving God
- Hope of reward in the afterlife

44
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what is heaven

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A physical place
- A spiritual state
- Open to everyone as Jesus
- Only those who believe in
Jesus will go to heaven

45
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what is hell

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those who turn away from God

46
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what is purgatory

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People’s souls purify here
before entering heaven.
- Invented place, not real

47
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what is judgement

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Happens for all on Day of

judgement
- Judgement as soon as an
individual dies.

48
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what is resurrection

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Both spiritual and physical
– physical bodies raised
and turned to new
spiritual bodies
- Just spiritual, soul
resurrected.

49
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what is moral evil

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actions by humans that cause sufferong

50
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what is natural evil

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natural events that cause suffering

51
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what is the inconsistent triad

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If God is omnibenevolent he should
want to remove evil and suffering
2. If God is omnipotent he is able to
remove evil and suffering
3. If God is all knowing he would know
when evil and suffering is taking place
Evil and suffering exists therefore God cannot
exist.

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what will christians struggle with because of the inconsistent triad

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Christians may struggle to worship a God that
allows evil and suffering to exist or question
whether God is all-powerful, all loving and all
knowing at the same time.

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what are the bibilical solution to evil

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Suffering is a part of life – Jesus suffered
- Put trust in God even if they can’t
understand why they are suffering – story
of Job.
- Pray to God for comfort
- One day all suffering will end.

54
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what are other solutions to evil

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Augustinian theodicy- Free will, wrong
decisions = suffering
- John Hick- Vale of Soul-making = purpose
behind it, makes you stronger
- Good and bad has to exist to allow people
to use free will

55
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what are theoritical solutions to evil

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God created Adam and Eve who used free
will to disobey God, as a result evil and
suffering seeped into the world.

56
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what is a practical solution to evil

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Give to charity/ pray for others/ be kind

57
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what are qualities that christians believe God possesses

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christian believe god is all pwerful then nothing is impossible for him; if he is all good then he is loving and because of these qualities he not only wants to help but he is able to

58
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psalm 103:6

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the lord works in righeousness and justice for all the oppressed

59
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what does psalms 103:6 mean

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he can do anything and wants to help people who are suffering

60
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what are four types of natural evil

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landslides, earthquakes, potholes and hurricanes

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what are four types of man made evil

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deforestation, muder, war and crime

62
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what are four examples of natural and manmade evil

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death, diseases, faminine, wildfires

63
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what is free will

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a choice for freedom

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what is evil

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a form of punishment for orginal sin

65
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why did God give humans free will

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to act how they want, therefore humans choose to be evil

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what are the three persons in the trinity

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the father, the son and the holy spirit

67
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who is known as the creator

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God, the father

68
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what is jesus known as in the three persons

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took human form, divine and human

69
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who is the holy spirit

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inspired the apostles at pentecost and is believed to be the active present of GOd in the world today, in the church and in individuals

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does the trinity contradict monothesim

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  1. if there were many Gods, god couldn’t be all powerful
  2. christians believe that God is three seperate persons but one God
  3. the belief in the trinity is difficult for some chrisitians because it appears to contradict monothesim
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mark 1:10 -11

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just as jesus was coming out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the spirit desceneded on him like a dove. and a voice came from the heavens: “ you are my son, whom i love ; with him i am well pleased “

72
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the expression of the belief in the trinity is expressed where

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the nicene creed

73
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what does the catecism of the church say about the trinity

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christians are baptised in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit… the faith of all christians rests on the trinity

74
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genesis 3:23

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so the lord banished adam from the garden of eden to work the ground from which he had been taken

75
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why did God give humans free will

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so that they can act how they want therefore humans choose to be evil

76
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what are three practivccal responses to the problem of evil

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  1. many christians believe they should respond to evil and sufferung by helping the world
  2. the life od jesus in the gospels shows that even Gods own son had to suffer and that jesus commanded his followers to respond to suffering by helping those who suffer
  3. all christians believe that they should respond to the problem by helping those who suffer
77
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what is a pracrical response to the intercessionary prayer

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many pray for those who are sufferin. they believe they can change the impact of evil by praying to God on behalf of those who are suffering

78
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christians solutions to the probleem of evil suffering

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  1. there is no simple answer to suffering
  2. you will experince suffering but we need to trust God
  3. learn and understand evil is a problem but move away from it
  4. God will help you through your suffering
79
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what is tear fund

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a charity

80
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what does tearfund believe

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poverty is caused by God or us

81
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how do tear fund help people

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using bible trainign so people can put on the full armout of God, praying, taking action and giving

82
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what do tearfund want to create

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a world free from extreme poveryu

83
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what are the strengths of biblical solutions to the problem of evil

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  1. helps christians understand God more clearly and trust everything will be fine
  2. help christians believe God acts for good in the world
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what are the weeknesses of biblical solutions to the problem of evil

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  1. people in the bible still expeince sufffering and God doesn;t always step in
  2. it can be hard to trust God when things aren’t going well
85
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what are strengths of the theoritcial sourions to the problem of evil

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  1. explains that evil and suffering come from human free will and not from God
  2. encourages christians to use times of evil and suffering to make right choices
86
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what are weaknesses of the theortical solutions to the problem of evil

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  1. God created the universe, therefore he must be resposnisble for evil
  2. may not be reasonable to expect peiple to respond well in times of suffering
87
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what are strenths to practical solutions for the problem of evil

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christians would say that practical respinses to evil and suffering are not a solution to the problem but they can be successful in easing suffering

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