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Unit 4 Evil And Suffering Flashcards

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What is responsibility?

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Duty, the idea that we are in charge of our own actions

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What is natural suffering?

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Suffering caused by nature eg. Because of an earthquake

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What is moral (or man made suffering)?

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Suffering caused by the actions of humans eg war or crime

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What four Ds cause suffering?

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Disaster, disease, decay and death

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What is intentional human action called that results in suffering?

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Commission

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What is inactive human action that causes suffering called?

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Omission

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What is free will?

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Having the ability to choose or determine ones own actions

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What is just?

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Fail or right

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What is unjust?

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Unfair or not right

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What is an impersonal force (nature or evil)?

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The idea that evil is a power outside of people that draws them to evil

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What is omnipotent?

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All powerful

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What is omniscient?

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All knowing

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What is omnibenevolent?

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All loving

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What is omnipresent?

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Always present/ everywhere

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What is the God of classical theism?

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Theistic religions (ones that believe in God, all six except Buddhism) God is described as ring omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent and omnipresent.

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What is the inconsistent triad?

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An atheist argument that stars God can’t exist if evil and suffering do because the existence of suffering and evil means he cant be all knowing, all powerful, all loving or all present.

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Why does suffering go against God being omnipotent?

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He should be powerful enough to stop evil and suffering

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Why does suffering go against God being omnibenevolent?

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If he is all loving then why would he create and allow both evil and suffering to happen

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Why does suffering go against God being omniscient?

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If he is all knowing then he must know that evil happens and still allows it

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Why does the existence of suffering God against God being omnipresent?

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If he is everywhere then he witnesses evil and suffering but doesn’t intervene

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What’s the problem with God being all of the omnis?

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God has to be all of them and if he’s not ALL of them then by definition he cannot be God and cant exist

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What would some religious believers argue about the inconsistent triad?

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Evil and suffering doesn’t exist because of God but because of humanity’s free will. We commit sins and we are supposed to learn from these and commit good acts in the future

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What is evil?

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It could be an action but mostly is used in relation to people. It is a deliberate intentional act to cause harm or hurt others

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What is suffering?

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When people have to face and live with unpleasant events or conditions

25
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Argument about evil being caused by the devil?

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Devil is in Christianity, Islam and Judaism. It is said he causes people to misuse their free will - Adam and Eve ate the fruit

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Argument for evil being a psychological phenomenon?

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Argued that upbringing, parenting, school life, friends and society and media will influence actions of someone. If they are surrounded by bad behaviour which is passed off as the norm they can react the same way

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Argument for evil being caused by an impersonal force?

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Addicts say their behaviour is because of addiction which can be described as a force beyond their control. Evil acts as a magnet pulling them towards evil things

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Buddhism on evil

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  • evil comes from human selfishness and three poisons
  • evil actions cause suffering which is bad karma causing suffering in future
  • attempt to reduce bad karma
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Christianity on evil

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  • believe in free will and they experience suffering because of tests
  • evil because of breaking Ten Commandments
  • not because of God because we have free will
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Judaism on evil

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  • believe in creation story and free will
  • believe God has control of everything and this includes evil
  • if evil happens it is because it is an opportunity tor humans to follow him or not
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Buddhists solution to evil

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  • believe in eightfold path and five moral precepts teaching Buddhists not to harm others and if they follow them they will avoid evil
  • in order to resist temptation of evil they should follow the “right mindfulness” from eightfold path
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Christianity’s solution to evil

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  • Jesus says all Christians should treat others as they would like to be treated
  • in order to prevent evil we should be kind
  • forgiveness - don’t seek revenge
  • to get rid of evil dedicate yourself to Jesus and his teachings
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Judaisms solution for evil

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  • through your history there has been various promises or arrangements with God and their ancestors
  • they are called covenants and they can’t be broken
  • if promises kept evil won’t succeed
  • Jews must stand up for what’s right
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What is suffering?

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It is an unpleasant feeling and causes the individual a great pain and they question the cause of suffering.

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What is the argument that suffering is a test?

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By suffering we are being taught a lesson. eg. If you burn yourself on an oven you won’t do it again. We are learning from mistakes. God has a plan and we should trust he as he knows what he is doing.

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What is the “it develops us as a person” argument for suffering?

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By learning from our mistakes we are growing as people. Suffering exists so we can grow and overcome it and become stronger. Some suffering is necessary- pain in body go to a doctor

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What is natural suffering?

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It is not caused by humanity it’s just the way the world works. Humanity still steps in to try and lessen the impact and by not doing that it could cause moral suffering

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What is a religious argument against God causing natural suffering?

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Nature isn’t gods fault he created the earth but doesn’t control it now

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What is moral suffering?

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It is linked to human actions or inaction and usually falls under two categories
- commission is when humans intentionally harm someone
Omission is the inaction of humans to prevent suffering (witnessing a murder but not trying to stop it£

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What is an argument against God letting moral suffering happen?

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Human beings have free will so god cant be held accountable for the existence of moral suffering

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Buddhism on suffering

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Believe that humans inability to get away from the three poisons (greed, ignorance and hatred) causes suffering.
This materialistic nature causes suffering to exist as humans are greedy and never satisfied with what they have

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Christianity on suffering

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  • book of job as an explanation to suffering
  • job Is dedicated to god but devil argues that job will “curse his name” in relation to God
  • God takes everything from job (wife, children, crops) but job. Doesn’t “curse gods name”
  • he stayed faithful to God so he is rewarded
  • believe suffering is a test
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Judaism on suffering

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  • Suffering could exists because of free will
  • There is also an alternative reason to why suffering exists
  • God may use suffering to ensure obedience from his followers and make sure they keep the covenants to him
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Buddhists solution to suffering

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  • caused by bad karma from selfishness and obsession with materials if values
  • must get good karma by overcoming these
  • follow eightfold path and 5 moral precepts
  • care for those who suffer
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Christianity’s solution to suffering

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  • have faith in God and from suffering you will be rewarded

- following teaching of Jesus reduces suffering

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Judaism’s solution to suffering

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  • taught by prophet amos that selfishness and greed will cause suffering
  • therefore charity work and selflessness will create good chooses and reduce suffering
  • shouldn’t belittle the lives of those in need

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