Unit 4 The Problem Of Evil And Suffering

Question 1

How do religious people explain natural disasters if god is omnipotent

Answer 1

God isn’t to blame for bad weather, these are caused by the same forces that made the volcanoes to shape the world into what it is now

Question 2

How to religious people respond to man made suffering

Answer 2

God doesn’t control us and gave us freewill, therefore, there will be some that cause suffering for others

Question 3

What are the purposes for suffering

Answer 3

Mothers suffer in child birth to create life
People suffer to achieve a goal such as climbing everest
It is a test by god to test your loyalty
It’s a punishment

Question 4

What do buddhists believe suffering is caused by and what are the three poisons

Answer 4

Craving or desire. The three poisons are hatred, greed and ignorance

Question 5

What do christians blame suffering on

Answer 5

It is the result of people having freewill

It is because of the devil

Question 6

What do Hindus think suffering is caused by

Answer 6

It’s the result of bad karma you’ve gotten from this life and a past life. You can get good karma by helping others and reducing the suffering of others

Question 7

What does Islam teach suffering is caused by

Answer 7

It is from the freewill we have been given and from shayton. The source of evil that’s job is to test people but not do anything more than they can handle

Question 8

What is suffering

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What is responsibility

Answer 9

The idea that we are in charge and responsible for our own actions

Question 10

What is natural suffering

Answer 10

Suffering caused by nature

Question 11

What us man made suffering

Answer 11

Suffering caused by the actions of people

Question 12

What is freewill

Answer 12

Having the ability to choose or determine ones own destiny

Question 13

What is just

Answer 13

Fair or right

Question 14

What is evil

Answer 14

The opposite of good, a force or the personification of a negative power

Question 15

What is unjust

Answer 15

Unfair or not right

Question 16

What is a personal being for evil

Answer 16

The idea that exil is a spirit or devil, rather than an impersonal force

Question 17

What is a physiological phenomenon

Answer 17

An idea about the nature of evil that is something arising from the mind of a person

Question 18

What is an impersonal force

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Summarise story of job and what religion does it teach

Answer 19

Satan challenge god that he can turn Job against god if he gave him lots of suffering. God allowed Satan to carry out jobs trials, killing his children and destroying his pi cessions. Job stills stays loyal to god. Jobs friends think this is a punishment from god but job insists he did nothing wrong, he begins to lose faith. Then one friends suggested the idea that we can’t understand god but know his actions are for good. This builds jobs faith, he is then rewarded with more children and more money and along life. Judaism

Question 20

What do sikhs believe evil is caused by

Answer 20

Humans aren’t evil by nature but are self centred and ignorant, this blinds them from god and creates evil

Question 21

What do Hindus think evil is caused by

Answer 21

They believe god is all good and light, they believed when people turn away from god, they cast a shadow in god light, this shadow is evil