Y8 T1-PROBLEM OF EVIL Flashcards
What is moral evil?
Humans actively causing evil
Examples of moral evil
War bombing, climate change pollution,etc.
What is natural evil?
Humans not actively causing evil
Examples of natural evil
Fires, drought, tornado, disease
,earthquakes
What’s theodicy?
An explanation for why God would allow evil in the world
What does the story of job teachers about why there is evil in the world?
Because he had a good life without blessings then lost everything yet remained faithful to God his friends believed he did something wrong but job realised he did not and needed to know God’s plan after everything that happened job got rewarded for staying faithful and this teachers, us that we don’t know God’s plan
What is the problem of evil?
Yeah, do that if God existed and there would be no evil in the world
What is the inconsistent triad?
God is omnipotent. God is Omnibenevolent and evil exist.
How can people who believe in God explain evil?
Evil and suffering may be a test from God,evil is the result of free will,evil is necessary to grow ourselves and we do not know why there is evil suffering in the world but we should God.
What is stewardship?
Christians believe humans are stewards of the Earth so we have a duty to care for it for future generations because God has gifted it to us.
What is the inconsistent triad?
It is an inconsistent to believe in all loving and all powerful God that created the world with evil in it
Who is the inconsistent tried created by? And what was his theory?
It was created by David Hume and he analogy of a falling down house to show how religious people react to the floors of the world
What are the four reasons why people can believe in God and explain evil?
It is a test from God,it is a result of free well,it’s necessary to grow our souls and we do not know why but we should trust God.
Who is Saint Augustine and what did he present?
He was a fifth century Christian and believe that humans have been given complete free will as a gift from God as it is free will humans can do bad with it.
