Evil and Suffering
- Created by: Callum
- Created on: 27-05-13 08:35
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- Evil and Suffering
- Problems
- God's Nature
- All powerful, knowing and loving
- Can't be all these things and allow Evil to exist.
- All powerful, knowing and loving
- If he designed world why have flaw of Evil and Suffering
- Innocent people suffer
- God's Nature
- Suffering
- Natural
- caused by natural events e.g. Earthquakes
- God to blame?
- Theists say forces that created Earth cause Natural disasters - use Scientific Knowledge
- God to blame?
- caused by natural events e.g. Earthquakes
- Man Made
- Caused by the actions of Humanity e.g. Crime or Global Warming
- Just?
- Murderers and Criminals made to suffer
- Payback?
- Keep us healthy
- e.g. Immune System
- Appreciate things
- e.g. Sight with temporary Blindness
- Better or Stronger person
- Achieve a goal
- Test of someones faith
- Punishment of Sin
- God's mysterious plan
- Murderers and Criminals made to suffer
- Unjust?
- Innocent people
- e.g. Child abuse
- e.g. Charity workers getting Cancer/disease
- Innocent people
- Causes
- Christianity
- Free will
- Islam
- Judaism
- Free will
- Islam
- Judaism
- Buddhism
- Caused by three poisons ; Ignorance, Greed Hatred.
- Hinduism
- Sikhism
- Karma
- Hinduism
- Karma
- Christianity
- Natural
- Evil
- Nature
- Personal Force
- evil spirit or devil
- Impersonal Force
- power outside God
- Physchiological
- arises from mind of person
- Personal Force
- Religious Explanations
- Caused by free will
- Islam, Christianity and Judaism
- Root of Evil is 3 poisons
- Buddhism
- Part of samsara
- Hindusim
- God is source of Evil
- Sikhism
- Caused by free will
- Responses
- Meditate to avoid Evil thoughts
- Buddhism
- Five moral precepts ; don't harm living things, steal, lie, misuse the senses or take drugs/alcohol.
- Buddhism
- When evil is done 'turn the other cheek'
- Christianity
- Meditate and practice Yoga to overcome evil thoughts
- Hindusim
- live by Five Pillars
- Islam
- Obey God's laws and he will protect them (covenant)
- Judaism
- practice selfless service and put God at centre of Lives
- Sikhism
- Meditate to avoid Evil thoughts
- Nature
- Problems
- Responses
- Suffering
- Natural
- caused by natural events e.g. Earthquakes
- God to blame?
- Theists say forces that created Earth cause Natural disasters - use Scientific Knowledge
- God to blame?
- caused by natural events e.g. Earthquakes
- Man Made
- Caused by the actions of Humanity e.g. Crime or Global Warming
- Just?
- Murderers and Criminals made to suffer
- Payback?
- Keep us healthy
- e.g. Immune System
- Appreciate things
- e.g. Sight with temporary Blindness
- Better or Stronger person
- Achieve a goal
- Test of someones faith
- Punishment of Sin
- God's mysterious plan
- Murderers and Criminals made to suffer
- Unjust?
- Innocent people
- e.g. Child abuse
- e.g. Charity workers getting Cancer/disease
- Innocent people
- Causes
- Christianity
- Free will
- Free will
- Buddhism
- Caused by three poisons ; Ignorance, Greed Hatred.
- Sikhism
- Karma
- Karma
- Christianity
- Natural
- Stop suffering = stop craving
- Accept it = God's mysterious plan
- Yoga to develop loving devotion and self control
- Be kind to those who suffer
- Day of Judgement
- Charity is a duty, but help retain self-respect
- Rise above suffering
- Suffering
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