RE good and evil keywords

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Created on: 07-04-21 10:52

Conscience

Human reason making moral decisions. The knowledge
we have of what is right and wrong and the God-given
compulsion within all human beings to do what is right
and to avoid what is evil.

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Evil

the absence of good and the impulse to seek our own
desires at the expense of the good of others which often
results in suffering.

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Free-will

the decision making part of a person’s mind is called the
will. A will is free if a person is able to choose right from
wrong without being controlled by other forces.

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Goodness

the quality of being like God: seeking the well-being of
others selflessly.

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Incarnation

“Made flesh” The Christian belief that God became man in
the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine.

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Natural Law

the moral laws of right and wrong which are universal
and not dependent on human laws. The belief in natural
law is the belief that the moral law is discoverable by
every human being and is the same for all human beings
in all places at all times

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Privation

the loss or absence of a quality or something that is
normally present. Evil is a privation of good.

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Suffering

pain or loss which harms human beings. Some suffering
is caused by other human beings (often called moral evil);
some is not (often called natural evil).

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the absence of good and the impulse to seek our own
desires at the expense of the good of others which often
results in suffering.

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Evil

Card 3

Front

the decision making part of a person’s mind is called the
will. A will is free if a person is able to choose right from
wrong without being controlled by other forces.

Back

Card 4

Front

the quality of being like God: seeking the well-being of
others selflessly.

Back

Card 5

Front

“Made flesh” The Christian belief that God became man in
the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine.

Back

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