RELIGIOUS STUDIES: SUFFERING & EVIL KEY WORDS 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesPhilosophy and ethicsGCSEAQA Created by: Chloe HanslowCreated on: 16-04-13 21:04 Evil The opposite of good 1 of 14 Free will Having the ability to choose or determine one's own actions 2 of 14 Impersonal force The idea that evil is a power outside of people that draws them to evil 3 of 14 Man-made suffering Suffering caused by the actions of humans 4 of 14 Moral/Man-made evil The negative results of a bad choice, or deliberate attempt to make other people suffer, made by humans abusing their free will 5 of 14 Natural evil The harm or damage that is done to people and the world as a result of the forces of nature and structure of the Earth 6 of 14 Natural suffering Suffering caused by nature 7 of 14 Nature of evil What evil is like, whether a personal being, a psychological phenomenon or impersonal force 8 of 14 Personal being The idea that evil is an evil spirit or devil rather than an impersonal force 9 of 14 Psychological phenomenon An idea about the nature of evil that it is something arising from the mind of a person 10 of 14 Responsibilty The idea that we have certain obligations to fulfil and that we are in charge of our own actions 11 of 14 Suffering When people have to face and live with unpleasant events or conditions 12 of 14 Transendence The idea that God is beyond and outside life on Earth and the universe (which is why he does not intervene in cases of evil and suffering) 13 of 14 The Fall When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and were cast out of the garden of Eden, this was the cause of 'original sin': the reason why all of us commit sins 14 of 14
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