Theme 2 b : Religious responses to the problem of evil (i)

Theodicy is a?

Attempt to resolve problem of evil referencing Christian theology

A true theodicy accepts evil is real but maintains how god can logically still be both good and loving in face of .... ?

suffering

Gods nature is supposed to be omnibenevolent , therefore god cannot be responsible for ... ?

evil

The existence of evil must be due to some one other than ?

God

Who says that evil is the responsible of humanity ?

augustine

Scripture tells us that god is the supreme creator of ... ?

all things

Ex nihilo means ?

out of nothing

The accusation of the problem of evil is that god must therefore have created what ?

evil

Augustine says that evil is a privation of ...?

good

Evil is the absence of good According to who ?

Augustine

Does Augustine say that it is gods fault that evil is a thing ?

No he says not gods fault

According to Augustine Adam and eve = created what according to scripture ?

perfect

According to Augustine What were Adam and eve given the gift of ?

Given gift of free will

According to Augustine Adam and Eve given instructions of not eating from tree of knowledge
When tempted by the serpent they ate fruit and this was called ?

original sin

According to Augustine Where are we present from creation in genesis ?

seminally present in Adam at Eden

According to Augustine Adams sin passed on through ?

sexual intercourse

According to Augustine God is just so he requires fair consequences for ?

evil deeds

According to Augustine God gave Christ to die for

humans sins

According to Augustine Christs atonement demonstrates gods power in ?

overcoming sin and his love for us

According to Augustine , God judged it better to bring good , through Christ , out of evil rather than not to allow what ?

evil

According to Augustine , All humans need punishment according to ... ?

gods justice

According to Augustine , God is merciful and so offers the opportunity for ?

salvation through Christ

According to Augustine , Up to the person to choose ?

god and salvation

According to Augustine , Atonement is possible only through gods grace by Jesus's what ?

death on cross

According to Augustine , Those who freely accept Jesus as their saviour are ?

redeemed and will be with god in heaven

Augustine says natural evil is fault of who ?

humanity

According to Augustine , Evil in world due to Adam destroying order in the ?

Garden of Eden

According to Augustine , God allows Natural Evil to remain to act ... ?

as punishment

According to Augustine , Natural Evil also lets us appreciate ?

beauty and good

Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ?
Fill in the blank ;

[A] evil is proportionally greater than natural evil ; [B] hold responsibility for this

A=
B=

A=Moral
B= humans

Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ?
Fill in the blank ;

Augustine successfully accounts for both [A] and [B] evil

A=
B=

A= moral
B= natural

Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ?
Fill in the blank ;

Maintains [A] characters of [B]

A=
B=

A= essential
B= god

Strengths to Augustine's theodicy ?
Fill in the blank ;

His [A] is in line with [B] teaching

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B=

A= theodicy
B= biblical

Augustine Assumes that events at creation happened exactly as what describes ?

genesis describes

Instead what could be an example of religious language ; may be an analogy ?

creation of genesis

Augustine makes claims that we are seminally
present in Adam why is this an error

biologically unlikely that the whole of humanity descended from a single pair of humans.

Fill in the blank ;
Augustine error

[A] is not a genetically inherited [B] .

A=
B=

A= Sin
B= trait

Augustine allows behaviour from God that we would condemn as what in humanity ?

immoral

An omnibenevolent God cannot save some and ?

damn others to hell.

Fill in the blank ;
example of immoral behaviour from god

[A] seems to have planned for some to [B] by creating hell for them at the outset.
A=
B=

A= God
B= fall

Fill in the blank ;
example of immoral behaviour from god

God foresaw the fall, it was [a] to allow our descent into [B] to continue unchecked.

A=
B=

A= immoral
B= evil

Fill in the blank ;
example of immoral behaviour from god

often the [A] who suffer, so evil cannot be a just punishment for [B].

A=
B=

A= innocent
B= sin

Fill in the blank ;
example of immoral behaviour from god

God condemns unbaptised [A] as sinners since none is innocent of original [B] .

A=
B=

A= infants
B= sin

F.D.E. Schleiermacher stated that logically a perfect creation is ...

unchanging and cannot fall.