Evil

• What are the causes of evil

  • Original sin
  • Devil
  • Character development (Hick)
  • Free will (irenaen theodicy)
  • It doesn’t exist (Augustinian theodicy)
  • Its transcendent to us
• What are different views on the devil

  Catholic: originally made good by god but turned evil and caused evil on earth

  Protestant: inherently evil and used to tempt humans as they have free will
• What is the Irenaen theodicy

  Evil exists to give the option of good or evil as humans have free will so allows humans to develop their soul
• What is the Augustinian theodicy

  Evil doesn’t exist it’s just the absence of good
• What did Hick say about evil

  It gives us the chance to develop which wouldn’t be possible in a perfect world - the soul making process
• Explain the fall of mankind

  Adam and Eve ate the apple because they were given free will

  The apple gave them knowledge of good and bad so “sin entered the world through man and death through sin”

  This lead to all of mankind being aware of good and evil creating evil in the world
• What is the inconsistent triad

  God can’t be omnibenevolent and omnipotent in an evil world so if god does exist he his an evil being
• Describe the story of job

  The devil tells god that even thought job is righteous he is only doing it because god favours him sp god allowed the devil to inflict evil on him.

  The devil takes away everything job has and job is left distraught questioning god but still has faith in Him

  God intervenes and tells job to be brave and tells him the details of his creation

  Job understands from this that the cause of suffering is beyond him which god was pleased with so gave him double of what he had before
• What is the message of the job story

  the cause of evil is beyond human understanding so when we are suffering we must maintain our faith in god in order to be given grace