evil and suffering

• What type of suffering is caused by human actions like war?

  Moral suffering
• Which type of suffering is caused by events like earthquakes?

  Natural suffering
• Why do Catholics refer to actions causing moral suffering as "sins"?

  They oppose God's will for humanity
• How does moral suffering affect belief in God?

  It questions God allowing evil
• What does it mean to say that God is omnipotent?

  God is all-powerful
• What does it mean to describe God as omni-benevolent?

  God is perfectly good and loving
• What does it mean to say that God is omniscient?

  God knows everything
• How does evil challenge the idea of God's omnipotence?

  God should be able to stop evil
• How does the existence of evil challenge God's omni-benevolence?

  God should want to stop evil
• Why do some non-religious people not believe in God?

  A good God wouldn't allow natural evil
• What does Catechism 221 state about God?

  God’s very being is love
• What does Isaiah 45 teach about God's characteristics?

  God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omni-benevolent