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| evil is a supernatural being like a devil that causes people to sin. |
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| Evil as an impersonal force |
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| the idea that evil is a power outside of people that draws them to evil. |
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| Evil as a psychological phenomenon |
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| the explanation for evil is that it comes from the mind of a person e.g from their background. |
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| suffering caused by nature for example caused by earthquakes tornado... |
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| suffering caused by the actions of humans e.g war |
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| suffering that is fair e.g criminals suffering through imprisonment |
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| suffering that seems unfair or not right e.g children being abused |
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| have the ability to choose or determine one's own actions |
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| duty; the idea that we are in charge of our own actions |
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| what we mean when we are talking about God in a academic setting. God is believed to have certain characteristics. |
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| a justification for the existence of God in the light of the existence of evil and suffering. |
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| argued that evil was caused through humans using their free will to turn away from God.He also said that evil was a absence of good. God does not force us to conform so evil and suffering exists. |
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| argues that if humans are completely free, then God is not comletely able to stop evil. |
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| argues that in order for human beings to be free they had to to have the capacity to do evil |
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| God created and imperfect world in order that humans could develop into people worthy of Heaven. |
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| without eveil we could not develop qualities such as compassion. |
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