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Why believe that?. FEEDBACK:. Theist. Agnostic. Atheist. Upbringing They are ill/dying Near death experience Miracle Media influence Guilty Retribution Guidance Hope To give life meaning. No proof either way Good arguments for and against For every good thing that happens

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  1. Why believe that? FEEDBACK: Theist Agnostic Atheist • Upbringing • They are ill/dying • Near death experience • Miracle • Media influence • Guilty • Retribution • Guidance • Hope • To give life meaning • No proof either way • Good arguments for and against • For every good thing that happens • something bad happens too. • They don’t care either way • Upbringing • Death of a loved one • Evil in the world • No proof • Media influence • Bad life • Peer pressure • Not cool • Science • Rebellion

  2. Look at the pictures on the sheet in front of you. What would the title of the sheet be, and why?

  3. Key words Write your own definition of the following words in your book. Evil Suffering Now correct your definitions with green pen if they are different! Anything wrong or bad; an act or force that causes suffering or harm. To feel pain; to be hurt or harmed in some way.

  4. OBJECTIVE: To use case studies to define the different types of evil and to understand the problem this causes for theists.

  5. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… Grade C – Will be able to explain the difference between moral and natural evil using examples. • Grade B -Will be able to explain how God must have certain characteristics in order to logically be God. Grade A– Will be able to explain how the existence of evil causes a problem for theists.

  6. There are TWO types of Evil… MORAL NATURAL Write a definition of each in your book

  7. Copy the following table into your books Moral Evil Natural Evil

  8. MORALEVIL… This is EVILandSUFFERINGcaused by human beings and the choices we make. This type of EVILcan be prevented or stopped. EXAMPLES: Think of many examples as you can in 2 minutes and put them in your table.

  9. NATURALEVIL… This type of EVIL andSUFFERINGis caused by nature and natural disasters. This type of EVILcannot be prevented and very rarely stopped. EXAMPLES: Think of many examples as you can in 2 minutes and put them in your table.

  10. Are there any examples that you can think of that may fall into both the moral and naturalEVILcategories?

  11. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… Grade C – Will be able to explain the difference between moral and natural evil using examples. • Grade B -Will be able to explain how God must have certain characteristics in order to logically be God. Grade A– Will be able to explain how the existence of evil causes a problem for theists.

  12. Christian beliefs about God… The bottom line is….why should God care about the suffering that goes on in the world? To understand why evil and suffering is such a deal breaker to many people, you have to understand what God has to be in order, logically, to be God! Look at the pictures on the next slide. They are clues about what religious people believe God is like. Can you work out the three Christian beliefs about God….?

  13. Three Christian beliefs about God

  14. Write down the definitions and the cheats  KEY WORDS Key words with ‘easy cheats’ Omniscient– all knowing(scientists think they know everything) Omnipotent– allpowerful Omni benevolent– all good / allloving(‘love’ backwards)

  15. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… Grade C – Will be able to explain the difference between moral and natural evil using examples. • Grade B -Will be able to explain how God must have certain characteristics in order to logically be God. Grade A– Will be able to explain how the existence of evil causes a problem for theists.

  16. Suffering raises lots of questions... Who’s fault is it? Why did this happen? Could it have been prevented? These question lead many people to question the existence of God. Many ATHEISTS believe that evil and suffering proves that God cannot exist. Can you think of a question a person may raise if the witness or experience some kind of suffering?

  17. The PROBLEM for THEISTS? What problem? TASK… Fill in p9 of your booklet – ‘Evil and Suffering- The problem for THEISTS’ by completing the unfinished sentences in some of the boxes.

  18. God is believed to be OMNI-BENEVOLENT, OMNIPOTENT and OMNISCIENT. If God is OMNI-BENEVOLENT he would... LOVE us and not want us to feel pain through evil and suffering. If God isOMNISCIENT he would... KNOW that people were suffering in the world. If God is OMNIPOTENT he would... BE ABLE to remove or prevent evil and suffering. Therefore God and Evil... CANNOT EXIST AT THE SAME TIME Evil and Suffering DOES exists! Therefore God... CANNOT EXIST

  19. Exam practice Complete page 8 of your REVISION WORKBOOK Swap with a partner and mark each others work in GREEN PEN The type of question (a,b,c,d) and the marks for each question (2,4,8,6) are in brackets at the side. Please comment – giving a POSITIVE and a TARGET

  20. OUTCOMES… Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are… Grade C – Will be able to explain the difference between moral and natural evil using examples. • Grade B -Will be able to explain how God must have certain characteristics in order to logically be God. Grade A– Will be able to explain how the existence of evil causes a problem for theists.

  21. Plenary - the PROBLEM for THEISTS • Imagine you are having a conversation with a THEIST... • Take one of the questions that Homer asks on the next slide. • What answers do you think a THEIST would give? Try to come up with a possible answer to at least ONE of Homer’s questions.

  22. God gave people FREE-WILL , the ability to choose between right and wrong. Sometimes people make the wrong choice! If God is OMNI-BENEVOLENT why does he let innocent people suffer? If God created the world, why did he create a world full of evil and suffering? Suffering is a sometimes a PUNISHMENT from God for those who have committed sin. Sometimes it is simply a TEST of faith. How can you believe in God that allows evil and suffering to happen? Sometimes Evil people are influenced by the DEVIL, but sometimes evil and suffering is all part of Gods great PLAN.

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