Evil & Suffering Summary Quiz

Which of these 3 is NOT a principle from the problem of evil?

• Evil exists

• God is omnipotent

• God is omnipresent

• God is omnibenevolent

What is the term used to describe the problem of evil

• the inconsistent triad

• the omnipotence paradox

• the euthyphro dilemma

• the process theodicy

Which of these is not a biblical example of suffering?

• the story of Job

• the story of Esther

• the story of Paul

• the story of Lydia

What are the two kinds of evil?

• Natural and unnatural

• Natural and moral

• Immoral and moral

• Random and determined

What are the two kinds of problem of evil

• logical and evidential

• public and personal

• good and bad

• rational and emotional

which of these is NOT a valid explanation for suffering in the world?

• it is punishment for sin

• it is a test of faith

• it proof that God does not love humans

• it is due to the devil

What is a theodicy?

• An attempt to reconcile the idea of the benevolent, omniscient and omnipotent God with the existence of suffering and evil

• An attack on the notion of a good and loving God

• A description of the problem of evil

• A privation of good

What does Augustine view evil as?

• privation - an absence of good

• a necessary factor created by God for our own good

• a necessary part of free will

• part of God's plan for human freedom

Why did Irenaeus believe God allowed suffering?

• Because he had no power to stop it

• Because he was just in allowing it as a result of the Fall

• Because it was the only way to achieve ultimate happiness

• Because he didn't have a better plan

Why might Augustine's theodicy be considered not a true theodicy by some?

• Because it does not attempt to justify God's goodness

• Because it does not attempt to justify God's omnipotence

• Because it could be said to limit God's omniscience and his omnipotence

• Because it is too old fashioned