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The Problem of Evil and Response

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

The story of Job is used to support which theodicy?

a)

Evil and suffering is a test of faith

b)

Evil and suffering is a way of soul-making

c)

Evil and suffering is a punishment for sin

d)

Evil and suffering is due to human free will

2.

What is the quality used to describe God being all powerful?

a)

Transcendent

b)

Omnibenevolent

c)

Omnipotent

d)

Omniscient

3.

Theodicies are unconvincing in dealing with

a)

the concept of inheriting original sin

b)

the teaching on judgment

c)

the suffering in the book of Job

d)

the suffering of innocent children

4.

Murder is an example of

a)

Moral evil

b)

Both

c)

Natural evil

5.

God sending Jesus to earth to atone for our sins shows us God is

a)

Omniscient

b)

Benevolent

c)

Omnipotent

d)

None of these

6.

Someone who believes God exists but rejects God is called

a)

A protest atheist

b)

An atheist

c)

A protest theist

d)

A theist

7.

Famine can be used as an example of

a)

Natural evil

b)

Both

c)

Moral evil

8.

Which of these is not a theodicy?

a)

Suffering helps us learn from our mistakes to become better people- soul making (Irenaeus)

b)

Suffering is a test

c)

God does not exist, if he does, he is either a tyrant or powerless (Epicurius)

d)

God gave us free will

9.

St Paul urges his followers to

a)

unite our sufferings to each other's sufferings

b)

turn a blind eye to suffering

c)

unite our sufferings to Christ's sufferings

d)

to work towards ending suffering

10.

The sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was a sin of

a)

Lust

b)

Greed

c)

Pride

d)

Envy