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WorksheetsPhilosophy: Chapters 13 and 14
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which is the best explanation of the problem of suffering?
Why do evil people hurt other people?
What makes someone become evil?
If there is a God, why does it allow suffering?
If there is a God, why is there an afterlife?
Which would J. L. Mackie most likely say?
Religion provides us answers for difficult questions.
There is no logical argument for religion.
We should accept suffering as a consequence of freedom.
Suffering proves that God must be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good .
What is Augustine's argument for the coexistence of God and suffering?
We suffer in this life to prepare us for a good eternal afterlife.
We suffer because god gave us the freedom to make our own choices.
We suffer to prove our devotion to god
We suffer because god does not have the complete power to control everything.
Agnostics:
believe in god(s)
believe there is no god
believe that we can never know for sure if god exists
Theists:
believe in god(s)
believe there is no god
believe that we can never know for sure if god exists
Your _______ is what you really are deep down inside. Your _______ is what you do throughout your life.
essence; existence
existence; essence
subjective value; objective value
objective value; subjective value
Who would say: The defining characteristic of human existence is free choice. First, we exist. Then, we determine who we are.
Thomas Aquinas
Jean-Paul Satre
Nihilists
If I believe that life has no meaning whatsoever, then I most likely believe:
that life has objective value
that life has subjective value
in nihilism
