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Problem of Evil - Knowledge Check

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does omnibenevolent mean?

a)

All-knowing

b)

All-powerful

c)

All-loving

d)

All-present

2.

What does omnipotent mean?

a)

All-knowing

b)

All-powerful

c)

All-loving

d)

All-present

3.

What does omniscient mean?

a)

All-knowing

b)

All-powerful

c)

All-loving

d)

All-present

4.

Which is the best definition of the problem of evil?

a)

Believing that God is evil

b)

Defending God in the face of evil

c)

Arguing God does not exist as there is evil in the world

d)

Believing that God is responsible for all evil

5.

Which is the best explanation for the inconsistent triad?

a)

The belief that God cannot exist because there is so much evil and suffering in the world

b)

The belief that the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God is not compatible with the existence of evil

c)

The belief that God cannot be omnibenevolent because he is the creator and a loving creator would not create evil

6.

Which scholar first suggested the inconsistent triad?

a)

Epicurus

b)

Augustine

c)

Irenaeus

d)

Hick

7.

Which of these is an example of moral evil?

a)

Hurricanes

b)

Disease

c)

Murder

8.

Which is more of a challenge for religious believers in believing in God?

a)

Natural Evil

b)

Moral Evil

c)

Logical Evil

9.

What does Augustine base his theodicy on?

a)

Jesus' sacrifice

b)

The story of Genesis

c)

Observation of the world

d)

Being made in God's image

10.

Where goes Augustine believe evil comes from?

a)

God's creation

b)

Adam and Eve's disobedience

c)

Corrupt leadership

11.

Which is the best definition for 'theodicy'?

a)

Believing God exists

b)

Defending God in the face of evil

c)

Explaining why God cannot exists as evil does

12.

Which of these is not a criticism of Augustine's theodicy?

a)

If the world is made perfect, how could it stop being perfect?

b)

If God was omniscient, wouldn't he know Adam and Eve would disobey him?

c)

How can the theodicy be true when people developed through evolution?

d)

How is it fair that everyone goes to heaven?

13.

What is meant by privatio boni?

a)

Adam and Eve

b)

Leaving paradise

c)

Absence of good

d)

Absence of evil

14.

Which of the following does Augustine believe Adam and Eve did not cause?

a)

Illness

b)

Death

c)

Original Sin

d)

The devil

e)

Natural disasters

15.

How did Irenaeus believe people were made?

a)

In God's image

b)

In God's likeness

c)

As evil beings

16.

What do soul-making theodicies argue?

a)

Humans are to blame for evil existing

b)

Evil exists because the first humans disobeyed God

c)

God made evil so that humans have a chance for their souls to develop

d)

God made evil to torment humans, as he is evil