Good and Evil Part 1

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Good and Evil
What is evil?  Evil in the Bible  Different Answers

What is Evil?

  
That which causes harm Moral Evil Natural Evil Suffering
Different Ways of Examining Evil
   
Theological Psychology Sociology Anthropology
Evil as Perception
Four Faces of Evil
   
Sinful Demonic Tragic Ambiguous
Sinful

 

Failure to live as God intended Violate known law Sin comes from our depraved nature Sin as a teaching tool
Demonic



Structural power of evil Literal demons or devils Historic developments which create structural impediments
Tragic


Unexplainable tragedy Actions which people cannot overcome
Ambiguous

 
Refers to events in which good and evil are closely interconnected either as causes and effects of each other or products of the same source Abortion Mercy Killing
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Name some instances of evil using the categories we discussed
Theodicy Triangle
God is Omnipotent
God is Good
Evil Exists
Next week²Evil in the Bible
   
Genesis Job Gospels Revelation
Questions