Evil and Suffering

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Mind Map on Evil and Suffering, created by chloe.rogers on 23/03/2015.
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Evil and Suffering
  1. natural suffering
    1. Suffering caused by nature, e.g because of earthquakes, volcanoes, floods etc
    2. Man-made suffering
      1. Suffering caused by the actions of humans, e.g through war, pollution, crime etc
      2. Free Will
        1. Having the ability to choose or determine one's own actions.
        2. Karma
          1. The law of cause and effect. This is a Buddhist / Hindu idea.
          2.  Job
            1. Story from the old testament suggesting that suffering is a test from God.
            2. The Fall
              1. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God and were cast out of the garden of Eden.
              2. Evil
                1. The opposite of good. A force or the personification of a negative power that is seen by many traditions as destructive and against God.
                2. Personal being (nature of evil)
                  1. The ideas that evil is an evil spirit or a devil rather than an impersonal force.
                  2. Psychological phenomenon
                    1. an idea about the nature of evil that it is something arising from the mind of a person.
                    2. Theodicy
                      1. An attempt to answer the question of why God permits suffering in the world.
                      2. Nature of evil
                        1. What evil is like, whether a personal being, a psychological phenomenon or an impersonal force.
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