Describe what the followers of Christianity may believe about the power of good and evil

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Describe what the followers of Christianity may believe about the power of good and evil

There is a lot of evil in the world. There is suffering in the world which is caused by human beings doing things which are evil, but there is also suffering which is caused by the way things are in our world such as hurricanes and earthquakes, which is called natural evil.

        

When people deliberately are cruel or dishonest in the world, this is called moral evil. Natural evil is suffering which is caused by natural disasters such as floods.

        

Religious believers may have problems about their beliefs because of the suffering that takes place in the world. There are a lot of natural evil such as starvation in third world countries, tornado’s, floods and diseases. Some may think that if God is good, then why is he not stopping all this evil and suffering. Whereas others may say that we cannot understand God’s reasons for evil and suffering but instead we should respond to it by helping the people who suffer. Jesus healed the sick and fed the hungry so we should follow in his path by helping to remove suffering. Some people believe God never gives you more that you can bear and he does look after everyone. They believe that you can never be good unless you face difficulties in your life. Such as if you are never in a dangerous situation then you will not learn to be brave. But even so, there are suffering that happens when there is nothing to be learned from it such as babies dying of painfully from fatal diseases. However a lot of Christians say we do learn from suffering. Some think that God is showing the world his power and to make people more aware by testing them and to learn and become more aware.

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There is also a problem on moral evil. People suffer because of the wickedness of other human’s such as the holocaust, rape, child abuse and murder. Some people believe that the evil-does will get punished for their deed by going to hell forever but others believe that the person will go to hell for a certain amount of time like a prison sentence.

        

A lot of Christians say that we do not know why there is evil and suffering, and it may be something that only God understands. They believe that when they are suffering they become ...

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