Good & Evil Coursework

Part B

Explain how Christians may be influenced by their beliefsof good and evil

The way that Christians are influenced by their beliefs of good and evil depends on what they think the cause of evil is, there are three theories:

The first is that evil exists in the form of the devil or Satan.

Or a Christian may also believe the theory provided by Augustine, which is, that evil is a consequence of people’s own free will.

And the final theory, irenaeas’ theory, is that God created evil, as it is necessary for us to mature.

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If a Christian believes that the cause of evil is the Devil they will also believe that they need to follow what Jesus did in the bible and resist the devils temptations. The belief that they should resist temptation is justified in the bible, ‘Resist the devil and he will flee from you’1

There are two main ways in which Christians attempt to resist the Devil, the first is regularly meeting with other Christians, going to church and reading the bible; all of these help build a Christians knowledge of their religion. ‘Jesus is tempted by the devil ...

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