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Which aspect of suffering makes it hardest to deal with?

Which aspect of suffering makes it hardest to deal with?. It didn’t need to happen The fact that ther is no point to it – it is just meaningless, destructive pain Suffering evil destroys trust – it turns good people into people who also respond with evil

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Which aspect of suffering makes it hardest to deal with?

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  1. Which aspect of suffering makes it hardest to deal with? It didn’t need to happen The fact that theris no point to it – it is just meaningless, destructive pain Suffering evil destroys trust – it turns good people into people who also respond with evil It leaves a scar on your heart and mind

  2. Jesus, God’s answer to Evil • To describe attitudes that “neutralise” evil • To explain how Jesus transforms suffering • To evaluate a case study where a person responds to suffering in a Christian way

  3. “THEREFORE GOD SENT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD.” God suffered in Jesus. He took on evil, forgave evil-doers, met evil with good. In this way left us an example of how to cancel out evil and stop its destructive power from affecting others. But through his cross, he also gave a purpose to our suffering – from now on suffering evil like he did will bring us closer to God, and make God’s kingdom come. Explain 2 ways how suffering like Jesus can defeat evil. Do you think this works? **Does Jesus as God’s answer to evil show that God is a caring, all-powerful, all-knowing God, even with evil in the world? Or does it show God as useless/ powerless?

  4. A useless teaching?Even if you do follow Jesus’ way of dealing with evil, it won’t stop your suffering. Is it worth it? Wouldn’t people be better off fighting back?

  5. Is Jesus the best answer to suffering? • Job (suffering is beyond understanding) • Augustine (our free will - our fault) • Irenaeus(evil makes us responsible) • Jesus (through Jesus, God is seen to be good, and evil is defeated)

  6. Watch the Video: Anthony Walker The Evil • What is the situation described in this video ? • How does the mother respond “like Christ” ? • Does her suffering defeat evil? How ? ** So does Jesus, as God’s answer to evil, work? • She has peace • She is like Jesus, and closer to God • She shows others what the life of God is like BBC learning zone anthony walker

  7. Recipe to Neutralise Evil. Never forget the hurt done to you. Trust God to do justice for you. Take the law into your own hands Forgive those who hurt you. Do not think of their sins. Pray for God to punish those who hurt you Pursue a wrong, until justice is done Be meek (accepting of the evil done to you) • Write the bullet points in 2 columns – • actions that make evil worse • actions which neutralise evil • **Which action is the most effective response to evil?

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