§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God?

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§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God? 

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2020-2021

§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God? 

Homework assignments!

• part of your grading
• Google Classroom

Lesson objectives

I compare views and connect the link between the (non)-existence of God and suffering:

I can explain the following concepts:

• ultimate questions
• original sin
• free will
• theodicee

Ultimate questions

Important questions that religion/views of life try to answer.

Note: views of life!!!

Free will

The idea that human being have been created with the choice to do either good or evil

Original sin

Original sin, also described as ancestral sin, is a Christian view of the nature of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man. (Adam & Eve)

sin =

"to miss the mark." 

Theodicee

§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God? 

To do individually and silently

1. to read page 80
2. Do: think about it! page 80
3. Time: 10 minutes

Answers to the existence of suffering.
Which one makes most sense?

Suffering is God's test to see wether people trust that he cares for them.

Suffering Suffering challenges people and leads them to have a greater understanding of God

Suffering allows people a chance to show they care for those who are suffering.

Suffering is nog God's fault, it is humankind's.

Suffering is caused by evil or the devil and is not God's fault

§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God? 

In pairs

1. search the Bible verses mentioned in the summary on the previous pages
2. Genesis 2:16-17
3. Romans 8:22
4. Time: 5 minutes

§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God? 

Genesis 2:16-17

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."

§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God? 

Romans 8:22

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

§5.3 Does suffering prove that there is no God? 

Homework in pairs:

1. make an elevator pitch of 2 minutes total
2. film each other for 1 minutes
3. content: §5.3 page 80 + 81
4. hand in your video in Google Classroom