religious studies- good and evil vocab

Question	Answer
conscience	an inner voice or feeling giving guidance on the rightness or wrongness of behaviour
free will	the belief that god created humans with the ability to make moral choices
golden rule	jesus' teaching the people that they should treat others as they wish to be treated themselves
job	biblical character whose faith is tested
moral evil	evil and suffering caused by people
natural evil	evil and suffering caused by natural events such as earthquakes
omnipotent	powerful, able to do anything
omniscient	all- knowing
original sin	the sin which was brought into the world at the fall and which christianity teaches everyone is born with
redemption	the idea that sins can be forgiven and person can be redeemed. jesus is often referred to by christians as the redeemer as he died for the sins of the whole world
sacrifice	giving up a life for god
the devil/ satan	a supernatural evil power
the fall	the disobedience of adam and eve resulting in their expulsion from eden
theodicies	arguments justifying why there is evil in the world if god is good

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