CWV-101 Topic 6 Study Guide Already Passed

CWV-101 Topic 6 Study Guide Already Passed Define the problem of evil from the textbook and the PowerPoint. The philosophical and theological "problem" expressed in the question below: -If God is a good and loving God who is omnipotent, why is there evil in the world? -God is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good -Such a God would have no place for evil -Such a God would be able to destroy evil -Therefore, evil should not exist with God -Yet evil does exist within this universe Also concerns the question of cause: -If God is a good and loving God who is omnipotent and sovereign, why is there evil in the world? -God is sovereign - in control of/decreeing all events -God is good - no evil in his character or being -Yet evil exists and originated as events within God's sovereignty - he "allowed" evil in some sense -Therefore, God is to blame for evil -Yet God is not blamed for evil How does the textbook define empiricism? An epistemological theory that knowledge comes through only sensory experience From the PowerPoint, what two commandments did Jesus say are the greatest? How does a Christian ethics view transformation?