2 nd block Feb 18 Theme 3 Are

2 nd block Feb. 18 Theme 3: Are We Good? BIG QUESTIONS: • • • If people are GOOD, why do humans constantly cause pain and suffering to one another? If God is all-POWERFUL, all-KNOWING, and all. GOOD, then why is there evil in the world? If God is all-POWERFUL, all-KNOWING, and all. GOOD, then why do bad things happen to us?

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If God is good, why is there so much evil & suffering in the world? This is a KEY question for all world religions and all people who search for meaning and purpose in life. This is called (philosophically speaking): “The Problem of Evil” Watch: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Zthd. Arvh. Ou 4

Original Sin CCC definitions: 1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law. "121 417 Adam and Eve transmitted to their descendants human nature wounded by their own first sin and hence deprived of original holiness and justice; this deprivation is called "original sin". 418 As a result of original sin, human nature is weakened in its powers, subject to ignorance, suffering and the domination of death, and inclined to sin (this inclination is called "concupiscence").

Genesis 3: The Fall of Humankind How to read the account of the fall: CCC. 390 The account of the fall in Genesis 3 uses figurative language, but affirms a primeval event, a deed that took place at the beginning of the history of man. 264 Revelation gives us the certainty of faith that the whole of human history is marked by the original fault freely committed by our first parents. 265 Together as a class, read Genesis 3.

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Original Sin Hand-out It’s a race! Fill in the blanks with a partner. The first pair to fill in all the blanks correctly wins. Use a printed CCC or look up the online CCC at vatican. va

Theme 3: Are We Good? Create a summary of this excerpt from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Write it down in your notes. Original sin summarized in a video: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=LIhy. Gt. Hh. Js. A END OF FEB. 18 LESSON

Feb. 22 lesson START HERE On the Problem of Evil and Finding the Good Instructions: View some of the videos from the list provided. Using these videos, the other videos shown in class, and learned course material, answer one of the following questions. You can watch the videos independently, with a partner, or together as a class. You will not need to view all the clips - choose what works for you. Select one question to answer in your JOURNAL after watching some or all of the videos listed: 1. If humans are created to be good, why does evil exist? 2. Describe a situation in your own life when something GOOD came out of something BAD. 3. Explain the GOOD side of pain and suffering. Provide examples from your own life.

Bishop Barron on Evil Video Link: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=vx 8 ZMk. WL 8 hw&t=514 s

WHY does God let bad things happen? Watch: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=0 NOTU 1 g 0 Z 8 w

More on the Christian perspective of evil: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=kw. F 4 qt. P-1 zk Answering the Problem of Evil | Crash. Course & GMSkeptic

Turing bad circumstances into good… and finding purpose Chris Koch (Alberta Guy) Nick Vujicic

JOURNAL: On the Problem of Evil and Finding the Good Instructions: View some of the videos from the list provided. Using these videos, the other videos shown in class, and learned course material, answer one of the following questions. You can watch the videos independently, with a partner, or together as a class. You will not need to view all the clips - choose what works for you. Select one question to answer in your JOURNAL after watching some or all of the videos listed: 1. If humans are created to be good, why does evil exist? 2. Describe a situation in your own life when something GOOD came out of something BAD. 3. Explain the GOOD side of pain and suffering. Provide examples from your own life.

ARE WE GOOD? Is Humanity Good? In Summary: Yes! Humans are good. • Humans are created by God and are directed toward the good. Although at times, we use our freewill to choose to turn away from the good (free will) by sinning. But we also know that we are called to live in communion with God in his goodness. Our goodness then is being connected to God as branches to a vine. God is all-good and brings the good out of even a very bad situation.

REVIEW Theme 2 and 3: Why Do We Need One Another and Are We Good? Concepts to remember from these themes: • Humans are created for community • We were created by God to be good • Humans were created with freewill so that they have the ability to love (like God!) • Our free will enables to sin (turn away from God) and we have a tendency to do this because of original sin. • God doesn’t will evil and pain, but He works through our mistakes and through the evil in the world to bring about good.