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Suffering & Evil Quiz

Why do bad things happen to good people?

Jewish thinkers throughout the ages have asked: Why do bad things happen to good people?

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Question 1 of 10
What do traditional Jewish sources teach about Hell?
Question 2 of 10
How does Process Theology understand the Holocaust?
Question 3 of 10
Why is the question of suffering and evil unique among theological and philosophical problems?
Question 4 of 10
Which of the following thinkers first posited that both good and evil forces emanate from God?
Question 5 of 10
According to the Bible, what did God promise to the Jews at Mt. Sinai, if they followed God's ways?
Question 6 of 10
True or false: For Jews, the problem of suffering is twofold, including a universal problem and a particular problem.
Question 7 of 10
Which approach to a painful experience does Rabbi Harold Kushner recommend?
Question 8 of 10
Which of these texts was the first to ask the question "Why do bad things happen to good people"?
Question 9 of 10
Which of the following did Mordecai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, believe?
Question 10 of 10
What did Abraham Isaac Kook think about the relationship between God and evil?

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