Do Now As you attempt the word search can you think of how you might use some of the 99 Islamic Names of God to answer some of the following GCSE questions From 2016 Unit 1 Paper (c) Explain why some followers of one religion other than Christianity do not agree with euthanasia. (c) Choose one religion other than Christianity and explain why some of its followers accept divorce. From 2016 Unit 8 Paper (c) Choose one religion other than Christianity and explain why its followers work for justice in the world today. (c) Choose one religion other than Christianity and explain why some of its followers agree with capital punishment and some do not.

Learning Objective Today we are start revision. We shall look at unit 1 section 1. We shall revise why suffering makes some people doubt God. You should be able to recall at least 4 ways in which Christians respond to the problem of evil and suffering

Independent Learning To revise for a test on Unit 8 Section 1 on Thursday 19th January. The test will last for 22 minutes.

Watch the video and think about why suffering might make Activation Watch the video and think about why suffering might make some people doubt God http://request.org.uk/issues/ultimate-questions/suffering/ 08/12/2018

Moral Evil and Natural Evil First of all it is important to know the difference between moral and natural evil. With the person beside you discuss for one minute what the difference is.

Moral Evil Natural Evil 08/12/2018

Activation Christians might respond to suffering in many ways. Try to think of as many ways as you can in the next minute

Activation Christians might respond by trying to explain why God might allow suffering. They might say any of the following things. Make sure you understand what they mean 1 World is a test 2 We disobey God like Adam and Eve 3 World is like a tapestry 4 Some suffering is the work of the devil 5 Boethius asked how can we doubt God when there is so much good 6 Christians say that Jesus suffered so God knows what it feels like Secondly Christians might respond by doing something practical like praying or doing charity work 08/12/2018

Demonstration Each question in the GCSE exam is divided into a; b; c and d. Your task is to write a pretend exam in which the a; b; c and d questions are all about suffering. 08/12/2018

Activation Can you list 3 more reasons for why some people do not believe in God. There are some ideas on the next slide

Activation Can you list 3 more reasons for why some people do not believe in God. There are some ideas on the next slide

Answers 1 Unanswered prayers 2 They did not have a religious upbringing 3 They think scientific explanations of how the world started and how life emerged are better (Big Bang and Natural Selection)

In RE GCSE there are 8 sets of key words you need to know In RE GCSE there are 8 sets of key words you need to know. Here is the first set. Believing in God agnosticism not being sure whether God exists atheism believing that God does not exist conversion when your life is changed by giving yourself to God free will the idea that human beings are free to make their own choices miracle something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it moral evil actions done by humans which cause suffering natural evil things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans numinous the feeling of the presence of something greater than you omni-benevolent the belief that God is all-good omnipotent the belief that God is all-powerful omniscient the belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen prayer an attempt to contact God, usually through words   08/12/2018

Watch video on unanswered prayers