Good and Evil Research You have 30 mins to find five people (across a variety of demographics, which you should record) and ask them the following questions: What guides your morals? Is it ever right to kill? Is it ever right to steal? Can the concept of right or wrong change over time? What does Good mean? What does evil mean? Are people born evil? Is it important to forgive people? Does God exist? (If yes carry on to 10) Why does God allow evil and suffering?

Good and Evil Research Now write up the results. For each question, write up your responses to give an outline of peoples’ views and how these relate to age, gender, and religious belief. What patterns emerge? How do these views differ from your own?

Good and Evil Who? What? Where? When?

Good and Evil Who? What? Where? When?

How do these images differ? Moral Evil Natural Evil

Key Words 1) Omnipotent 2) Omniscient 3) Sin 4) Free Will 5) Tawhid

Is there such a thing as evil? What is Evil? Is there such a thing as evil?

‘‘Good things always come out of suffering’’

Suffering Based on your existing knowledge, what could a Muslim’s response be to times of suffering? (What could they do? Where may they turn? Where would they look for advice?) In Islam, humans are born without sin (fitrah) in a state of readiness to worship Allah. People become responsible for their actions upon puberty. If a person seeks forgiveness, Allah will grant it. Describe the problems that this could cause?