... in religion is referred to as theodicy, defined as "a response to the problem of evil in the world that attempts logically, relevantly and consistently to defend God as simultaneously omnipotent, all-loving and just despite the reality of evil" (Grenz 112). Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity would each respond to the Holocaust as the ultimate example of evil in different ways. It would be difficult to explain evil from the viewpoint of Buddhism in theological terms because Buddhism is not a theology in the same way that Christianity and Judaism are. Buddhism "is a process, an awareness, an openness, a spirit of inquiry - not a belief system" (Hagen 9). Buddhism is less concerned with believing a certain set of principles or following a particular doctrine, and more about practical ways of dealing with the reality we live in. "The general pattern in Eastern religions is to consider evil illusory, ...

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