8 Rights And Responsibiltys.

Question 0

What are the problems with using the bible?

Answer 0

You may not know how to interpret it.
It is very old and out of date.
Some of the meaning may have been lost. It has been translated from Hebrew and Greek.

Question 1

How is the bible used to make decisions?

Answer 1

Literalists follow it word for word. It is the world of God written by people guided by God.
Liberalists think that the bible has to be interpreted in todays world.
Others say that the Church must also be used as well as the bible.

Question 2

How does the church help people make moral decisions?

Answer 2

Pope and magisterium. The pope writes encyclicals. The council write the catechism. You can read all of these.
The priest. He can pray for you to make the right decision. He can give advice in confession. A priest can write a homily.
The congregation. They can pray for you and use their own experience to give advice.

Question 3

Why is situation ethics used?

Answer 3

It can be used in every situation.
It means the most loving thing happens.
Gives freedom of free will.
It follows the teachings of Jesus such as the golden rule.

Question 4

How is situation ethics used?

Answer 4

Think about what you are doing.
Do the most loving thing. Follow the golden rule.
Look at the situation according to the specifics. Each problem is individual.

Question 7

What are the problems with using situation ethics?

Answer 7

It causes disagreement which isn't love.
Could lead to people being harmed.
It can take along time to use.
Everyone must agree for it to work.
It can give a biased opinion. What you want happens.

Question 8

Why should a person use their conscience to make moral choices?

Answer 8

It comes from God so it usually leads to the right thing happening.
It uses past experience to help you.
The CCC says “ a human must obey its conscience”
St Paul said we should and many other good Christians like Mother Theresa followed it.
It can be used all the time.
It makes you feel guilty if you do wrong.

Question 9

What are the problems of using you conscience?

Answer 9

It can tell you to kill people, like with Paul Hill and Peter Sutcliffe.
It does’t draw you to do the right thing.
It can go against the rules.
People will have different ideas on what is right.
It can be impulsive.
It doesn’t always give a direct answer.

Question 10

What is the nature of the human rights?

Answer 10

Formed in 1948 to prevent the things that happened in WWI from happening again.
There are guidelines on what every human is entitled to.
There aren’t laws but many nations have joined the scheme.

Question 11

Name four human rights.

Answer 11

Freedom from torture and degraded treatment.
The right to liberty.
The right to marry and have a family.
The right to practise your own faith.

Question 12

Why is the human rights declaration a good thing?

Answer 12

It allows freedom of speech. This means people can express their own opinion and this means a democratic government which works for the good of all.
It treats everyone equally meaning everyone in the world can have a good life.

Question 13

Why does the church have the authority?

Answer 13

A priest has looked at the bible for 7 years and knows its messages.
The church has rules they think came from God to insure that we have one true faith.
The church is guided by the holy spirit so it will make the right decisions.
As the body of christ we are representing Jesus today. He gave us the authority to start the church.

Question 14

There are too many sources to use when making a moral decision. Give reasons that agree.

Answer 14

They will contradict each other. Which do you follow?
Which one is the best source.
It takes a lot of time to check them all.

Question 16

Why is the freedom from torture and degraded treatment important?

Answer 16

A person can’t force a person to do anything. Information can’t be forced out so people keep their privacy. If a person protests and goes in a hunger strike you can’t force feed them.

Question 17

Explain the parable of the sheep and goats.

Answer 17

It talks of judgment day where Jesus will come again and split everyone into two groups in the way a Shepard would split up sheep and goats.
The good people are the sheep and they go to heaven as when Jesus was hungry they gave him food, when he was thirsty they gave him water and when he was homeless they gave him a place to sleep. They ask when they did these things to Jesus and he says “ truly, I say to you , as you did,it to one of the least of these brothers my brothers, you do to me”
He turns to the goats and says they didn’t help him, they ask when he needed it and he says what he said before but with some didn’ts in it.

Question 18

Wy is the freedom to practise your own faith important?

Answer 18

It means society can become more diverse. More good will happen as religious people will do more charity work.

Question 19

Why is the right to marry, have a family or civil partnership important?

Answer 19

It means more children will be raised well.

People will be happyer.

Question 21

All Christians should follow the bible.

Give reasons against.

Answer 21

I don’t agree with this statement as it is a very old book written for an older time and it may be misinterpreted.
It is self contradictory. In Deuteronomy 7:2 it says when God delivers your enemies you should destroy them totally and show them no mercy. This means you should kill them but the others parts say you shouldn’t.
If they have problem they could ask members of the congregation for help. It might be hard to find the thing you want in the bible or might not say anything on the subject. Like with contraception or abortion.

Question 22

Human rights abuse only happen not here therse nothing we can do

Answer 22

Answer ths queation.

Question 23

There are too many sources to use when making a moral decision. Give reasons that disagree.

Answer 23

Got to all all the sources. What do most of them say?
They all come from God.
The bible can’t always be used, so you have to use the others.

Question 25

Explain Cain and Abel.

Answer 25

Abel made an offering to God which he liked but he didn’t like Cain’s. He killed Abel and when God asked him where Abel was he said “Am I my brothers keeper?”.

Question 26

How does the story of Cain and Abel encourage christains?

Answer 26

Cain asked “am I my brothers keeper?” Ad should he have to look after Abel all the time.
God said that he should as he is the farther and so everyone is equal in his eyes.
This means that a Christian would try to help everyone.
Everyone is my brother or sister as we are all the children of God.

Question 27

Explain a Christian’s moral duty towards others.

Answer 27

A Christian must always love others. In 1 John3 it says” we must love one another” and “It must be true love which shows its self in action”. We must use action to show our love. You can give to charity or do volunteer work.
A Christian must love those who don’t love them back. Jesus said “if someone strikes you on the right cheek,turn to him the other”
They should be responsible for everyone. Genesis 4 said Cain asked “ Am I my brothers keeper” God said he should as he was the farther and so everyone were equal children in his eyes. Tis means we must look out for one another.
A christian must look out for the lowest of society such as the hungry or homeless. In Matthew 21 it says “what ever you do to the least of brothers, so you do unto me”. This means we must help the people no-one wants to help as it is a good way to show our love for God.
The 10 commandments says that we must respect our parents and not kill people.

Question 28

It is wrong for humans to play God.

Give reason for.

Answer 28

God is Omniscient. He knows how to create life that works. We don’t know so would only make his work worse.
God made us the stewards of the Earth. We should look after and not change creation.
Playing God is comparing ones self to God which is blasphemy.

Question 29

It is wrong for humans to play God.

Give reasons against.

Answer 29

It can lead to curing of diseases, meaning lives can be saved which is what God wants.
He gave us the ability to conduct genetic engineering. We should use our God given ability.
It means we know more about the world and how complex it is. Tis means we can appreciate the wonders of God better.

Question 30

All Christians should follow the bible.

Give reasons for.

Answer 30

It contains the 10 commandments which came from God and if you follow them he will be happy.
It contains the life and works of Jesus, who is the Christian role model. We can use what he did in our everyday life.
It contains the teachings of St Paul. Jesus trusted him and he would have been guided by the holy spirt when he wrote parts of the bible.

Question 31

The problems human rights cause to Christians.

Answer 31

The right to equality says that everyone should have equal opportunities but women can’t be priests.
Priests can’t marry, which is against the rights.
Human rights allow gay marriage which the church condemns.

Question 32

Why are human rights important to christains?

Answer 32

The sanctity of life. Life comes from God so it should be protected and human rights do this.
“We are all made in God’s image and likeness” Genesis 1 We are all equal and the human rights treat everyone equally.
“What ever you do to the least of my brother so you do unto me” This means that we should help everyone and humans rights do this.
The golden rule. We would want help so we should surpport human rights.

Question 34

Why do Christians use the bible for making moral decisions?

Answer 34

It has the life and teachings of Jesus who is the Christian role model.
It is the word of God and he tells us how to be a good Christian and how to get to heaven.
It contains the laws and rules of God. Like the ten commandments. Follow them and get to heaven.
It contains the teachings of St Paul and the disciples. Jesus trusted them, they followed Jesus and taught the first christains.

Question 35

Why is the right to liberty important?

Answer 35

It means if you aren’t breaking the law you can do what you want.
The rules apply to everyone or no-one so minorities can’t be singled out.

Question 36

Explain 1 John 3

Answer 36

It says “we should love another” and not be like Caine.

It says “let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth”