Alcohol + Smoking

Question 1

What effects does Alcohol have per year?

Answer 1

• It causes over 30,000 deaths a year and costs the NHS £2.7 billion

Question 2

Why does the church of England use alcohol in church?

Answer 2

• As it symbolises the blood of Christ

Question 3

Give a religious view on alcohol

Answer 3

• Some christian’s are against it as the bible warns not to ‘ruin yourself with wine’

Question 4

Guess a religious view on Alcohol from Islam

Answer 4

• Muslims (Islam) cannot drink alcohol as it is against the shari’ah law
• The Qur’an says that alcohol is a ‘lure of satan’

Question 5

Do any religious rule against smoking?

Answer 5

• No, it is your free will to smoke

Question 6

What are the religious views on smoking?

Answer 6

• Your body is a holy temple and you should not destroy it
• The first buddhist precept is not to harm life, but you are harming life through smoking
• Passive smoking kills others which goes against the teaching from the bible of ‘do not kill’