Being Human

Question 1

How are Humans made?

Answer 1

In God’s Image

Question 2

What do humans have the freedom to do?

Answer 2

To choose or not to choose God

Question 3

How are acts Directed

Answer 3

Good acts are directed towards God while evil acts are directed away from God

Question 4

How do you discern right from wrong?

Answer 4

Human Reason: Your ability to think
Human Experince: The collective experince of everyone
Divine Revalation: The teachings of God

Question 5

What does Morality Hinge on?

Answer 5

The correct understanding of the human person

Question 6

What 3 things did Jesus tell the rich young man?

Answer 6

1) : Only God is good
2) : Follow the commandments
3) : Give your possessions away to the poor

Question 7

Though we are in God’s image, we are not God. What is the difference between God and a human?

Answer 7

God is:
-Pure Spirit
-Supreme with no equal
-Immortal
While humans
-Have physical bodies
-Have limitation
-Are equal to eachother

Question 8

What are the God like qualities we are endowed to?

Answer 8

To think
To choose
To love
To relate

Question 9

What is St. Thomas Aquinas’s definition of love?

Answer 9

Love is to will the Good of the other

Question 10

Where does dignity come from?

Answer 10

God

Question 11

What is human life?

Answer 11

Sacred and every person is precious

Question 12

What are our obligations as humans?

Answer 12

To care for God’s creations
To understand we have a mortal body and an immortal soul
We are meant to reflect God’s goodness

Question 13

Who is our guide to living a moral life?

Answer 13

Jesus

Question 14

What is dignity?

Answer 14

The respect owed to every becuase we are all made in Gods image

Question 15

Is dignity earned?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

The dignity of the human person is Inherited, Inviable, and Inalienable, what does this mean?

Answer 16

Inherent: Inborn and an essential characteristic
Inviolable: Unable to be violated
Inalienable: Cannot be taken away

Question 17

What is the foundation of living a moral life?

Answer 17

Dignity

Question 18

What is free will?

Answer 18

“The power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to preform deliberate actions on ones own responsibility”(CCC 1731).

Question 19

What is a virtue

Answer 19

A good habbit that will lead to good morals

Question 20

What is a Vice?

Answer 20

A bad habit that leads to sin

Question 21

What is a vice?

Answer 21

A bad habit that leads to sin

Question 22

What are the 7 deadly Vices?

Answer 22

Arrogance: Thinking you are better than others and even god, the root of other sin.

Greed: Placing too much importance on material things

Anger: acting with hostility

Sloth: denying gods will for the sake of being lazy

Gluttnoy: Consuming unhealthy amounts of anything

Envy: wanting what others have

Lust: treating others as sexual objects

Question 23

What are the Theologic virtues

Answer 23

Faith: Belif and Trust in God
Hope: Trust in gods salvation
Charity: Love of God and the neighbor

Question 24

What are the cardnial virtues

Answer 24

Prudence: The moral virtue that inclines you to choose good
Justice: Virtue that states all people have rights
Fortitude: Courage
Temperence: Self control

Question 25

What are the cardnial virtues

Answer 25

Prudence: The moral virtue that inclines you to choose good
Justice: Virtue that states all people have rights
Fortitude: Courage
Temperence: Self control

Question 26

What are the virtues that are the opposite of the 7 deadly sins

Answer 26

Humility - Pride
Greed - Genorosity
Anger - Meekness
Sloth - Dillagence
Gluttony - Temperence 
Envy - Kindness 
Lust - Chasity