Chapter 4 - Religion and life Flashcards
Quote for the creation of the universe
“When god began to create the heaven and the earth” - Torah
Quote for the creation of people
“God created man in his image” - Torah
Jewish and Christian belief about the creation of the universe
Both believe the universe was made in 6 days and the seventh was for rest
Quote for dominion - the value of the world
“Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and master it” - Torah
Quote for the use and abuse of the environment
“You have made him master over your handiwork, laying the world at his feet” - Torah
Quote for the use and abuse of animals
“A righteous man knows the needs of his beast” - Torah
“You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing” - Torah
Quote for abortion
“It was you who created my conscience, You fashioned me in my mother’s womb” - Torah
Jewish belief on abortion
Doesn’t forbid abortion, but sees it as something to be avoided if possible as it challenges the sanctity of life
Believe life has only begun half way through birth canal
Christian belief on abortion
Belief it is murder and is never acceptable
Quote for Euthanasia
“A season is set for everything, a time for every experience, a time for being born and a time for dying” - Tanakh
Jewish and Christian beliefs on euthanasia
Doctors should not hasten death, but have a duty to preserve life.
Believe euthanasia is murder, have a duty to relieve the patients suffering as much as they can
Quote for the afterlife
“Many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life” - Torah
Jewish beliefs on the afterlife
Do not focus much attention on the afterlife, rather focus on the life they are living currently - do not know what happens after death, but trust god - body is buried intact as some jews believe they will be resurrected with their body
Christian beliefs on the afterlife
Heaven and hell - judgement of god
