Ethics- Religion, peace and conflict

Question 1

Mathew 5:9
for peace
against conflict

Answer 1

’’ Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God’’

Question 2

Jesus showed righteous anger

Answer 2

clearing out temple traders with a whip, angered by their corrupt practices.

Question 3

Mathew 5:39
in the sermon on the mount Jesus advises not to resist an evil person and instead

Answer 3

turn the other cheek

Question 4

Psalms 82:3
violence is allowed in war and defence

Answer 4

’’ Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed’’

Question 5

Acts 4:19
listening to god first even if it means disobeying the law
They state that it is not right to obey humans over God, and they assert that they cannot help but speak about what they have seen and heard about Jesus,

Answer 5

Peter and John had been forbidden from preaching about Jesus

Question 5

Romans 13:1
avoiding law breaking

Answer 5

'’the authorities that exist have been established by god’’