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GCSE RS Unit 3.2 - Knowledge and Description Questions (5 marks) Flashcards

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What is the name of the Greek god connected with the origins of the word ‘hermeneutics’?

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Hermes

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Which German Protestant theologian and philosopher was a key figure regarding hermeneutics?

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Friedrich Schleiermacher

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What is the Hebrew word for ‘day’?

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‘yom’

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How many times is ‘day’ used with a number in front of it outside of the book of Genesis?

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359 times

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What does a cosmologist study?

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they study the origins and evolution of the universe

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Describe three key points regarding biblical hermeneutics

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Interpreting biblical texts involve:

  • A ‘Conversation’ between the reader, the text they are reading, and the author of the text
  • An ‘Open Process’ whereby the text is not static and fixed; its meaning may change over time according to different readers and different cultures
  • A ‘Hermeneutical Circle’ whereby a particular passage could not be seen in isolation but had to be seen in the context of the whole. Parts only make sense in the light of the whole and the whole in light of the parts
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What do the letters AiG stand for?

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Answers in Genesis

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What is a Young Earth Creationist?

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a Young Earth Creationist is a Conservative Protestant who believes:

  • Christ lived 2000 years ago
  • Adam lived 4000 years before Christ
  • Adam was created on the 6th day of creation
  • The creation of the universe, of earth and of Adam took place 6000 years ago
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What is Gap-Creationism?

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This belief is based on the interpretation given to Genesis 1:1-2. In Genesis 1:1, it is written:
‘ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’
It is argued that this verse refers to a first creation by God. Following this first creation, a gap in time which could cover millions of years occurred before the second creation by God which is then described from Genesis 1:2 onwards:
‘Now the earth was formless and empty …’

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What is the Episcopalian Church?

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the Episcopalian Church is part of the Anglican Communion - of which the Church of England is the mother Church - found in the USA

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What is M-theory?

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The M-theory is a complex way of seeing whether there can be one Grand Unified Theory of everything such as quantum physics and relativity. It is a form of string theory.

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Describe how dinosaurs fit into the Young Earth Creationist account of life on earth

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Dinosaurs were created by God alongside all other living animals on the 6th day of creation. Dinosaurs lived alongside human beings. At the same time of Noah’s flood, many dinosaurs would have been drowned and it is their fossils which have been found. Some dinosaurs would have been on Noah’s ark but due to the post-flood climatic change, the lack of food, disease and man’s activities caused the dinosaurs to die out.

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What is meant by ‘radah’?

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‘dominion’

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What is meant by ‘shaman’?

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‘keep’

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What are ‘Laudatio Si’ the opening words of?

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It is the opening words of a hymn written by St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) in praise of creation

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What is H4BW?

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Humans for a Better World. A charity with the aim of putting Humanist beliefs into action particularly with regard to global problems like Global Warming.

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What is meant by ‘global citizen’?

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That everyone has equal rights and equal access to the plane’t resources and everyone having equal responsibility for the welfare of each other.

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Describe the key points of Humanist belief?

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  1. Trusting in the scientific method when it comes to understanding how the universe works and rejection of the idea of the supernatural.
  2. Basing ethical decisions on reason, empathy, and a concern for human beings and other sentient animals.
  3. Believing that, as there is no afterlife and no purpose to the universe, human beings can act to give their own lives meaning by seeking happiness in this life and helping others to do the same.
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What are the two parts which form Adam’s one nature?

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Adam was:

  • Corporeal (made of ‘dust from the ground’; physical matter and having a physical body_
  • Spiritual (having ‘the breath of life’ in him from God and therefore having a soul)
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What do Biogeographers study?

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the relationships and changes in species from one place to another

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According to Ken Ham, how long would it have taken Adam to name all the animals?

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He named them within 24 hours at most

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What is Theistic Evolution?

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That natural selection and evolution are real, but were set in motion by God.

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What made Dawkins an atheist?

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The incompatibility of religion and evolution?

24
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According to Genesis, on what day did God create human beings?

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On the sixth day

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What is the Fall?

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When Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden for eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and lose their perfect status with God, with each other, with nature and in themselves.

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What animals belong to the species Pan Troglodytes?

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Chimpanzees

27
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What is speciesism?

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The assumption of human superiority over nonhuman animals.

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What is a neonate?

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a newborn child (or other mammal)

an infant less than four weeks old

29
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Describe what the term imago dei means

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In God’s image

30
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In what year was the Abortion Act passed?

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1967

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What are the three names given to human life in utero?

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the zygote/embryo/foetus

32
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Which document from 1987 sets out Roman Catholic teaching on abortion?

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‘Donut Vitae’ (‘The Gift of Life’)

33
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What is ensoulment?

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When a human being receives a soul created by God. This takes place immediately when human life is created.

34
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What does the Methodist Church state the foetus is ‘undoubtedly part of’?

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the continuum of human existence

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Describe what is meant by the Lesser of Two Evils argument?

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Abortion is seen as ‘an evil’ but the alternative such as, for example, allowing a very severely disabled baby to be born is also seen as ‘an evil’. Of the two, it has to bedecked which is the ‘lesser of two evils’ and very often it would be the case that this would mean abortion is chosen.

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What is Active Euthanasia?

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Where a person deliberately intervenes to end someone’s life - for example, by injecting a patient with a large dose of sedatives

37
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In what year was the Suicide Act passed?

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1961

38
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What is Assisted Suicide?

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allowing a person whose suffering is permanent and incurable but who is not terminally ill to have a choice over the manner and timing of their imminent death and be assisted to die

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What is Christians4VE?

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a group of Christians from different churches that all believe in those with an incurable disease or terminal illness should have the option of a pain-free, peaceful and dignified death with legal voluntary euthanasia in the name of love and compassion

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What is Dignitas?

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It is a non-profit Swiss organisation providing assisted suicide

41
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Describe the different types of euthanasia

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  1. Active Euthanasia (a person deliberately intervenes to end someone’s life)
  2. Passive Euthanasia (where a person causes death by withholding or withdrawing treatment that is necessary to maintain life)
  3. Voluntary Euthanasia (where a person makes a conscious decision to die and asks for a doctor’s help to do this)
  4. Non-Voluntary Euthanasia (where a person is unable to give their consent and another person takes the decision on their behalf, often because the ill person previously expressed a wish for their life to be ended in such circumstances)
  5. Involuntary Euthanasia (where a person is killed against their expressed wishes)
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What is the Hebrew word for ‘being’?

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nephesh

43
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In Luke’s account of the resurrection of Jesus, how is it proved that Jesus was not a ghost?

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As he had flesh and bones. Ghosts do not have flesh and bones according to Jesus

44
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What is soma pneumatikon?

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‘spiritual body’

45
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What is the ‘beatific vision’?

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The idea of being with God in heaven once you have died.

46
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What is ‘gehenna’?

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It is one of the ways of translating ‘hell’ in the New Testament (the other is ‘Hades’)

47
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Describe the Particular and General Judgement

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Particular Judgement
1) It is when at death, a person’s soul immediately separates from the body. The physical body dies and the person’s soul undergoes a Particular Judgement.

General Judgement
2) At the end of the world, there will be a General Judgement. It is at this second and Last Judgement that the bodies of those who have died will be reunited with their souls. It is the whole person (body and soul) who is then judged.

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What does ‘omnibenevolent’ mean?

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all-loving

49
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What is a ‘born-again’ Christian?

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A Christian who has died and has entered heaven

50
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What is ‘annihilationism’?

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This is the view that the soul is not immortal. At the General Judgement, rather than going to hell for eternal punishment, those who do not enter heaven are destined for total destruction - annihilation

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What is ‘purgatory’?

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The temporary destination for those en route to heaven whose lives have fallen short of being the best they could be in terms of love of God and of neighbour

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What is the name given to the funeral service by the Presbyterian Church in the USA?

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‘A Service of Witness to the Resurrection’

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Describe what happens after death according to Orthodox Christians

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Where possible Orthodox prayers for the dead take place on the 3rd, 9th and 40th day after the person’s death. Many believe that for 40 days, the soul is separated from the body during which time the soul is examined for its faults. The Particular Judgement then takes place and the soul is allocated a temporary resting place where it ‘sleeps’ until the General Judgement. During this time, the soul can still move heavenwards, but only through the prayers of those who are alive on Earth.Such prayers are vital for helping souls of the dead to go to heaven.

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