issues of life and death

Question 1

Environmental sustainability

Answer 1

Ensuring that demands placed on natural resources can be met without reducing capacity to allow all people and other species of animals and plants to live well now and in the future

Question 2

Christian teachings on abortion

Answer 2

Thou shall not kill-
Sanctity of life-Life is sacred

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
Many Conservative Christians believe life starts at conception and believe that abortion is wrong under any circumstance
Abortion makes life look cheap and disposable, going against sanctity of life

Liberal Christians- Under some circumstances, mother should be allowed abortion, “love thy neighbour” mother could be considered neighbour, we should have empathy for her

“forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against against us

Question 3

Humanists on abortion

Answer 3

Salvita Halappanavar, died after not being granted abortion

The woman should be able to choose what she wants to do with her body

They don’t believe in a higher power, so they don’t believe embryos have a soul

Question 4

Muslim attitudes to abortion

Answer 4

Some Musims believe that abortion is allowed under circumstances, they take the mother’s wellbeing into consideration

Many will allow abortion if mother’s life is in danger

Many will not allow after ensoulment, “whoever kills a soul, it is like they have killed humankind entirely”

Question 5

Christian views on euthanasia

Answer 5

Some Christians are against euthanasia

Life is sacred and a gift from God, sanctity of life,

“Why should you die before your time?”

Come to me, all who labor, and I will give you rest, God will reward those who see it through their illness

Question 6

Christian views on creation

Answer 6

Many Christians believe that God made everything in this world

For by him all things were created
Intelligent design
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made

Question 7

Christian views on the afterlife

Answer 7

Most Christians believe in life after death
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life
Some Christians are dualists and believe we are made of two parts- body and soul, and these two things are separated after death

• And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Question 8

Christian views on environmental sustainability

Answer 8

The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

Humans have a dominion over animals, Bible allowed people to sacrifice animals
- The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it

Question 9

Christian views on evolution

Answer 9

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Question 10

Humanist views on creation

Answer 10

Scientific evidence doesn’t have enough evidence that there’s a hugher power

Big bang
Some believe the world formed by itself in a slow gradual way

Theory of evolution

Question 11

Christian attitudes on stewardship

Answer 11

Christians believe that it is our duty to take care of the earth

God created humans to rule over the world
God placed Adam and Eve to care for the Garden of Eden

We should have respect for all living things

Question 12

Muslim attitudes on stewardship

Answer 12

Islam teaches that human life holds a very sacred status, that no other living thing holds
We are Allahs trustees (khalifas) appointed to take care of the world and rule it as God would wish

“The earth is green and beautiful. God has appointed you his stewards over it”

Prophet Muhammad said animals must be treated with care

A prostitute gave a dog water on a very hot day and all her sins were forgiven

Question 13

Muslim views on stewardship

Answer 13

Islam teaches that humans uphold a special status that no other living being holds, however we should treat and respect other living beings.

“The earth is green and beautiful, God has appointed you his stewards over it.”

A prostitute gave water to a dog on a hot day and all her sins were forgiven, Allah will reward you for
treating animals well
Haram to eat pork

Question 14

Humanists view on stewardship

Answer 14

Humanists believe that it is our responsibility to keep the earth environmentally friendly, but not because God has placed us on the earth to do so

Question 15

Muslim views on euthanasia

Answer 15

“whoever kills a soul, it is like they have killed humankind entirely”

No matter what state the body is in, the soul is still perfect and that is what matters to Allah

Question 16

Humanists view on euthanasia

Answer 16

Stephen Hawking- “We don’t let animals suffer, so why humans”
Humanists believe to the right to life but also consider quality of life
Don’t believe that someone should be unwillingly suffering pain and should be able to die with dignity
It’s a human right

Question 17

Humanists view on afterlife

Answer 17

Humanists are materialists, so they reject any idea of a soul, they believe we are just matter, just a physical, no soul or spirit, they believe that this is our only life and after we die, we will decompose. No eternal or supernatural part of us with live on

Question 18

Muslim view on afterlife

Answer 18

Islam teaches that we have both physical and non-physical aspects to ourselves, our soul is pure when we are born, so our natural instinct is to submit to God and live by his his laws

So according to Islam, the nature of our soul is to grow up as a Muslim and submit our lives to God

“Fear God and know that God sees well what you do”

Question 19

Christian views on judgment, heaven and hell

Answer 19

Many Christians believe that once we die, we’ll live on for eternity, whether that be heaven or hell

Some Liberal Christians believe heaven and hell are symbolic, they remind us that there are consequences to our actions and thoughts
Some Conservative Christians believe that heaven and hell are real places and people can spend eternity there
- I never knew you: depart from me
“And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Question 20

Muslims view on judgment, heaven and hell

Answer 20

Most Muslims take a quite literal view of what the Quran says about the afterlife, Jannah and Jahanam ( heaven and hell) are real and physical places
Muslims believe that this life is a test and you are judged on every good and bad deed you do

“Fear God and know that God sees well what you do”

Question 21

Humanists views on judgment, heaven and hell

Answer 21

Humanists do not believe in God, they believe after we die, nothing happens, this is our only life and we should make the most of it and be moral without fearing a kind of higher power

Question 22

Christian teachings on funeral rites

Answer 22

“I am the resurrection and the life” The candles represent Jesus as a oathway to heaven to spend an eternal life w him
- Catholics may hold holy communion to show that we are not forgotten by God
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Question 23

Muslim views on funeral rites

Answer 23

Khalimah (Shahadah) whispered into the ear, was also whispered as a baby

Buried in white to show purity and equality

Question 24

Christian creation impacts

Answer 24

• Young earth creationists would deny the big bang theory

- Old earth creationists will accept that the Bible story happened over long eras rather than 24 hrs

Question 25

Islam creation impacts

Answer 25

• many Muslims are creationists

- will deny human evolution

Question 26

Christian stewardship impacts

Answer 26

• Green Christians promote environmental awareness at church
• When Christchurch Cathedral was destroyed, Christians made a statement buy building a new cathedral out of cardboard
• Christian Aid supports people to become more environmentally friendly

Question 27

Islam stewardship impacts

Answer 27

• They may be against animal testing and poaching
• against deforestation
• In 2013, an eco mosque was built in Tanzania, Africa to make worship as environmentally friendly possible as it could be

Question 28

abortion impacts Christian

Answer 28

• natural family planning
• ## adoption rather than abortion

Question 29

abortion impact Islam

Answer 29

• Lesser of two evils
• Abortion before 120 days ( ensoulment )
• pro - life
• may attend anti abortion rallies

Question 30

humanist impact abortion

Answer 30

• Savita Halappanar who died from not being granted an abortion

Question 31

Christianity euthanasia impacts

Answer 31

• may turn to hospices
• may put up with the suffering as God will reward them with heaven
• organ donation

Question 32

Islam euthanasia impacts

Answer 32

Muslims support the aims of the hospice movement

• Care homes
• hospices
• prayer