issues of life and death Flashcards
what is stewardship?
to look after gods creations
what is dominionship?
the idea that humans are in charge of the world on behalf of god
what is a soul?
spiritual aspect of a being non-physical can love after death
quotes for dominonship
- “rule over the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea”
- “he put everything under your feet”
- evangelical belief of “a new heaven and a new earth”
quotes for stewardship
- “rule over…” (care for)
- “love thy neighbour”
- “ god saw all he made and called it good”
- “treat others as you wish to be treated”
evangelical response to big bang
genesis is correct and science is wrong. bible is the word of god, yom means day - world created in 7 days, genealogies date universe to 10000 years. humans were made separately to animals.- no evolution. fossils are planted by the devil
liberal christian’s response to big bang
accept scientific accounts. biblical creation stories are a myth not historical. yom means era. contradictions in bible accounts e.g. humans made last in genesis 1 and first in genesis 2. gods omnipotent so behind big bang and evolution. science has evidence
evangelical christian views on life after death
bodily resurrection (jesus’ tomb was empty). judged on faith (“no one can get to the father except through me”). heaven and hell are places (revaluations - hell is a lake of fire. judged at the end of time (parable of sheep and goats)
liberal christian’s views on life after death
soul immortality (body decays). judged on actions (parable of sheep and goats). heaven and hell are not actual places. judged throughout life (jesus to thief on cross “today you will be with me in paradise”). some believe there is no hell because god is omnibenevolent. humanists have no soul therefore no life after death
christian quotes against abortion/ euthanasia
- “thou shall not kill”
- we were “made in the image of god”
- “if we live we live for the lord and if we die we die for the lord”
- “only god chooses if we live or die”
- “your body is a temple of the holy spirit”
christian quotes for abortion/ euthanasia
- “i have come to give life. life in all its fullness”
- “love thy neighbour”
- “treat others as you with to be treated”
- situation ethics. do the most loving thing
- methodist. lesser of two evils. withholding compassion is a greater evil
who is peter singer?
a philosopher who practices utilitarianism especially in speciesism; where it is wrong to treat animals below humans
features of a catholic funeral
- last confession
- lit candles (resurrection)
- lord is my shepard
- Ashes to ashes
- readings on the hope of resurrection
- burial
features of a humanist funeral
- individual coffins
- chose own song
- readings
- celebration of life
- no god, no after life
