Issues of Life & Death Flashcards
Who put forward the Big Bang theory
Stephen Hawking
Proof of The Big Bang (3)
- Subatomic and Atomic particles
- Background radiation
- Red Shift
Define Evolution
The process by which living organisms develop from less complex to more complex over millions of years
Who put forward the idea of evolution
Darwin and Dawkins
Proof of evolution (1)
fossils
Define stewardship
to look after something
Define dominion
to have power over something
Define global citizenship
to act responsibly thinking of the impact on the whole world
Define environmental sustainability
to ensure natural resouces are used in a way that the enviroment can be sustained
Define soul
spiritual aspect of a being-non physical
What do Catholics believe about life after death and why (3)
Believe in bodily resurrection
* it is stated in the creeds
* St Paul said that we will be raised in an imperishable body
* Jesus’ body was not in the tomb
What do Evangelicals believe about life after death and why (4)
- Bodily resurrection because Jesus’ tomb was empty
- Judged by faith ‘‘no one can get to the Father except through me’’
- Heaven and Hell are literal places
- We are judged at the end of time
What do Liberals believe about life after death and why
- Soul nimmortality as science shows bodies decay
- Judged on action
- Heaven and Hell are not literal places
- Judged throughout life
What do Humanists believe about life after death (2)
- No Soul
- No life after death
Describe a Catholic Funeral (6)
- Last confession
- Done by Priest
- Lit candles (resurrection)
- Ashes to Ashes
- Readings of bible
- Burial
