Life and Death

Question 1

Abortion meaning

Answer 1

the deliberate termination of a pregnancy

Question 2

Christian views on abortion

Answer 2

• life begins at conception
• Catholic, never
• protestant, sometimes
• ok if:
  lesser of 2 evils, eg. Mother is at risk
  mother was raped

Question 3

Islam views on abortion

Answer 3

• ensoulment is at 40-120 days after conception
• haram
• money doesnt matter (zakat)
• ok if, lesser of 2 evils, mother is at great risk

Question 4

Sources of wisdom against abortion

Answer 4

• if man kills 1, its as if they’ve killed all of mankind
• made in God’s image
• all life is precious
• god planned all (omni…)
• thou shalt not kill

Question 5

Afterlife meaning

Answer 5

life after your physical death

Question 6

Christian afterlife places

Answer 6

Heaven, good
Hell, bad

Question 7

what is purgatory and who believes in it?

Answer 7

Catholics believe the after you die there will be a waiting room, which isn’t nice. this is to get rid of the original sin.
other catholics on earth, pray for those in purgatory, so they can be released to go to heaven/hell

Question 8

describe the parable of the sheep and the goat

Answer 8

sheep
- good, if you are on jesus’ right, you have lived your life as a good christian

goat
- bad, if you are on jesus’ left, you havent lived life as a good christian

Question 9

describe the stages a muslim goes through after they die

Answer 9

• Angels ask 3 questions on how you have lived as a muslim
• Barzakh
• resurrection
• Trumpet, day of judgement
• Allah gives you a book (left jahannam, right jannah)

Question 10

What is Barzakh?

Answer 10

Stage between death and the time of judgement
you are nothing

Question 11

what is a soul

Answer 11

The spiritual part of a person, believed to live on after their physical death

Question 12

describe jannah and jahannam

Answer 12

Jannah
- 12 stages (1 good, 12 bad)
- paradise
- happiness

Jahannam
- can move to jannah if good
- torture
- burns and rivers of blood

Question 13

Christian creation beliefs

Answer 13

• planned
• created from ex-nihlo, over 6 days
• mankind came last, with stewardship
• genesis, 1st book
• non-literal, day-age, can be interpreted, allows for science
• literal, young earth, is as bible states, earth is 10,000 years old
• Eve was created from Adam’s ribs

Question 14

Islam creation beliefs

Answer 14

planned
- created from ex-nihlo
- mankind came last, sculpted from angel’s clay
- Adam married Eve
- 1 story, 1 interpretation

Question 15

Evolution meaning

Answer 15

the gradual process of development to become more complex over time

Question 16

Charles Darwin’s theory

Answer 16

• we evolved from simple beings
• allows for big band theory

Question 17

peter singer’s theory

Answer 17

speciesism
- we are the most special species

Question 18

What is Euthanasia

Answer 18

“a good death”
- a deliberate way to end someone’s life

Question 19

passive euthanasia

Answer 19

withhold life support

Question 20

Voluntary euthanasia

Answer 20

someone requests to be allowed to die

Question 21

Non-voluntary euthanasia

Answer 21

Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so
- could be taken for granted

Question 22

active euthanasia

Answer 22

death induced deliberately, as by injecting a lethal dose of a drug

Question 23

christian views on euthanasia

Answer 23

• made in god’s image
• compassion make suffer
• pain has purpose

Question 24

Islam views on euthanasia

Answer 24

• pain has purpose
• just a chapter
• suffering s a test
• haram
• life is a gift

Question 25

what is global citizenship

Answer 25

the idea that we must take care of others, that everyone is worth looking after

Question 26

how could people support global citizenship

Answer 26

• charity
• counceling
• write books or articles
• volunteer at food banks, shelters etc

Question 27

what is stewardship

Answer 27

the idea that god gave all of mankind the responsibility take care of the environment
- he gave us dominion over the environment and that it should be treasured

Question 28

what are khalifahs

Answer 28

muslims that god gave environmental responsibility to

Question 29

how could people show their stewardship/khalifah beliefs

Answer 29

• recycles
• use less electricity
• lesser jihad, you must be careful with the environment
• but is just morally right

Question 30

Christian Funerals

Answer 30

• bible readings & hymns
• at a church
• eulogy
• candle lit to shows jesus’ light
• either cremated or burried
• commital (put into furnace/ground, sneds body to God, “ashes to ashes, dust to dust)

Question 31

Muslim Funerals

Answer 31

• Body face Mekkah
• Wash x3
• within 24 hours of the person dying
• family/friends mustn’t show remorse
• no coffin or cremated (puts a barrier between them and the angels)
• parts of the quran are read