Life And Death

Question 1

Creation of the world and humans - Christianity

Answer 1

God made the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th
Literal - made in 7 days
Non-literal- days weren’t 24hrs
Liberal - god made Big Bang (don’t believe in evolution- implies life is developed by chance
Adam made out of dirt - eve made form rib and breathed life into them

Question 2

Creation of the world and humans – Islam

Answer 2

Many Muslims believe in scientific discoveries
Believe God made the Big Bang
Don’t believe in evolution as implies life is developed by chance
Believe Allah made the world in six long time periods

Question 3

Sanctity of life and Speciesism - Christianity

Answer 3

All life was made by god and he made each person in his image - all life is sacred
Only god can take life
God chooses when life begins - RC disagree with ivf
Jesus modelled himself through his actions/parables

Question 4

Sanctity of life and speciesism- Islam

Answer 4

All life is created by allah and only he can take it away

“No one dies unless allah wills”

Question 5

Big Bang

Answer 5

Huge explosion from the point of singularity

Question 6

Evolution

Answer 6

Animals better suited to their environment pass down their characteristics

Question 7

Speciesism

Answer 7

Giving different values/rights to different species

Favouritism over one species

Question 8

Stewardship - Christianity

Answer 8

Dominion- rule over the world and use its resources as we wish
Stewardship- we should be responsible and become global citizens
Christians believe god has made us stewards of the earth

“God made man and put him in the garden of Eden to take care of it”
“Rule over the birds of the air and fish of the sea”

Question 9

Stewardship - Islam

Answer 9

Believe we’ve all been created by allah and were his kalifas
Balance in the world - fitrah

Question 10

Euthanasia

Answer 10

Voluntary - assisted
Passive - life sustaining treatment removed
Active - commit suicide
Involuntary- death is forced

Question 11

Euthanasia and abortion - Christianity

Answer 11

RC- Abortion- forbidden as life is god given - goes against 10 commandments
COE- Abortion- all life is precious however do allow if mother had been raped or life in danger
EUTHANASIA- if brain dead, tour allowed to turn of life support machine

“Don’t commit murder”

Question 12

Euthanasia and abortion - Islam

Answer 12

ABORTION - Only allah creates life so only he can end it - believe it’s okay if it’s diseased or mothers life is in danger
EUTHANASIA- don’t agree - if no hope of recovery support can be turned off

Question 13

The soul

Answer 13

Materialism - nothing but material body
Dualism - soul is made of two parts
Non dualism- soul is two parts linked together

Question 14

The soul – Christianity

Answer 14

God gave each human a soul through ensoulment
Some are dualists and believe our soul goes to afterlife
Some are non dualists and believe it temporarily separates but comes together on day of judgement and goes to heaven

Question 15

The soul – Islam

Answer 15

Non dualist- ensoulment takes place after 120 days

Soul is imprinted with belief in allah - fitrah(natural belief in allah)

Question 16

The afterlife - Christianity

Answer 16

Heaven - presence of god
Hell - absence of god
Believe in eternal life - Jesus rose from the dead and so will they on the day of judgement

“I am the resurrection and the life those who believe in me will live even though they die”
Parable of the sheep and the goat

Question 17

The afterlife- Islam

Answer 17

Believe in an afterlife (Akirah) believe there’s a day of judgement- those who die before this, angel of death takes soul to barzakh
Given a book right=heaven left=hell

Sunni - Mahdi appears with Jesus
Shia - Mahdi appears

Question 18

Funerals - Christianity

Answer 18

Held in a church
Coffin carried in
Flowers laid, candles lit (Jesus light of world)
Minister says ‘I am the resurrection and the life’
Person buried- ashes to ashes dust to dust(remind us we were created from earth)

Question 19

Funerals - Islam

Answer 19

If possible Muslims try to have Shahada whispered into ear
Take place after 24hrs
Body washed and wrapped in white clothing
Burried - face Mecca
Recite 1st chapter of Quran

Question 20

Humanist views

Answer 20

Funerals- reflect on life of person
Heaven/hell - don’t believe
Euthanasia- agree
Creation - science
Sanctity of life- don’t believe In afterlife or soul
Abortion- morally acceptable- value happiness and personal choice
Stewardship- agree but not because god gave us responsibility

“For the one life we have”