Origins and meanings Flashcards
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Key concepts : inspiration
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1.”God breathed”
2. The belief that the Holy spirit guides us to do what is good and true.
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Key concepts : Revelation
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- How God makes himself known to humans
- Christians believe that God does this fully through Jesus
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Key concepts : Omnipotence
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- The belief that God is all powerful
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Key concepts : Transcendence
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- Existing outside space and time
- God exists above and beyond creation
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Key concepts : Evolution
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- when animals and plants change over time.
- These changes are to suit particular environments
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Key concepts : Creation ex nihilo
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- Creation out of nothing
- Only God can create out of nothing
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Key concepts : Imago dei
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- image of God
- The belief that human beings reflect God’s qualities
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Key concepts : stewardship
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- The duty to care for the world the Lord has made
- To protect the world for future generations
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Beliefs about sanctity of Life?
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- life is special and it belongs to God
- Life is precious to God as it was made in his image and because only God can give life only he should be able to take it.
- life is a gift from God it should be cherished from conception to natural death
- “God made mankind in his image”
- “God breathed into Adam’s nostrils”
- Catholics would do all they can to protect human life and will join peaceful marches against abortion
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Catholic views on abortion?
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- Abortion is medically termination a fetus from the womb before it can survive
- The catholic church disagrees with abortion as they believe it is murder and taking a life you did not give
- catholics believe life is a gift from God (sanctity of life)
- believe life begins at conception
- Catholics only allows abortion in a case where it’s a treat to the mother’s life
- “Thou shall not kill” - Ten commandments
- “i knew you before i formed you” -God in the Bible
- catholics will campaign for people with pregnancies to be supported so they dont turn to abortion as an alternative.
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Humanist views on abortion?
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- Do not believe in God, look to science for answers
- they have a relative attitude towards life
- Don’t believe life begins and conception and a fetus is not a person
- humans believe everyone should have a right to choose how they want to live their life
- “my body, my choice” - humanist slogan
- “good without God”
- humanist will campaign to maintain current UK laws on abortion so it’s available to anyone that wants it.
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Jewish views on abortion?
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- sanctity of life
- God is the ultimate creator and only he says when life begins or ends
- Jews will do all they can to save a life as it takes priority over everything else.
- Pikuach nefesh is breaking shabbat to save a life e.g a doctor can break it if a life is endangered.
- ” Do not kill” -ten commandments
- orthodox jews believe that pikuach nefesh applies to a fetus so abortion is unacceptable.
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Creationist chriatians on Creation?
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- They take the word of God literally as it is written in the Bible as they believe it is God’s words
- they believe the creation accounts is Genesis should be taken literally and its not a symbolic story
- they believe the world was created in 6 days and in the 7th day God rested
- They believe God is an omnipotent creator as he created the world in 6 days
- “in the beginning, God created”- Genesis
- “God made mankind in his image” - Genesis
- Creationist will go to church and pray to God thanking him for creating the world
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Catholic believes on Creation in genesis
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- Genesis is the first book of the Bible which tells us about the creation and how God created the world in 6 days
- catholics believe Genesis is a symbolic story with a hidden meaning
- catholics also believe religion works together with the scientific accounts of creation like the big band.
- “in the beginning, God created”- Genesis
- “God made mankind in his image”- Genesis
- They will read Genesis to learn more about how God is like rather than reading it exactly as it happened.
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creation ex nihilo
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- Creation ex nihilo means creation out of nothing
- catholics believe only God can create out of nothing
- catholic believe God’s ability to create from nothing is uniqe because he is omnipotent
- God created the world without need for any materials as Genesis states this was the beginning or everything
- “and God saw that it was good”- Genesis
- “in the beginning God created”- Genesis
- catholics will pray to God thanking him for creating the world
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Genesis on the nature of God?
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- helps Christians learn what God is like
- CREATOR (In genesis God created in the world in 6 days from nothing. “in the beginning God created” )
- OMNIPOTENT (God created the world by speaking it into existence showing how powerful he is “Let there be light”)
- OMNIBENEVOLENT (God created everything good for the benefit of humans showing his love and compassion for all, “and God saw that is was good”)
- Catholic Christians will attend church to praise and worship God. They will thank him for creating the whole world
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catholic views on stewardship?
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- Stewardship is the duty to care for the world God has created and protect it for future generations
- They believe humans have a special relationship with creation because in genesis God gave humans responsibility over it when he put Adam and eve in the garden to care for it
- Adam and eve were asked to “keep the garden” - Genesis
- our environment is a gift from God
-pollution and climate change is slowly destroying the world - Letter from the pope Laudato si to to catholics “care for our common home”
- catholics will try to look after the planet by living a more sustainable lifestyle.
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humanist on caring for the world?
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- They don’t believe in God
- agree w Catholics that we should care for the world
- Humans only have one life to live and by damaging the environment we are damaging lives
- “for the one life we live”- humanist slogan
- God is not the reason we should protect the world and the world should be cared for as it is beautiful and humans won’t survive without it.
- “good without God”
- Humanist will try to live a sustainable life and reduce their contribution to climate change
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Big bang theory
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- The idea that the universe began in an explosion where all the universe’s energy and matter was throw outwards.
- Before the big bang nothing Existed
- Stephen hawking was a scientist that expanded on the big bang theory suggesting there is no creator of the universe.
- “the universe can and will create it’s self from nothing “
- this changes people’s lives as they can see how universe and galaxies can be made without God according to scientist.
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Catholic views on the big bang?
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- Pope F said that God caused the Big bang to create the universe
- “the big bang does not contradict creator but depends on it”
- God must have created the conditions for to allow the explosions to happen so the universe can still be created from nothing
- the chances of the big bang happening and creating the universe at the perfect time is really low meaning there must be a greater power behind it.
- “let there be light”- genesis on God omnipotent
- Catholics will read about creation in the Bible and see it as a symbolic story rather than a literal story.
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Jewish views on creation
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- the Torah contains the first 5 books if the Bible
- Genesis explains how God created the universe from nothing and how he is the source of life
- ORTHODOX - see Genesis as a factual account on how the world was created
- REFORM - see Genesis as a symbolic story with a deeper meaning about what God is likeness and human’s relationship with him
- “God made mankind in his image”
- “On the seventh day God rested”
- Jews will partake in shabbat every week to reflect on God resting during creation they won’t work.
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Interfaith dialouge
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- Discussions between people of different faiths and people of no faiths trying to find a common ground of working together e.g caring for the planet
- Pope Francis sends out a message that we are called to serve others and that we should follow the commandment. “love thy neighbour”
- catholics should love and help everyone no matter what as we are all made imago dei.
- ensures people can freely practise their faith and their beliefs will be respected
- “God made mankind in his image”- genesis
- catholics will try build good relationships with people of other faiths and religions to spread love and kindness
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CAFOD and SVP
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- The church believes in dignity of humans as they are made in the image of God
- catholics want to work together to get rid of poverty as a way of following the commandment “LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR”
- CAFOD- catholic agency for overseas deveploment.
- cafod provide aid and disaster relief for thise who have been victims of war of natural disaster
- SVP make home visits to those who are sick and visit care homes
- catholics will donate money to charities like CAFOD and SVP to help the poor live a more dignified life
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Catholics and the Bible
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- Holy book
- Inspired by the Holy spirit and written down
- Written by humans
- Scientific info was limited. they wouldn’t know about Big bang
- “All scripture is God breathed” - Bible
- Catholics will read and understand the Bible in the terms of when it was written and this will allow them accept scientific theories like the big bang
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structure and forms of the Bible
- collection of books
- seperated into New and Old testament
- Old - contains books written before Jesus was born. The first 5 books are shared w jews. Ten commandments.
- New - details the life of Jesus in he Gospels and his teachings. "love thy neighbour".
- The bible is arranged in a specific order because different books were written by different authors at different times with different messages.
- catholics will read the Bible and understand it in the terms that it was written in.
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Revelation and inspiration
- For christians the Bible is a revelation, its how God reveals messages about himself through messangers
- "all scripture is God-breathed"
- Bible shows how to live a holy and moral life
- "love thy neighbour"
- Bible contains guidance as it is inspired by the Holy spirit
- catholics will follow the teaching if Jesus in their everyday lives
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Jewish views on the Torah
- Holy scripture
- contains the 613 mitzvot
- Torah was given to Moses on mount sinai.
- Moses is important as he is the only one who has seen God
- mitzvot rules tell how to live a good life according to God and his commandments
- "do not kill"
- ORTHODOX - believe the Torah must not be altered and should be taken literally
- REFORM - shouldn't be taken literally as it cannot all apply to modern life
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Jewish views on caring for the planet
- important as it is a gift
- "God created"
- Torah demands that nature should be respected
- SUKKOT- the festival of sukkot reminds jews to be grateful for the gift of nature.
- The live outside for 7 days temporarily to be closer to the natural world
- "to dwell in booths"- a mitzvot rule
- Jews will partake in shabbat and without any distractons will reflect on God creating the world
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