Re Flashcards
What is genesis 1 about?
🌍 Chaos to Harmony
‘In the beginning…’
^ God has no beginning.
‘Be fruitful and increase in num’
^ Encourage children.
God creates humans to rule over his creatures.
What is genesis 2 about?
🙎🏻♀️Loneliness to communication
‘Bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh’
^ Creation of Eve
‘ You are free to eat from any tree’
^ Free - Will
St John Paul second:
‘There is no conflict between evolution.’ ( Darwin )
^ Religion & science can work together.
Richard Dawkins: Atheist
God delusion - challenges belief in God.
‘There is no God who has purpose for🌍.’
No such thing as soul, no evidence there is.
St Catherine Of Sienna: Nun
Sanctity of human life
Vow of chastity at 7
Humans should live in eternal love of Trinity.
Imago Dei
‘Mirror of the goodness of God, soul knows indignity’
Life belongs to God as he is our origin
Metaphors for Imago Dei:
Chesterton:
Pennies = same image - all equal value
Charles Taylor:
Humans have ‘porous self’ like sponge with holes in
Souls = imago Dei
Catholic beliefs about SOHL:
Life is gift from God.
All have right to life - Imago Dei
Destiny - heaven
‘Human life must be respected from the moment of conception.’
‘Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.’
Unborn baby is its own individual.
Double effect
Anglicans: Abortion’s
Believe - Too many ^
‘Strictly limited’ - when no other option.
Recognises law- legal if risk to health
‘Moral evil’ and adoption- is encouraged
^Agree with Catholic’s.
Uk Law Abortion:
Can’t happen after 24 weeks - baby = viable
If serious health risk to mother- no limit
Humanists:
Pro choice - right of woman to choose
Don’t believe in God
Quality of life - mother & child
Foetus isn’t person with feelings till ‘well after conception’
Peter Singer Abortion:
More quality of life.
When working out what is 👍🏼&👎🏻 put aside feelings.
Agree with Catholic’s - embryos are humans from start of conception… but disagrees they are ‘persons’
^ Only a human who is a ‘rational& self conscious being’ is a person.
Okay to kill if reduce humanity suffering.
Catholic’s response to Singer:
Amount of suffering/ pleasure of humanity isn’t something to be worked out
A human being is still a person with dignity when unborn, asleep or in a coma.
Feelings work together with decisions about 👍🏻&👎🏻
