RE - Paper 2 - Religion And Life - Quotes Flashcards
Give 2 quotes against abortion from a general Christian perspective
‘I knit you in your mother’s womb’ (psalm 139:13)
‘God created man in his image) (genesis 1:27)
Give a statement about the sanctity of human life from the Catholic Church
‘Human life is sacred’ (humanae vitae 1968)
Give a direct statement about abortion from the Catholic Church
‘Abortion is a serious sin’ (declaration on produced abortion 1974)
Give a quoted argument about abortion from the Catholic Church and the soul
‘It would never become human if it were not human already’ (Declaration on produced abortion 1974)
Give a quote from the CofE about the lesser of two evils (NOT the doctrine of double effect)
‘In an imperfect world the ‘right’ choice is sometimes the lesser of two evils’ (CofE 1988)
What happens if a foetus is harmed compared to the mother of the child in the bible?
If a foetus is harmed the perpetrators shall be ‘fined’ but if the woman is injured ‘the punishment shall be life for life’ (exodus 21:22-25)
Give a quote from Ecclesiastes about abortion being used if a child will be born into a bad world/wont be happy
‘If a man does not get his share of happiness…then I say a baby born dead is better off’ (Ecclesiastes 6:3-5)
‘Better off are those who have never been born…then I say a baby born dead is better off’ (Ecclesiastes 4:3)
Give a quote about predestination and also humans being humans as foetuses - which you could link to pre-creationism
(Pre mortal existence)
‘Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you’ (Jeremiah 1:5)
‘Before I was born, the Lord chose me and appointed me to be his servant’ (Isiah 49:1)
‘God chose me before I was born’ (Galatians 1)
Give a quote about murder
‘Thou shalt not kill’ (Exodus 20:13)
What is the name for the soul in Islam
Ruh
Give a quote from the Quran about not killing things with souls
‘Whosoever has killed a soul, it is as though he has murdered all of mankind’(Surah 5:32)
Give a quote about not aborting for fear of poverty
‘Kill not your offspring for fear of poverty; it is we who provide for them’ (Syrah 17:32)
Give a quote from the Prophet Muhammad about kindness
Could link to euthanasia or abortion
‘Kindness is a mark of faith’ (Hadith)
Give the slogan of dignitas and its country of origin
To live with dignity, to die with dignity
Give a quote from Tony Nicklinson about his life
‘Living nightmare’
‘The law wants to condemn me to a life of increasing indignity and misery
Why did Jesus come?
So people could have life ‘in all its fullness’ (John 10:10)
What is the golden rule?
Treat others as you wish to be treated
What could thou shalt not murder imply
Killing someone who doesn’t want to die is wrong
Give a quote about your body holding a part of God?
Don’t you know that you are the temple of God? (1 Corinthians 3:16)
What is a quote from the Methodist church leader Leslie Weatherhead about euthanasia?
Punished by the state if we had kept an animal in similar conditions
We kept a human being alive against his will, when all the dignity, beauty and meaning of life had vanished
Give a quote from a pope about euthanasia
Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God (pope John Paul II)
What is a non euthanasia death considered as by catholics
More ‘natural’ - this is provided for by hospice movements