Religion and Life Flashcards
What is the universe
All of time and space and it’s contents like planets , starts particles , matter and energy .
What do Christians believe about the universe ?
That it didn’t just make itself , but that it was designed and made by god .
What does ‘ex-nihilo’ mean and what is its significance ?
Out of nothing ,.
God created everything out of nothing showing his OMNIPOTENCE .
reitterates the philosphical dictum ‘nothign comes from nothing .’
What does Genesis 1:1-2:3 show ?
It gives us the accounts in the bible of how God creeated the universe . In the story , God ceared the heaves and the earth in six days and then rested on the seventh .
What did God do on day 1 ?
God said ‘Let there be light’ called the light ‘day’ and darkness ‘night’ .
What did God do on day 2 ?
God made the sky .
What did God do on day 3 ?
God formed the seas and the land , covering the land with vegetation and plants .
What did God do on day 4 ?
God created the lifr in the sky , the sun , the moon , and stars .
What did God do on day 5 ?
God made fish and other animals in the seas , and bird in the air .
What did God do on day 6 ?
God finished byc reating all of the animals on land , an d by making humans . He made humans in his own image .
What did God do on day 7 ?
God rested on the seventh dday and made it holy , He was very pleased with his creation because it was good .
What is the importance of the creation story to humans ?
The creation sotry is important as ‘Imargo Dei’ we were created in Gods image , so we have power on Earth .
Who are Fundamnetalists ?
Are christains who believe that the statements in the bible are literally true and belive there are certain basic beliefs that are essential to th christian faith .
Who are liberals ?
Christians who believe that the bible sauhtors were guided by God , but that noet eerything they wrote is a literal account of what actully happened
Whta do fundamentalists believe about the creation story ?
That God made everything in six days .
However others do say that ‘day’ could be interpretted as a longer perio dof time .
What do liberalists believe about the creation stor ?
They account the creation story as more like parables or symbolic accounts , where the main message is that God brought into being the universe and all that is in it .
These christians can also look at SCIENCE ot help them understand how God id this .
How old is the universe ?
13.8 Billion years old .
It was a small hto dense something that expanded over next 13.8 billion years .
What is the Big Bang Theory ?
A scientific expanation on how the universe began .
How do we know about the Big Bang theory ?
From mathematicl theoirs and models .
LInk between BIg Bang theory and Christianiry .
If your are a fundamnetlaists then you cannot believe in the big bang theory .
-but lieraksuts can believein egensis one and the bigbang theory as the Big Bnag could have been God’s way of creating the universe .
Buddhist views on the Bigg BAang
-Buddhism dosen’t explicitly support nor deny the Big Bang Theory .
Buddhism does not teach that universe has any origin - becuase it does not believe in a God or creator .
They belive in the cyle of samsara repetaing cyle of life death and rebirth . So eventhoguht they accpet theory .
-dosent mean there was nothing befoe the big bang theory . Like the universe is also in cycle of samsara so might hve been number of universes .
What is the story of the posioned arrow and its signicance .
-Once a man was hti by posioned arow , and would only live if it was removed , howeverb before that he wanted to know who shot it , but becasue he waited for an answer and it wasn’t removed he died
-Showing that the orign of the universe is irrelevant , you shoulld foucs on escaping suffering and reaching enlightenment .
A teaching to show God created a beautiful world .
“When I consider your havens , the work of your fingers , the moon and the stars , which you have set in place , what is manking that you are mindful of them , humans beings that you care for them .”
Another teaching to show God created a beautiful world .
“For since the creation of the wolrd , God’s invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen , being understood from what has been mad e, so that people are without excuse .”
Meaning of wonder ?
Marvelling at the complexity and beuty of the universe .
Meaning of awe ?
A feeling devout respect , mixed with fear of wonder .
Meaning of stewardship ?
The idea that belivers have a duty to look after the environemnt on behalf of God .
Meaning of dominion ?
Dominance or power over something ; having charge of something or ruling over it .
Stewardship for christians
Christians believe that God has given humans the privilege of living on planet Earth , but with the responsibility to portect and care for the Earth . Adam and Eve were the first stewards . W are caretakeers of the eworld
The difference between stewardship and dominion ?
Stweardship is when you can do what you want ebcause you are inc harge of it .
In egenesis 1 God said humans ‘rule over the fish and sea’.
gowever in stweardship pis when you cannotdo what you like , you entrusted to look after the environemtn by god and not damage it . And in return we are able to use it for our survivival.
Why do buddhists say we should look after the world ?
-Along with the fact the world , provides us with basic necessities to survive like food , shelter and clothing .
As it is the wolrd we are most likely to devleop wisdom , comapssion and to achieve ENLIGHTENMENT , and free oursleves from suffering , So we should show karuna .
Another reason buddhists say we should look after the world .
Buddhists say that to be born a human in this world , is exremly fortunate . Ad follows many other lives and conscious forms (samsara cyle ) , so it shows how priviledged we are as wel and therefore look ater the world .
Idea of Stweardship in Buddhism ?
Stweardship isn’t a buddhist term as it does not involve beleif ina creator God , so nobody owns the Earth .
Burt buddhists accept that humans need tot ake responsibility for protecting the environement and cring for all living beings . Especially as people also have the resopnsiiltiy to develop more wisdom and karuna to move towards enlightenment .
Ways we are abusing our environment ?
-Deforestation -reducing animal popualiton .
-Using non-renewable resources - releases Co2 and contributes to glabal warming .
-Ocverculitvation -eating meat-needs lots of space .
-Plastic .pollution
Ways to combat abuse to our environemnt ?
-Selective deforestation instead cuttitng down all trees .
-Using renewbale resources-solar.
-more plant based diet .
-Reusing plastic bags or using paper bags .
buddhist views of awe and wonder
They syaing being appreciative of our surroudnigns and nature , can bring people deep enjoyment of the beuaty of mysterious ordianry life , as well a shelping poeple to be calm and less shaken in life’s difficluties .
meaning of responsibility ?
A duty to care for , or having control over something or someone.
Earths growing popualtion menas natural resources used up quickly and rhese reosurces are non renwable .
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One buddhist reason fro protecting the environment .
1.he concept of dependent arising teaches that everything depends on other things . W live ina c omplex network of people , aniamls and plants , all whom depend in carious ways on a healthy planet to survive .
Second buddhist reason fro protecting the environment .
The second noble turth is that suffering is caused by grreed . The buddha encouraged people to practise contentment , having jsut as much as they need for a simple but dignified life , taking too much from the environment goes against this teaching .
Third buddhist reason fro protecting the environment .
The first of the five mroal precepts is to avoid causign harm to any other living being . This means looking after the Earth so that ohter people and living things , and those who come after us have a planet worth lviign on .
Fourth buddhist reason fro protecting the environment .
Making efforts to care for others is part of the Buddhist path of training that leads to people gradually towards enlightenment . Thsi includes caring for the Earth and everythign that depends on it .
Abuse of reources
-*The geenesis creation story repeats everal times ‘and God aw it was good’ , this indicated that creation doe not exi just for what humans can get out of it .
-But it has its own unique value in gods calue .
Abue of resource (2)
-As the worlds population i increasing , demand ofr natural resources is getting greater .
-do we ned to sustaianble devlelopandd use renewable reource , to preserve thing for future generation ..
What is the significance of Assii and Ohitio meetings .
-Leaders fromdfive different world religion were bruoght togther in 198t6 , by the world wildflife fund , to dicuss how thir fatihs should helop take care for the environment .
-At these meein Christains said that being in charge of creaion doe not give the right for people to abue reourc , a we are only @the tenant of God’s world’
What is pollution ?
Making something dirty or contaminated .
all the differnet types of pollution
Air pollution -mainlly cuased byf umes from factorie and vhicle .
-Land pollution -caused by ineffective dispoal of waste , chemicals can ahrm wildiflie .
-Water pollution dumping waste inot the sea , affecting marine life .
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