religion and life 4 Flashcards
fundamentalist Christians belief about creation
“in the beginning… Earth” - whole thing literally and that everything happened EXACTLY how is it written in bible
liberal christians view belief about creation
“in the beginning… Earth” - with a pinch of salt
symbolic
big band theory about creation
scientific theory - the universe burst into existence withe everything in it from a dense mass of dust
stewardship
- humans privileged to live on earth
- responsible for looking after it.
- “Adam was given the task of looking after the garden of eden”
dominion
- humans have power and authority
- “rule over … every living creature”
against pollution
” the earth is the Lords and everything in it”
“god looked at the world he made and was pleased”
for abortion
PROTESTANTS
- proCHOISE ‘love thy neighbour’ - respect mums choices bc her body
- pikkuah nefesh
- cant afford/not anough space
- mums mental health
- rape - young mum
- single parent
- “he who destorys one soul of human being…’ if thr mum dies
- disabled child - short life anyway
against abortion
CATHOLICS
- proLIFE
- “you shall not murder”
- “before i formed you in the womb I knew you”
- sanity of life
- ‘god created man in his own image’ - only he has the power to take life away
for euthanasia
- “lesser of two evils”
- self autonomy
- peaceful deaths should be allowed
against euthanasia
- “you shall not murder”
- sanity of life
- against gods plans
- ‘god created man in his own image’ - only he has the power to take life away
srt for the why god loves animals
noahs ark
- “take with you 7 of every kind of animal… to keep alive throughout earth”
srt for how animals should be treated
” do not mkuzzle an ox while its eating the grain” - allow animals to eat - care for them
why is it unethical to test on animals
- we ont have their consent
- no pain management
- might work for animals and not for human - thaliomide scandal
- AI can do better analysis
what do hindus believe about animals
- they have souls
- could reincarnate as your granmother
- dont eat them - vegitarians
srt FOR eating animals - meat
” everythignt hat lives an moves will be food for you”
against eating meat - non religious
- health
- climate change
3 types of euthanasia
voluntary - ill person asks for life to be ended
in voluntary - ill person able to ask by doesnt get the chnace to do so
non voluntary - ill person unable to express a choice - eg coma
Christian believes about the afterlife
- death is the beginning of an eternal life that depends on faith in god
- begins on day of judgement
- spend eternity with god in heaven or without god in hell
Jewish beliefs about the afterlife
- orthodox - resurrection - soul reunites with body
srt for the origins of human life - religious
” god formed man… he blew into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living being”
theory of evolution - scientific theory about the origins of human life
- life started with creatures in sea which evolved to live on land
- then humans started evolving 2.5 mil years ago
- creatures change and adapt to their surroundings - and the best ones thrived - survival of the fittest by charls darwin
