Religion and Life - Quotes and Egs Flashcards
Stewardship
Genesis
2:15 ‘God put the man in the Garden of Eden to work the soil and take care of the garden’
Dominion
Genesis
1:26-28 ‘Fill the Earth and subdue it; and have dominion over …every living thing that moves upon the Earth’
Animal consumption
Proverbs
‘The righteous care for the needs of their animals’
Buddhists - animals
Moral precept - dont harm living things
SG never specifically taught though so cannot be too important
Buddhists - creation
Generally agree with science but think its an irrelevant question - does not help the path to enlightenment
Buddhists - environment
Dont harm environment as itll harm people which is against the moral precept dont harm
Abortion - when is it legal?
Up to 24 weeks before
Why is abortion good?
It prevents unsafe abortions
Why should the date be further away?
20 week premature babies have survived - so its possible to be alive at 24 weeks
Who is 100% against abortion
Catholics - it is murder
Thomas Aquinas - life begins at conception
When do most Christians say abortion is OK?
After a rape
Buddhists - abortion
Judge each case on its own merits
Why is euthanasia illegal in the UK?
Slippery slope to bad ethical practice
Deep palliative care - giant dose of morphine that will kill you
Afterlife
Revelation
4:2-6 ‘There in heaven there was a throne with someone sitting on it’
Euthanasia
1 Corinthians
3:17
‘If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple’
Creation of Man
Genesis
2:19 ‘The Lord God used dust from the ground and made every animal in the fields and every bird in the air’
Afterlife
Matthew
25:41 ‘Depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for by the devil and his angels’
Could be literal or the pain of separation from God
Afterlife
John
3:16 ‘Everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life’
Euthanasia
Psalm
Psalm 139: 13 and 15, ‘You created every part of me; You put me in my mothers womb… When I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there You saw me before I was born
