Religion, crime and punishment 👩‍⚖️

Question 1

Crime

Answer 1

An offence punishable by law

Question 2

Punishment

Answer 2

something legally done to someone who has been found guilty of breaking the law

Question 3

Good actions outside of the law

Answer 3

• Charity
• Being kind and compassionate

Question 4

Evil actions

Answer 4

Inside - death, injury, suffering
Outside - Adultery, abortion

Question 5

Christian responses to evil actions

Answer 5

• no person is evil
• human are not perfect
• original sin from Adam and Eve
• created good so there must be a reason

Question 6

7 reasons for crime

Answer 6

poverty
upbringing
Mental illness
Addiction
Greed
Hate
Opposition to an unjust law

Question 7

Preventing poverty quote

Answer 7

‘Focusing on poverty and sacrificing for the poor are at the heart of the gospel’ - Pope Francis

Question 8

Poverty christian view

Answer 8

Society should ensure that no one needs to steal food.
In this way, they support food banks.

Question 9

Upbringing christian view

Answer 9

Parents should teach their children what is right and wrong.

Question 10

Mental illness christian view

Answer 10

Treating the causes of the illness is the most loving thing to do.

Question 11

Addiction christian view

Answer 11

Support rehabilitation, they permit alcohol but not to excess.

Question 12

Greed christian view

Answer 12

10 commandments forbid envy and this is what often causes greed.

Question 13

Hate christian view

Answer 13

Jesus taught to love everybody, including your enemies

Question 14

Opposition to unjust law christian view

Answer 14

Some may agree - only if violence is not involved.

Question 15

3 aims of punishment

Answer 15

Retribution
Deterrence
Reformation

Question 16

Christian attitude to lawbreaker

Answer 16

• hate the crime not the criminal
• should be treated fairly in the court of law
• Parable of the sheep and goats show that helping prisoners is a good thing.

Question 17

Quote for retribution

Answer 17

‘life for lie, eye for eye, tooth for tooth.’

Question 18

Quote for reformation

Answer 18

‘Do not take revenge my dear friends..On the contrary…Do not be overcome evil but overcome evil with good.’

Question 19

Quote for suffering

Answer 19

‘We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance.’

Question 20

Christian attitude towards suffering

Answer 20

• it is wrong to blame God fro suffering
• God gave humans free will so God cannot stop them from doing wrong.

Question 21

3 types of punishment

Answer 21

• Prison
• Corporal punishment
• Community service

Question 22

2 forgiveness quotes

Answer 22

• ‘Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’
• ‘Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.’

Question 23

forgiveness defintion

Answer 23

To show mercy and pardon someone for what they have done wrong.

Question 24

Arguments concerning the death penalty

Answer 24

• Innocent people may die
• The principle of utility
• The sanctity of life

Question 25

Sanctity of life teaching

Answer 25

• Only God can take a life as all life is holy and created by God.