Rights And Responsibilities Flashcards
Why do Christians use the bible to make moral decisions?
- the bible is the word of God
- the New Testament teaches Christians how to behave (St Peter and Paul)
- Gods authority (Decalogue)
- comes from God so is only thing to be trusted
- kept Christians on the right path for hundreds of years
- Gods truth doesn’t change
What are different Christian opinions on the bible?
- literal word of God as he told authors what to write
- must be interpreted by the church
- inspired by God and guidance but must be adapted for modern life
How does the church guide Christians?
- talk to other Christians
- pray and worship together
- listen to priest or vicar
- accept churches authority in telling us gods word
Why do Christians believe the church has authority?
- God speaks through church
- only church can interpret the bible
- provides rules
- it’s the body of Christ so teachings of church are teachings of Jesus
What is the conscience?
- inner feeling of right or wrong
- voice of God within us
- allows all people to judge their actions
- feel guilty if we do wrong things
- most important guide
What are situation ethics?
- most loving thing
- it’s a good action
- someone should only obey rules of the bible or teaching of the church if it leads to the most loving action
What are reasons for using situation ethics?
- every situation is judged individually
- love is a genuine Christian action
- love is an easy principle to apply
- doing the most loving thing will Appeal to people as a positive idea
- Golden rule
- Jesus ignored bible teachings to help a woman being accused of adultery
What are reasons against using situation ethics?
- it’s impossible to predict what will happen in every example
- in theory anything someone feels most loving would be allowed (murder)
- it’s hard to apply situation ethics in everyday causes where we would usually have rules
Why should Christians use a variety of moral authorities?
- live according to God
- different Christians believe different sources of authority tell us what God wants so they might use multiple
What is spiritual development?
Belief that moral development is spiritual not social
What are all citizens of the U.K. Entitled to?
- life
- food
- Liberty
- equality
- education
- health care
- privacy
What is the human rights act?
- UK human rights are protected by law
- most are covered by the human rights act of 1998
- Anyone who feels their rights have been abused can appeal to the European court of human rights
How has the humans right act been criticised?
- allowed criminals to get away without proper punishment because their human rights were not upheld
- anti terrorism act is an abuse of human rights
Why are human rights important to Christians?
- every human is created in God in his image and deserves respect
- God loves everyone so should be treated equally
- 10 commandments support most human rights laws
What does religion say about human rights?
- sheep and goats teach that it is the moral duty of Christians to help people in need -Mathew
- golden rule - Matthew
- in multi faith societies Christians believe their faith should not be imposed onto the government
