Section 8.2: Environmental And Medical Issues Flashcards
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Why christians are against transplant surgery
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- Playing god and with his plan, humans should not intervene with his will, humans should cared for by nature not science, humans are created by god in his image
- the sanctity of life, all life is holy and belongs to god, imago dei, no right to interfere with his creation
- full bodily resurrection christians believe that god will resurrect people in their bodies at the end of the world
- donations can be unethical, organs should not be removed unless body announced dead, organs should only be given from living relatives, announced hero for sharing although should come as a natural instinct,
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Why christians are for transplant surgery
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- teachings in the bible: most loving thing, do your best to save lives, golden rule, decalogue do not murder, luke 3:11
- jesus teachings he healed so should we, sheep and goats, love your neighbour, golden rule sufficient support for organ donation and transplant surger, Galatians 4:15
- resurrection of the spirit, not the body genesis 3.19, right to make every effort to preserve life, resurrected in spirit bot body, body is no longer needed after dead, help the living
- church teachings ‘a particularly praiseworthy example of such gestures is organ donation’ pope john paul II
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Why muslims are for transplant surgery
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- Qur’an says muslims must save the lives of others, close relatives should be saved via transplant if dying (like starving muslim eat pork), qur’an 5.32
- live donations less controversial as the resurrection would be unaffected, as some organs aren’t essential ie one kidney, as long as dont risk donors life, act of charity
- the muslim law council (1996) issued fatwa allowing donor cards, as a means of alleviating pain or saving a life, cannot sell organs as degrades the body
- effective proven method of curing terminal illnesses or improving life (heart malfunction/cornea transplant to give sight)
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Why muslims are against transplant surgery
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- sanctity of life/ playing god, transplanting organs is acting like god which is the biggest sin of islam, all life belongs to god, up to god and he only has the right whether he takes or gives life
- body should be buried soon after death, islam does not permit post mortems to donate as are resurrected soon after death as a whole
- humans have no right to alter allahs plan of life and death
- breaking the code of shari’ah
- full bodily resurrection, on the last day of living the body resurrects so all organs are needed to do it properly, do not purposefully harm a body
- donation can be unethical, like from death row inmates
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Why christians are for fertility treatment
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- allows the joy of a family and children
- genesis 1.28 states: be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth’
- infertility is an illness, jesus healed so should we
- god has given us the gift of knowledge, given us capacity to create children in this way - gods plan
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Why christians are against fertility treatment
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- alternative options to couples who want children, god has a plan, he chooses who are able to bare children jeremiah 1.5
- RCC fertility treatments involve masturbation, god is against this as wastes possible children, gen 38
- some fertility treatments require a third party therefore adultery against exodus 20
- IVF involves destruction of unused embryos, life begins at conception, discarded embryos therefore murdered, fertilised eggs should be treated as if they were alive
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Why muslims are for fertility treatment
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- permissible to find a cure for the disease, allah has not sent down a disease without a cure hadith: al-bukhari
- important for a muslim woman to be able to carry and bear a child, her self esteem and place in family and society are closely related to the ability of her having a child
- IVF and AIH are permitted, follow a recent fatwa, baby can only inherit from biological parents however, legal status is same as biological parents
- allah has given the gift of knowledge, Ivf would not work if allah didnt want it to
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Why muslims are against fertility treatments
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- will of allah if couple has child or not (surrah 42: 49-50)
- using donor eggs/sperm is adultery, committing zina not acceptable, violating the contract of marriage, all children should have a right to know their biological parents
- all muslims believe that surrogacy is wrong, banned in islam, violating contract of marriage, woman who gives birth to the child is the mother of it
- allah has a plan, alternative options to a couple who want children, infertility is a test from allah, he decides who does/doesn’t have children, adoption as devotes themselves to community in another way
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Why taking care of the environment is important to christians: creation/the environment is a gift from god and he is in control of it
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- gods creation should be passed on to future generations
- humans are in charge of gods gift
- looking after something so it can be passes on to the next generation genesis 1:26
- temporary keepers so must return it in the best condition possible
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Why taking care of the environment is important to christians: gods anger and judgement jeremiah 2:7
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- genesis 2:15 says we must care for world
- will be judged on the way they have treated gods created world as well as their fellow humans
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Why taking care of the environment is important to christians: stewardship proverbs 13:22, also genesis 2:15
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- the act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
- everything belongs to god psalm 24:1
- we do not own the planet therefore do not exploit it by wasting its resources, work in harmony with creation
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Why taking care of the environment is important to christians: church teachings support environmentalism
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- celebrate the beauties of nature dont demolish them
- balance consumption and conservation
- consider the welfare of future generations
- dignity of nature needs to be bound up with our responsibility for the preservation of life
- ‘care of water resource and attention to climate change are matters of grave importance’ pope benedict XVI
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Why can religious people solve the problems of the environment
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- motivation stewardship
- religious groups can encourage people, large influence
- vatican is the greenest city in the world
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Why cant religious people solve the problems in the environment
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- can help lessen effects but not solve it
- governments and big companies have more power
- peter singer says christianity may be the root cause of environmental problems
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Why taking care of the environment is important to muslims: allahs creation
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- gift from god to be respected and admired
- accept that god is the creator/designer of earth (tauhid)
- humans are made to care for earth
- if muslims do not act as a Khalifah then they have not done the will of allah therefore will not go to paradise
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Why taking care of the environment is important to muslims: stewardship
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- allah given responsibility to muslims to act as a khalifah and take care of the world
- dont waste valuable resources
- buy organic produce to protect environment and support locals
- before buying an item question yourself as the qu’ran states not to waste in 6:141
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Why taking care of the environment is important to muslims: the prophet muhammad explains the role of the khalifah
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-hadith: the world is green and beautiful and allah has appointed you his steward over it. The whole earth has been created as a place of worship pure and clean
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Why taking care of the environment is important to muslims: the muslim declaration on nature
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- allah created everything on earth for a purpose
- nothing in it is a waste of space and time
- if one thing is damaged in the links of all natures beings the link is upset and can damage the planet
