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George Lemaitre
Roman Catholic Priest who introduced Big Bang Theory (bbt 14b years ago)
Genesis 2 animals
He creates animals as companions for man, but none are suitable. Finally, God creates woman from one of the man’s rib bones.
god not omniscient?.
Woman created from rib of adam
Muslim origin of universe
‘Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and earth in six days.’
‘Have those who disbelieved not considered that the world was a joined entity, and We separated them.’ - big bang?
christian dominion quote
‘rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’
“be fruitful and multiply”
christian stewardship
Christian Aid, Operation Noah and CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) aim to take up this role of stewardship and try to counter the damage humans have done to the world.
“put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and care for it”
christian: natural revelation
God is revealing thing about himself through the natural word
Muslim Khalifah
believe they are Khalifah - God’s viceregents on earth (acting for God on Earth)
-they will be judged for this on the day of judgement
its a sin to damage the world god created
‘don’t seek more than you need from the world.’ Hadith - Muslims try to build without damaging environment (eg trees sreplanted when cut down)
Groups like the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences educate Muslims in line with Islamic teaching on the environment.
‘”And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank]”
global warming
In 2017, records showed that 17 of the last 18 warmest years have occurred since 2000.v
Jew response to abuse of environment
The Torah commands Jews to leave the land of Israel fallow (without plants sown to restore fertility) every 7 years.
This reminds them God is in charge of the land, not them.
The festival of Tu Bishvat is celebrated as an environmental awareness festival, and trees are planted.
Tree planting is often part of Jewish celebrations - millions of trees have been planted in Israel since its creation.
Most homes in Israel are solar heated, and waste-water is re-used in farming.
Christian - care for animals
‘The righteous care for the needs of their animals’
Cathechism of Catholic Church says killing animals without reason goes against human dignity
Quakers believe any animal killing is wrong
Islam - care for animals
stories of Prophet Muhammad helpign animals - eg returning egg to nets to distressed mother
cruelty/ use of animals for pleasure is HARAM (including zoos)
animal has to be killed humanely to be “halal” - using for medicine must be last resort
animals “are communities like yourselves’
‘It is God who provides livestock for you, some for riding and some for food.’
christian genesis 1
‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’
Islam abortion
“whoever has killed a soul it is as though he has killed all mankind”
HADITH: “no severer of womb relationship ties will ever enter paradise”
“you shall not kill your children for fear of poverty, we will provide for them and you”
Ensoulment after 40/120 days
Sharia says its “lesser of two evils” if mothers life at risk - her life is already happening/has family
Christian abortion
“before i formed you in the womb i knew you”
“you knit me together in my mothers womb”
Islam on Allahs control of life and death
“no person can ever die except by allahs leave”
Prophet muhammad story about god: “My slave hurried to bring death upon himself so i have forbidden him paradise”
