Theme B QUOTES Flashcards
Dominion/ animal testing: “may rule over…
the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky”
Dominion: “Let us make…
mankind in our image”
Dominion/ animal use: “everything that lives…
and moves will be food for you”
Stewardship/ animal use: “I give you every…
seed-bearing plant on the face of the earth”
Cosmology is about…
the origins of the universe
Stewardship: “must respect the…
laws of nature”
Origin of the universe: “For in six…
days the Lord made the heavens and the earth”
What were the Assisi Declarations?
conference held to discuss how religions could save the natural world
Abuse of environment: “destroying those…
who destroy the earth”
Value of world (I): “It is he who…
made you successors on the earth”
Value of world (I): “It is God that everything in the…
heavens and earth belongs”
Abuse of environment (I - HADITH): “do not seek from it…
more than you need”
Abuse of animals (I - HADITH): “God will hold him…
accountable on the Day of Judgement”
Stewardship (I): “You were lifeless and he…
gave you life”
Abortion: “before I formed you in the…
womb I knew you”
Abortion (I): “if anyone kills a person, it is as if…
he kills all mankind”
Abortion (I): “do not kill your children for fear of…
poverty - we shall provide for them and you”
Abortion (I):”killing them is a…
great sin”
Euthanasia (I): “do not take life which…
God has made sacred”
Euthanasia (I): “No soul may die except with…
God’s permission at a predestined time”
Euthanasia: “I your God gave…
life and I take it away”
Abortion: “destruction is…
murder”
Abortion: “you shall not…
murder”
Euthanasia (supporting): “blessed are the…
merciful”
Euthanasia: “undermine human…
dignity and are morally wrong”
Stewardship: “a good man leaves an…
inheritance for his children’s children”
Stewardship: “God took the man and…
put him in the Garden of Eden to work and take care of it”
Pollution: “the earth is the…
Lord’s and everything in it”
Use of animals: “the righteous care for…
the needs of their animals”
afterlife: “whoever believes in him shall…
not perish but have eternal life”
stewardship (I): “it is to God…
that everything in the heavens and the earth belongs”
stewardship (I): “do not seek from it…
more than you need”
abortion (I): “do not kill your children…
for fear of poverty, we will provide for them and for you”
afterlife (I): “no one can die…
except by Allah’s leave, that is a decree with a fixed term”
stewardship in Islam
Khalifah
origins of human life: “you were lifeless and…
he gave you life”
