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Theme B: Religion and Life Flashcards

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Genesis quote about command to rule over nature

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“I give you domonion..
“Rule over…”

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What are the 2 interpretations of ruling nature?

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  • Stewardship
  • Dominion
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Stewardship

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  • with rulership comes responsibilities like being a caring, protective ruler
  • We can use natures resources but with responsibility
  • as part of our duty as rulers, we must protect Gods creation
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What does the Quran say about humans?

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“Khalifah” meaning ruler (Quran)

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What is dominion?

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  • Humans are in charge of nature and can do as we please
  • we can exploit nature and take what we need eg excessive moning, deforestation, pollution
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Quotes on stewarship Christianity

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  • “take care of it” (Genesis)
  • “The Earth is the Lord’s and everything in it” (Pslams)
  • “people are responsible for the future of the planet” Pope John Paul II
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Quotes from Islam about the world

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  • “The world is green and beautiful, and Allah has appointed you His stewards over it” (Hadith)
  • “Eat and drink from the provision of Allah, and do not commit abuse on the earth” (Quran)
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Quotes from Sikhism about the world

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  • “Air is the guru, water the father, and the earth is the great mother” (GGS)
  • “Air, water, earth and sky - the Lord has made these His home and temple” GGS)
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What can a belief in dominion influence a believer to?

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  • justify medical experimentation
  • see all animals as created for the benefit of humanity
  • justify battery farming of animals
  • justify mining, drilling for oil, deforestation
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What can a belief in stewardship influence a believer to?

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  • care for animals, veg and vegan
  • be against medical experimentation on animals
  • care for environment, recycling, reducing carbon footprint
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What is reverential respect?

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an amazement at the beauty, power + complexity of the natural world
Religious people will thank and praise the Creator for his work

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How do humans pollute the environment?

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  • light pollution - fewer stars in the countryside
  • releasing harmful waste into air, water,
  • emptying factory waste into rivers - poisons fish + fertiliser kills
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How do humans cause climate change?

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  • Burning of fossil fuels = greenhouse gases
  • Drought, malaria will come to colder areas like here, flooding
  • solution = use renewable energy resources thats sustainable
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How do humans destruct natural habitats?

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  • Pollution like oil leakage kills and redcues biodiversity
  • deforestation for buildings
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How do humans abuse natural resources?

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  • Tech means materials are being taken out faster and in greater quantities
  • coal running out
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What does the RCC say about the good of the earth and beauties of nature?

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“The goods of the earth and the beauties of nature are to be enjoyed and celebrates as well as consumed”

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Religious reasons to why people are veg/ vegan?

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  • follow Gods command
  • animal life is sacred
  • Sikhs believe eating meat is bad karma
  • we have a duty as stewards not to cause harm
  • Jesus taught mercy for the weak, oppressed and powerless = shouldnt exploit
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Non-religious reasons to why people are veg/ vegan?

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  • meat industry is cruel
  • might be healthier
  • animals are sentient (conscious, have feelings)
  • we dont need meat to survive
  • against battery farming
  • killing animals for food is wrong
  • its speciesism to exploit animals ( peter singer)
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Christian opinion to support eating meat

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  • God gave us “dominion” over them (Genesis)
  • “What goes into someone’s mouth doesn’t defile them” - Jesus (impure them)
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Christian opinion against eating meat

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  • Agape
  • Adam and Eve were veg in Garden of Eden
  • Jesus taught mercy
  • God made us stewards of his creation
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Muslim opinion to support eating meat

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  • Eid-ul-Adha = animal slaughter
  • God made us “khalifah” over natural world
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Muslim opinion against eating meat

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  • Muhammad = “For charity shown to each creature which has a wet heart, there is a reward” (Hadith)
  • Taught compassionate to all
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Sikh opinion to support eating meat

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  • Rahit Maryada states Sikhs are free to choose whether or not to eat meat
  • Guru Hargobind ate meat and hunted
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Sikh opinion against eating meat

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  • GGS = “One Lord is in all, so why do you kill chickens?”
  • GGS = “The dinner of rice and beans in excellent… who would cut his throat to have meat with his bread”
  • “Gods light is within everyone”
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Jesus quote about eating

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“What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them” - kidness is more important

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Quran quote about use of animals

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“may ride on some of them and from some you may derive food”

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Arguments for animal testing

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  • Help researchers to find drugs and treatments eg cancer, HIV, vaccines
  • acceptable for medicine
  • testing safety of drugs
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Arguments against animal testing

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  • “expensive for caring and feeding
  • not allowed for cosmetics
  • not all substances tested end up being used - no benefit for us
  • Human and animal bodies aren’t identical - results not applicable to us
  • leads to death
  • there are alternatives like computer modelling/simulation
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Pro-life

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Term used for arguments and pressure groups against abortion, usually in any circumstances

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Pro-choice

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Term used for arguments and pressure groups which defend a woman’s right to choose what happens to her body

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Pro-life arguments

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  • RCC - life begins at conception so abortion = murder
  • Sancitity of Life - “God made mankind in his own image” - Genesis
  • Foetus has rights its a potential human
  • Foetus can defend itself, smn has to
  • adoption is better than killing it
  • if foetus is disabled, its not for us to decide how its Quality of life will be
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Pro-choice arguments

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  • woman should have the right to decide what happens to her body
  • may be the result of rape/incest
  • if woman is raped, abortion is the lesser of 2 evils
  • some have foetuses have disablities = low quality of life
  • If womans life is at risk from pregnancy
  • if its illegal, woman would have to go to unsafe backstreet abortions - unsafe
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Relgious views against abortion

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  • Sanctity of life = “in the image of God” Genesis, human life is sacred and should be protected
  • Catholics = life begins at conception
  • Catechism of Catholic Church
  • 10 commandments = do not murder
  • agape - love thy neightbour jesus
  • Bible “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you”
  • Quran = “Whosoever has killed a soul, it is as though he has murdered all of mankind”
  • Quran = “Kill not your offspring for fear of want”
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Religious views in favour of abortion

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  • Church of England (Protestant Christians) would employ the lesser of 2 evils however still sinful, acceptable in certain circumstances eg rape, severse disabilties, mother’s life at risk
  • Church of England = “In an imperfect world, the “right” choise is sometimes the lesser of 2 evils”
  • Agape - jesus
  • Sharia Law = womans life at priority
  • Muslims believe soul enters body at 130 days so abortion before may be accepted - relgion of compassion
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What does the catechism of the Catholic Church state?

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  • “Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception”
  • “From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognised as having the rights of a person”
  • “among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life”
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Euthanasia

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meaning “good death” - the practice of intentionally ending a life to relive pain and suffering

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Active euthanasia

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  • death is brought about by an act eg doctor giving overdose
  • illegal in UK
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Passive euthanasia

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  • when death is brought about by omission eg withdrawing of treatment to allow smn to die
  • allowed in UK
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Voluntary euthanasia

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  • person gives consent to be euthanised
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Non-voluntary euthanasia

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  • person in incapable of giving consent eg in come, dementia, brain damage
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Hospice

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home providing care for the sick or terminally ill

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Palliative care

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concerned with caring the patient, rather than managing symptoms but improving their quality of life

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Assisted suicide

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suicide effected with the assiatnce of another person, taking of legal drugs by a doctor, provided with the equipment to die

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Arguments in favour of euthanasia

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  • Right to die should be a human right
  • body autonomy
  • Only the individual can decide if they will have enough quality of life
  • We see euthanasia as compassionate for animals, so why not humans?
  • We can free up medical resources
  • No one else is being harmed
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Arguments against euthanasia

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  • Doctors take the Hippocratic Oath to protect lives
  • Slippery Slope argument - legalising euthania is a slippery slope because everyone will want access to it if a certain group does
  • Euthanasia gives too much power to doctors
  • Care for people in their last days, intead of killing them = improve palliative care
  • Vulnerable ppl may feel pressurised, not wanting to be a burden onto others for taking care of them
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Religious arguements against euthanasia

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  • Only God has the auhtority over death
  • Bible: “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh”
  • Quran: “ No soul shall die except by Allah’s permission”
  • GGS: “Nothing at all is in the hands of mortal beings”
  • Sanctity of Life - Life is sacred “in the image of God”
  • Quran: “Do not take life which God has made sacred, except by right”
  • GGS: “God’s light is within everyone”
  • 10 commandments - do not murder
  • Agape = loving thing to do is to care for them, not kill
  • Suicide is a sin, Hadith = “whoever commits suicide with something will be punished with the same thing in fire”
  • Life is a test (Islam) + of karma (Sikhism) - samsara + mukti
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2 Quran quotes against euthanasia

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  • “No soul shall die except by Allah’s permission”
  • Do not take life which God has made sacred, except by right”
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Hadith against euthanasia

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“whoever commits suicide with something will be punished with the same thing in fire”

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GGS quotes against euthanasia

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  • “God’s light is within everyone”
  • Nothing at all is in the hands of mortal beings”
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Christian quotes against euthanasia

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  • Sanctity of Life: life is sacred, everything “made in the image of God” Bible
  • Agape - most living thing is to care for them, not kill
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Religious arguments for euthanasia

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  • Agape - most loving act MIGHT be to kill them, too much suffering, to die with dignity
  • Passive euthanasia - letting patients die by removing treatment is acceptable
  • Humanists: the right to die is a “fundamental” human right
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Who are humanists?

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athiest/agnostic + morality and values derive from human nature and experience alone

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Christian view on the afterlife

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  • Day of Resurrection - judged by God
  • Heaven = “eternal life”
  • Hell = “Eternal punishment”
  • Not good enough/not bad = Purgatory (souls undergo purification) - only Catholics believe this
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Islam belief on the afterlife

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  • Akirah = life after death
  • Soul enters Barzakhn (state of waiting) until Day Of Judgment

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