TOPIC 2:RELIGION PEACE AND CONFLICT

Question 1

Reconcilliation

Answer 1

Restoration of friendly relations and when someone goes to church to be forgiven for their sins by God and the priest

Question 2

Righteous anger

Answer 2

The anger against an injustice

Question 3

Just war theory

Answer 3

Set of conditions that must be met for a war to be considered justified

Question 4

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

Answer 4

Nuclear,chemical,biological weapons

Question 5

3 examples of Non violent resistance

Answer 5

Non violent protests civil disobedince,boycotts

Question 6

Torture

Answer 6

The act by which severe pain and suffering(physical or mental) is intentionally inflicted on a person by a public offical

Question 7

Terroism

Answer 7

The unlawful use of violence usually against innocent civillians in order to achieve a political goal

Question 8

Radicallisation.

Answer 8

When someone is influenced to hold extreme views on religous or political issue. Usually unwilling to see alternate views. This can be dangerous as it can lead to terroism and lead to threatining the stability of society

Question 9

Martrydom

Answer 9

The death of suffering of a martyr who dies for religous beliefs

Question 10

Bullying teaching (james 3:8-10) meaning

Answer 10

No human can’t control what words come out of their mouths and anyone who could would be in perfect control of their body

Question 11

Forgiveness teaching (the lords prayer)

Answer 11

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us

Question 12

Teaching about violence in bible

Answer 12

You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment

Question 13

3 things reconcilliation brings

Answer 13

No pressure or stress
It makes you better/stronger person
Appreciation + acceptance of others

Question 14

Bible quote on Reconcilliation

Answer 14

mathew 5:24

Question 15

Justice quote from bible (amos 5:24) and key message

Answer 15

But let justice roll on like a river,righteousness like a never-failing stream! = God wanted His chosen people to obey Him, by ruling justly and behaving righteously, to stop living as hypocrites and idolaters and return to Him.

Question 16

3 Catholic teachings on justice

Answer 16

Justice important as injustice leads to a lack of self worth and dignity

Pope paul vi=”if you want peace work for justice”

“God goverens the world will justice and judges the people with fariness”(deutronomy 32:4)=if god does it so should we

Question 17

Reasons for and against violent protests and an examples for both

Answer 17

For=
1.only option if peacful protests failed.
2.To make goverments of world take notice especially if goverment abuses their power.
3.if people are getting mistreated or abused themselves, why can’t it happen back
Anti apartheid protests

Againt-
1.It’s illegal and innefective
2.innocents could get harmed making problem worse
3.peacful protests can be more effective like martin luther king

Question 18

Christian view on righteous anger

Answer 18

Jesus teaches that anger should be avoided where as possible but he was angry when merchents were in the temple scamming people and was like a market

Question 19

The just war criteria

Answer 19

1.proper authority-war must be declared by a proper authoirty like the goverment
2.just cause-must be a good reason to go to war and not for greed
3.-right intension- reason going to war must be to do good and overcome evil
4.-last resort-peacful methods should be used to sort out the problem before like negotations/diplomacy
5.-proportianllity-the benefits of going to war must outweight the harm it will cause and tryimg not to harm innocents
6.-reasonable chance of success-must be possible to win and not fought vs a ovbisouly stronger oppenent.

Question 20

3 reasons why the catholic church are against wmd

Answer 20

1.-the effects are dissproportinate to any possible success that may be achieved
2.-nuclear war only causes death and destruction
3.-pope benedict says that in a nuclear war there are no “victors only victims”

Question 21

3 Contrasting views against wmd

Answer 21

1-lots of people think as they are needed for defence as other countries have them
2.-trident is an important symbol of britains importance and power in the world and its influence
3.-having nuclear weapons can deter attacks from other countries even if there is no intension to use them

Question 22

3 concequences of modern warfare

Answer 22

1.-lots of buildings/homes are destroyed
2.-people become refugees and have to migrate to other countries willing to take them and are in a whole new enviroment-could be in really bad conditions in camps
3.-child soldiers

Question 23

Catholic view on terrosim and what number teaching from ccc backs this up

Answer 23

Catholic church oppose the use of terror in any situation
ccc 2297

Question 24

2 quotes from st paul in Bible suggesting why terrosim is wrong

Answer 24

“Never take venegnce” “thou shall not kill”

Question 25

Two things the pope has done to bring peacful soloutions to conflict

Answer 25

1.-every week the pope leads the crowd in the vatican square in prayer to bring attendion to conflicts and pray for them
2.-in june 2014 he held a meeting between isreali and palestine leaders to get relation better and they prayed

Question 26

2 catholic organisations working for peace and what do they do

Answer 26

Pax christi-aims to get involved at an early stage of a conflict to encourage people to solve disputes peacfully and fairly

Justice and peace commison-works in dioceses in england wales and raises awareness for situtations where people are deprived of their rights and needs

Question 27

2 Catholic agencies helping victims of war and what they do

Answer 27

Cafod-after civil war in sierra leone they set up orphanges and rehabilliation programmes to help children who were child soldiers

Aid to the church in need-they provided shelter blankets medicine and food in syria and outisde for the civil war there

Question 28

example of a holy war and it’s 2 religous reasons

Answer 28

The crusades
-tryed to free jerusalem the holy land from muslims
-were authorised by various popes who beleievd it was for good will

Question 29

3 non religous reasosn for war

Answer 29

-self defence
-to gain land
-to gain resources

Question 30

Bible quote supporting catholic views on pacifism( mathew 5:9) and it’s 4 key words

Answer 30

“Blessed are the peacemakers”

Question 31

3 Christian pacifist views

Answer 31

1.jesus taught that violence was wrong so everyone should abide by that
2.-the invention of nuclear weapons have the chance to wipe out humanity with pacifism it would ensure the continuation of the human race
3.-war demoralizes people and the innocent suffer but pacifism avoids the instincs of cruelty and brutality

Question 32

3 beleifs against pacifism

Answer 32

1.-jesus was not afraid to use violence to force the out the traders in the temple so suggesting he wasnt maybe a pacifist
2.-an evil or corrupt ruler would ignore peacful protests and it may be the only way to remove evil dictatorship and liberate the people
3.-wars have brought some of the best instincts of people like bravery and brotherly love

Question 33

Catholic view on torture ccc 2297

Answer 33

Torture uses physicsl or moral violence to extract confessions to punish the guilty frighten oppenents

Question 34

Catholic teaching on radicallization which is pope john paul II message to the people

Answer 34

Pope john paull II message to the people=in the past cultural differences have often been a source of misunderstanding between peoples and the cause of conflict and wars

Question 35

Catholic teaching on martyrdom and christian martrys

Answer 35

a christian martyr is a person who is ready to suffer violence or even to be killed for christ who is the truth