U2 Section 2:Matters Of Life And Death Flashcards
A) What is non voluntary euthanasia ?
Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask but you have a good reason for thinking they would want you to do so.
B) Do you agree with euthanasia?
Advances in medicine have led to people being kept alive who would previously have died, but they have a poor quality of life.
Also, many people feel that it is a basic human right to have control over ending your life. I believe people have the right to ask a doctor to assist their suicide if they are too weak to do it themselves.
C) What are Christian attitudes against abortion? #1
Most Roman Catholics believe that all direct abortion is wrong whatever the circumstances and it can’t be permitted because…
God gives and takes life so only God has the right to end a pregnancy.
Life begins at conception, where the egg is fertilised by the sperm cell, and as there is no break from conception and birth, abortion is taking life.
C) What are the Christian attitudes against abortion? #2
The 10 commandments say it’s wrong thus abortion is wrong.
Lastly they also believe that adoption is a much better solution to an unwanted pregnancy as it preserves life and brings joy to others.
D)i) Why does the paranormal not prove life after death?
No because I am an atheist and thus I don’t believe in God and if there is no God then there is no heaven to go to after death.
Also, there is nowhere for life after death to take place, space exploration has shown this.
Some people, like me have been taught not to believe in life after death, as my parents are not religious.
D)ii)Why might some people disagree with you about the paranormal and life after death?
Some people may disagree with me, for example Christians because…
Near death experiences show that the soul must go somewhere for it to then return to the body, people who experience them can remember what they saw when they died.
Also, if mediums can communicate with spirits of the dead then there must be life after death.
Lastly, the bible mentions many times that there is an after life, it’s what Paul teaches in the New Testament.
