2.1 SELF, DEATH AND AFTERLIFE - CHRISTIANITY

Question 1

What are the three meanings and purposes of life for Christians?

Answer 1

• to glorify god
• to being about God’s kingdom
• to prepare for judgement

Question 2

Finish the quote from Genesis 1: 26-28 “Be fruitful …

Answer 2

and multiply and fill the earth”

Question 3

What is imago dei?

Answer 3

Humans made in the image of God

Question 4

Finish the quote from Genesis 1:27 “so God created mankind …

Answer 4

in his own image”

Question 5

Define the word ‘kabod’

Answer 5

glory

Question 6

How can Christians use god’s glory in their lived?

Answer 6

By living good lives

Question 7

Finish the quote from Genesis 2:7-8 “God formed man of dust from the ground …

Answer 7

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life

Question 8

What does Genesis 2:7-8 suggest about human relationships with God?

Answer 8

It is personal

Question 9

3 ways in which christians can build a relationship with God

Answer 9

• communicating in prayer
• studying the bible
• modeling life on Jesus

Question 10

What is the original sin?

Answer 10

Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit

Question 11

What was the consequence of the original sin on all humans?

Answer 11

All humans are born with the original sin

Question 12

How did humans make up for the original sin?

Answer 12

through the doctrine of atonement

Question 13

How can humans complete their renconcilliation?

Answer 13

by facing judegment at the end of their lives

Question 14

what is the significance of Matthew 25:31-46?

Answer 14

Parable of sheep and goats showing how humans will be judged

Question 15

How does the Lord’s prayer refer to kingdom of God?

Answer 15

“Your kingdom come, your will be done”

Question 16

How can humans bring about God’s kingdom?

Answer 16

By acting as God’s stewards on earth

Question 17

What is a contemplative life for humans?

Answer 17

Where their life is a lifelong journey of prayer and contemplation

Question 18

What does Christianity teach about resurrection?

Answer 18

Jesus died and rose from the dead

Question 19

What is Jesus’ life symbolic of?

Answer 19

Everlasting life that comes from God

Question 20

Why is the ressurection so significant for Christians?

Answer 20

Highlights importance of the doctrine of atonement

Question 21

Finish the quote Daniel 12:2 “many of those who sleep …

Answer 21

“in the dust of the earth shall wake”

Question 22

Define dualism

Answer 22

belief in 2 substances - body and soul

Question 23

How was plato a dualist?

Answer 23

He argued that there are 2 worlds - the world of appearances and the world of forms

Question 24

Where do Christians get their idea of soul?

Answer 24

Plato’s philosophy and Jewish tradition

Question 25

What type of resurrection did Augustine believe in?

Answer 25

Resurrection of the flesh

Question 26

Why did Augustine believe in resurrection of the flesh?

Answer 26

as the physical and spiritual effects of the original sin would be removed

Question 27

Finish the quote 1 Corinthians 15:42-54 "we shall not all sleep ...

Answer 27

"but we shall all be changed"

Question 28

What type of resurrection did St Paul support?

Answer 28

Spiritual

Question 29

What does the concept of resurrection offer to christians?

Answer 29

Hope of an afterlife

Question 30

Why were Catholics against cremation?

Answer 30

It goes against the belief of resurrection

Question 31

Why are protestants more likely to accept cremation?

Answer 31

They believe in spiritual resurrection

Question 32

What do christians will happen on the day of judgmenet

Answer 32

- angel will blow the trumpet - all will be raised - all will be judged based on deeds in the book of life

Question 33

Finish the quote: Revelation 20:11-12 "I saw the dead, great ...

Answer 33

and small, standing before the throne and the books were opened"

Question 34

What will happen to those who are judged to be holy? [catholic church]

Answer 34

they will go to heaven

Question 35

What will happen to those who are judged to have commited mortal sins? [catholic church]

Answer 35

they will go to hell

Question 36

What will happen to those who are judged to have commited venial sins?

Answer 36

they will go to purgatory to be purified

Question 37

How does the Bible describe hell?

Answer 37

- a fiery furnace - gnashing of teeth

Question 38

Why did conservative christians believe judgement to be physical?

Answer 38

- christians were tortured and killed under Roman opression

Question 39

what punishments were christians under roman rules forced to undergo?

Answer 39

- hanged - burnt at stake - mutilation of limbs

Question 40

How does the Bible support judgment as physical?

Answer 40

Hell as a dark, firey place

Question 41

How did the church focus on suffering as a punishment?

Answer 41

- argued the plague was a punishment for human sin

Question 42

What is the impact of judgement as physical on christians?

Answer 42

Christians will lead a virtuous life to get to heaven

Question 43

what are spiritual ideas of heaven and hell?

Answer 43

heaven = soul experiencing pleasure and joy heaven = mental torment and pain

Question 44

why do some christians believe judgment is psychological?

Answer 44

there is no empirical evidence of heaven and hell

Question 45

What can following Jesus' actions lead to?

Answer 45

heaven on earth

Question 46

How does John Milton support judgement as psychological?

Answer 46

"the mind is its own place, and itself can make a heaven and hell"

Question 47

What did Carl Jung argued a spiritually fulfilled person experiences?

Answer 47

state of contentment

Question 48

What did Carl Jung argued a psychologically conflicted person experiences?

Answer 48

suffering

Question 49

How can people escape psychological hell?

Answer 49

Through therapy

Question 50

What is objective immortality?

Answer 50

individuals remain forever in the mind of God when they die

Question 51

what is subjective immortality?

Answer 51

humans will still exist as independent, thinking beings