Christian Religion And Life

Question 1

Imago dei verse

Answer 1

Genesis 1:27 - so God created Humans in his image

Question 2

What do creationists believe ?

Answer 2

God created Adam and Eve in their final form and everyone is descended from them

Question 3

What do symbolists believe about the creation story ?

Answer 3

There is no science and it’s telling people about their relationship with God.

Question 4

How valuable is the word ?

Answer 4

Christians regard it as a gift from God, loaned to humans as a result of his love. It is valuable because God created it.

Question 5

Awe

Answer 5

Devout respect for God’s power of creation

Question 6

Wonder

Answer 6

Marvelling at the complexity of the universe

Question 7

Stewardship verse

Answer 7

Genesis 2:15 - the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work and keep it

Question 8

Stewardship

Answer 8

The belief that it is our responsibility to take care of the earth for future generations on, behalf of God

Question 9

Dominion

Answer 9

The belief that humans have been given power and authority over all living things

Question 10

Dominion verse

Answer 10

Genesis 1:28 - “ and have dominio over … every living thing that moveth upo the earth”

Question 11

5 ways humans have used and abused the environment

Answer 11

Sea pollution
Radioactive pollution
Land waste
Air pollution
Animal testing

Question 12

Environment

Answer 12

The surroundings in which plants and animals live on which they depend to live

Question 13

Sustainable development

Answer 13

Building and progress that try to reduce the impact on the natural world for future generations

Question 14

Natural resources

Answer 14

Materials found in nature, such as oil and coal, which can be used by humans

Question 15

Pollution

Answer 15

Harmful substances coming into our environment

Question 16

Assisi and Ohito meetings

Answer 16

Leaders of 5 different world religions were brought together in 1986 in Assisi and in 1995 in Ohito to discuss how their faiths could and should help the environment

Question 17

Assisi declaration on nature

Answer 17

Every human act of irresponsibility towards creatures is an abomination

Question 18

Bible verses for the use of animals

Answer 18

Genesis 1:28 - I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds and all the wilds animals

Question 19

Arguments for Christians in support of the use of animals

Answer 19

• sanctity of life - if animal testing can help save human lives
• God said anything that moves on earth can be used for food
• animals don’t have a soul so will not go to heaven and hell

Question 20

Bible verse for Christians against the use of animals

Answer 20

Proverbs 12:10 - a good man takes care of his animals, but wicked men are cruel to theirs

Question 21

Christian arguments against the us of animals

Answer 21

• God created all animals so we shouldn’t abuse them because the are God’s creation

Question 22

Euthanasia bible verse

Answer 22

Job 1:21 - the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away
Ecclesiastes 8:8 - no ma has power over the wind to contain it ; so no one has power over the day of his death

Question 23

How might Christians respond to euthanasia?

Answer 23

• ## some might decide that any type of killing is wrong because they believe all life is sacred and belongs to God and support hospices

Question 24

Euthanasia

Answer 24

The act of bringing about an easy and painless death

Question 25

Dignitas

Answer 25

An organisation that provides euthanasia so terminally ill people can die with dignity

Question 26

Assisted suicide law

Answer 26

Illegal under the Suicide Act (1961) and is punishable by up to 14 years imprisonment

Question 27

Euthanasia law

Answer 27

Regarded as manslaughter of murder and maximum penalty is life imprisonment
Not illegal to end treatment which is prolonging someone’s life

Question 28

Where is euthanasia legal?

Answer 28

The Netherlands
Switzerland
Parts of Australia

Question 29

Two forms of euthanasia

Answer 29

Active
Passive

Question 30

Active euthanasia

Answer 30

Something being done to a person to make them die quicker

Question 31

Passive euthanasia

Answer 31

Any form of treatment that might extend a person’s life

Question 32

Types of euthanasia

Answer 32

Voluntary
Non-voluntary
Involuntary
Assisted suicide

Question 33

Voluntary euthanasia

Answer 33

A person asks for their own life to be taken

Question 34

Non-voluntary euthanasia

Answer 34

a person cannot make a decision about euthanasia or cannot make their wishes known, and so someone else, decides that it would be in the person’s best interest if their life was ended

Question 35

Involuntary euthanasia

Answer 35

A person wants to live but someone else decides it would be better if their life was ended

Question 36

Non-religious arguments for euthanasia

Answer 36

• self determination
• allows a person to die with dignity
• private matter and the state should not interfere
• expensive
  *family and friends spared from pain
• society permits animals to be put down as an act of kindness

Question 37

Hospice

Answer 37

Where specialist medical say for look after the terminally ill

Question 38

Refusing treatment

Answer 38

In the UK, all adults have the right to refuse treatment as they have the capacity to understand the situation

Question 39

How do humans use animals?

Answer 39

Labour
Testing
Food
Sport
Products
Hunting

Question 40

Pro-life view

Answer 40

Every human has the right to life. To end it is murder.

From the moment of conception, a human life is scared - Jeremiah 1:5 I knew you before I formed you in the womb

Human life is sacred - 1 Corinthians “you yourselves are God’s temple … if anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy them

Question 41

Pro -choice views

Answer 41

• Compassionate killing.
• Freedom of choice.
• Mother incapable
• unsafe abortions.

Question 42

Conception

Answer 42

The moment the sperm fertilises the egg

Question 43

Ensoulment

Answer 43

The moment the foetus gains a soul, given by God. It is now human

Question 44

Assisted suicide

Answer 44

Deliberately assisting or encouraging another person to end their own life