Religion and Life

Question 1

Origins/values of the universe (Christian)

Answer 1

• Genesis (God created the universe)
• ‘Fill the earth and subdue it - Rule over the fish in the sea’
• ‘Every human act of irresponsibility to creatures is an abomination’

Question 2

Origins of the universe (Buddhist)

Answer 2

Poisoned Arrow Story

Question 3

Abuse of the environment (C&B)

Answer 3

Christian: Dominion - ‘fill the earth and subdue it’
Buddhist: ‘always think compassion’, ahimsa

Question 4

Abuse of animals (C&B)

Answer 4

Christian: ‘Every… act of irresponsiblity to creatures is an abomination’, ‘Everything that lives and moves will be food for you’
Buddhist: Cycle of samsara/Dependent Arising, ahimsa, suffering is caused by greed

Question 5

Abortion/Euthanasia (C&B)

Answer 5

Christian: ‘Destruction is murder’, ‘All the days ordained for me were written in your book’
Buddhist: First Moral Precept, ahimsa

Question 6

Death and the afterlife (C&B)

Answer 6

Christian: ‘Whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life’
Buddhist: ‘At the hour of death the king and the beggar are the same - if the beggar has credited more merits… he is really the rich man’, Cycle of samsara