Religion and life Flashcards
(36 cards)
literal/ fundermentalists christians
fully undertand and believe holy text word for word
liberal christians
holy texts should be interpeted as symbolic stories
migjt look at sceince
Quiote FOR design argument
‘The more i study science the mire i believe in god’ AI
Quote AGAINST DA
‘Evolution is the only known theory that could solve the mystery of our existence’ Ritchard Dawkins
Do muslims and christiabs thonk the world is valuable because god made it
yes
What is stewardship
people have a duty to protect and care for the earth and its environment
what is sancitity of life
all life is special and god given
What is awe
devout respect, mixed with fear or wonder
what is wonder
marvelling at the complexity and beauty of the world,
what is dominion
dominance or power over something– humans are ruling over the world
what is the Islam word for stewardship
Khalifah
Quote for the value of the world- Christians
+ dominion
‘the lord took the man (adam) and put him in the garden pf eaden to work and take care of it
‘rule over…every living creature that moved on the earth’
quote for the value of the world- islam
‘it is her who has made you succsessrs on the earth.
3 pollution types
-air = factories — global warming
-land= poor dsipostal—–chemical damage wildlife
-water= waste in seas+rivers —oil spills+plastic kills fish +birds
Muslim quote for the need to help the enmvironment
- ‘do not seek from it more than you need.’–Hadith
What do chrtuans and mulsims do to help the environemt
-Christians wrote ‘every human act of irresponsibility towards creatures is an abomination
-join griups like ‘IFEES’
-encourage people to reduce waste
Christain views on snimals being abused
- no ruled on eating meat or not
-some belive gid put animals here to br eaten
-some say there no need to eat meat because there are other diest
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islamic views on anmsla being abused
- providing food = just cause of killing.
-they have struct laws on how an animal is killed eg, no animal should be killed infromt f another one
-aniimal is killed ‘in the name of god’– throat cut = less suff
-pigs cannot be eaten
quote about eating meat
-‘It is god who provides livestock for you, some for riding and spme for food’
christian quote for not earing meet
-‘for god has accetped them all’
how do muslims feels about aniimal testing
- againt it
-onlt accpetable for human needs
how do chruatins feel about animal testing
-only for human needs
-stewardship- tearying eveything whith care so human life is important
-dominion-use of animla to benfit humans
christian belifs on orgins of human
- adam and eve
-eve from rib
-Humans are very special to god as they are created in his image
Islam belifs on prgina of humans
-moulded clay=adam
-iblis conviced them to disobey god
-God created eveything that is nessassary for Adam and Eve to live on earth and to start human race
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