RS Quotes: Thematic studies

Question 1

Isaac Newton: Design Argument

Answer 1

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence

Question 2

Bible: God comes through visions to prophets

Answer 2

When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams

Question 3

Bible: Design argument, general revelation

Answer 3

the skies proclaim the work of his hands … night after night they reveal knowledge

Question 4

Bible: revelation through scripture

Answer 4

All scripture is God-breathed

Question 5

Pope Francis: God created the world, science does mot contradict this / God made science

Answer 5

The big bang … does not contradict the divine act of creation, rather, it requires it

Question 6

Bible: The Virgin Mary experiences special revelation x2

Answer 6

• God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth
• The Holy spirit will come on you (said by the Angel Gabriel)

Question 7

Bible: Moses experiences special revelation through the burning bush

Answer 7

God called to him from within the bush

Question 8

Bible: Saul, visions, special revelation x2

Answer 8

• He fell to the ground and heard a voice
• he got up and was baptised

Question 9

Bible: God as omnibenevolent, Jesus

Answer 9

For God so loved the world that he gave his only son

Question 10

Bible: God as omnibenevolent

Answer 10

God is Love

Question 11

Bible: God as transcendent x2

Answer 11

• Who can know the mind of the Lord
• For as the heavens are higher than the Earth

Question 12

Bible: God as omnipotent

Answer 12

his kingdom rules over all

Question 13

Bible: Lord’s prayer (+ forgiveness from Lord’s prayer)

Answer 13

• This, then, is how you should pray
• forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors

Question 14

Bible: justice / God is just

Answer 14

all his ways are just

Question 15

Bible: anyone that uses violence will receive violence

Answer 15

all who draw the sword die by the sword

Question 16

Bible: greed / money

Answer 16

For the love of money is the root of all sorts of evil

Question 17

Bible: retaliation is wrong (against eye for an eye)

Answer 17

I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

Question 18

Bible: retaliation is wrong

Answer 18

do not repay anyone evil for evil

Question 19

Ten commandments: murder

Answer 19

do not murder

Question 20

Rabbi David Saperstein: violence causes more violence

Answer 20

violence begets violence

Question 21

Bible: pacifism

Answer 21

blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God

Question 22

Bible: love each other

Answer 22

love thy neighbour / love your neighbour as yourself

Question 23

Bible: evil intention

Answer 23

anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart

Question 24

Bible: legal authorities

Answer 24

let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established

Question 25

Bible: treating prisoners well

Answer 25

parable of the sheep and the goats: I was in prison and you came to visit me

Question 26

Bible: treat others as you want to be treated

Answer 26

Do to others what you would want them to do to you

Question 27

Bible: reject evil

Answer 27

do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good

Question 28

Bible: retribution is acceptable

Answer 28

life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth

Question 29

Bible: war is sometimes acceptable

Answer 29

there is a time for peace and a time for war

Question 30

Bible: suffering brings positive development

Answer 30

We also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope

Question 31

Bible: Jesus faced human suffering

Answer 31

He was ... a man of suffering and familiar with pain

Question 32

Bible: forgiveness

Answer 32

Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing

Question 33

Bible: unlimited forgiveness / no upper limit to forgiveness

Answer 33

not seven times, but seventy seven times

Question 34

Bible: equality for everyone

Answer 34

There is neither Jew nor gentile ... nor is there male or female for you are all one in Jesus Christ

Question 35

Bible: humans are in God's image, everyone is equal

Answer 35

God created mankind in his own image

Question 36

UDHR: freedom of religion and thought

Answer 36

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought , conscience and religion

Question 37

Bible: women should not speak in the church

Answer 37

women should remain silent in the churches ... for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church

Question 38

Bible: you cannot prioritise both religion and wealth

Answer 38

You cannot serve both God and money

Question 39

Bible: do not take advantage of other people's situations

Answer 39

do not exploit the poor because they are poor

Question 40

Capital punishment: racial bias in Louisiana

Answer 40

In Louisiana, the odds of a death sentence were 97% higher for those whose victim was white than for those whose victim was black.

Question 41

Average number of years between being sentenced to death and exoneration

Answer 41

11.3 years

Question 42

cost of death penalty in texas

Answer 42

In Texas, a death penalty case costs an average of $2.3 million, about three times the cost of imprisoning someone in a single cell at the highest security level for 40 years.

Question 43

St Augustine: war

Answer 43

the purpose of all wars is peace

Question 44

people being released from death row statistic

Answer 44

since 1973, over 190 people have been released from death row on account of being found innocent

Question 45

Bible: whoever murders will be murdered (blood)

Answer 45

he who sheds the blood of humans, by humans shall his blood be shed

Question 46

not connected with religion: a way to describe statistical evidence

Answer 46

secular

Question 47

Barrack Obama: death penalty

Answer 47

There are some heinous crimes, such as torture or the harm of children where [the death penalty] may be appropriate

Question 48

UK crime rates without the death penalty

Answer 48

- argues against the death penalty - The death penalty is illegal in the UK but crime rates are not higher than other countries where it is legal e.g. the US

Question 49

arguments against 'life for life, eye for eye...'

Answer 49

goes against New testament teachings such as: - do not resist an evil person - not seven times but seventy seven times - do not repay anyone evil for evil

Question 50

Bible: free will

Answer 50

I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses, now choose life

Question 51

Bible: anti-homosexuality

Answer 51

you shall not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination