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Question 1

What are two contrasting views on the origins of the universe?

Answer 1

Liberal Christians
- Believe in the Big Bang theory, the bible can support science - science and religion aren’t mutually exclusive
Fundamentalist Christians
- Believe in the seven day creation story in the Bible - literal interpretation

Question 2

Give a quote for each contrasting view on the origins of the universe.

Answer 2

Liberal Christians
- ‘Let there be light’ - Genesis 1 - this was the Big Bang
Fundamentalist Christians
- Literal interpretation of the creation story in Genesis

Question 3

Give two contrasting views about the origins of life.

Answer 3

Liberal Christians
- Believe in evolution, creation story in Genesis coincides with the order evolution is believed to have happened in
Fundamentalist Christians
- Humans created on the sixth day instantly by God

Question 4

Give a quote for each contrasting view about the origins of life.

Answer 4

Liberal Christians
- in the creation story in Genesis 1, the order god creates everything in is light - sky - night+day - sea + land - vegetation - birds and fish - animals - humans - same order as evolution
Fundamentalist Christians
- Genesis 1:27 - ‘God created mankind in his own image.’ - God created us instantly, there was no evolution

Question 5

Are religion and science compatible?

Answer 5

• Some Fundamentalist Christians think science is incorrect and the Bible is the turh
• However, more Liberal Chrisitans often think that religion and science aren’t mutually exclusive
• John Polkinghorne said that science gives us the ‘how’ and religion gives us the ‘why’

Question 6

What is stewardship?

Answer 6

Stewardship is the belief that the world is God’s, but he gave it to use to protect so we should treat it with care.

Question 7

Give a quote for stewardship.

Answer 7

‘The Lord God took man and put him in the Garden to work it and keep it .’ - Genesis 2:15

Question 8

What is dominion?

Answer 8

Dominion is the belief that God gave us the world so we can do what we want with it.

Question 9

Give a quote for dominion.

Answer 9

‘Rule over…every living creature…’ Genesis 1

Question 10

Give two contrasting views on eating animals/animal experimentation.

Answer 10

Some Christians
- Dominion, God gave us his creation so we can do what we want with it.
Islam
- Animals can only be eaten if killed in a certain way(quick+ more humane), animals were put on this Earth for us by God so we should treat them with decency

Question 11

Give a quote for each contrasting views on eating animals/ animal experimentation.

Answer 11

‘Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.’ Genesis 9:3
‘And there is no creature on the earth or bird that flies with its wings but they are all community like you.’ Quran 6:38

Question 12

Give two contrasting views on abortion.

Answer 12

Liberal Christians
- Situation ethics, doing the most loving thing in the situation - sometimes abortion could be the best course of action
Fundamentalist Christians
- a foetus still counts as a life, so abortion should never happen and is never right

Question 13

Give a quote for each contrasting view on abortion.

Answer 13

‘Blessed are the merciful’. Matthew 5:7
‘You shall not murder’. Exodus 20:1-17 - 10 commandments

Question 14

Give two contrasting views on Euthanasia.

Answer 14

Liberal Christians
- situation ethics, doing the most loving thing in the situation
Fundamentalist Christians
- it’s still murder, this is all part of God’s plan and human life is God’s so it should never be taken on purpose - Irenaeus’s theory that god makes us suffer so we can grow as people

Question 15

Give a quote for each contrasting view on euthanasia.

Answer 15

‘blessed are the merciful’. Matthew 5:7
‘you shall not murder.’ Exodus 20:1-17 - ten commandments