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Theme B: Religion and Life Flashcards

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What is climate change?

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A change in the Earth’s average temperature over a long period of time

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What is conservation?

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Protecting and managing plants, animals and natural areas to prevent destruction or exploitation and to encourage sustainable use

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What is deforestation?

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The removal of a forest that is then converted to non-forest use, such as for farming or construction

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What is dominion?

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Control, power or authority over a territory and any creatures within it

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What is global warming?

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An increase in the Earth’s average surface temperature. The increase has been usually rapid, and this is thought to be because of human activity

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What is pollution?

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The introduction of harmful or poisonous materials into the environment

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What is stewardship?

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Responsible planning ad caretaking of resources to maintain a sustainable environment and prevent unnecessary damage

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What is The Big Bang?

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The idea that the universe began with the rapid expansion of matter from an initial point of finite density

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What is the Youth Earth Creationisms?

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Those who believe in the literal truth of the creation stories in the Bible and argue that the universe is 6000 years old

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What is the fitra?

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The natural disposition or in-built nature of the Earth. This is how the earth was created and it must be maintained by using the Earth’s resources carefully

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What is khalifah?

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A deputy, steward or vice regent. Humans are the representatives of Allah on Earth

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Christian quote on creation?

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‘By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth’ - Psalms

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Christian quote on dominion?

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‘God blessed them and said to them ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the Earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground’.’ - Genesis

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Christian quote on stewardship?

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‘Responsibility for God’s Earth means that human beings, endowed with intelligence, must respect the laws of nature and the delicate equilibrium existing between the creatures of this world’ - Pope Francis

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Islam quote on creation?

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‘Your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the Earth in six days, the established himself on the throne’ - Qur’an

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Islam quote on God’s generosity?

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Given you some of everything you asked him for. If you tried to count God’s favours you could never calculate them; man is truly unjust and ungrateful’ - Qur’an

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Islam quote on kahlifah?

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‘It is he who has made you successor on Earth’ - Qur’an

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Islam quote on environmental importance?

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‘Do not seek from it more than what you need’ - Hadith

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Islam quote on the value of animals?

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‘All the creatures that crawl on the Earth and those that fly with their wings are communities like yourselves’ - Qur’an

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Islam belief on life?

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‘You were lifeless and he gave you life’ - Qur’an

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Christian quote FOR animal consumption?

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‘Everything that lives and moves will be food for you’ - Genesis

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Christian quote on life?

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‘God created mankind in his own image’ - Genesis

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What is assisted dying?

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Helping someone who is terminally ill and mentally competent to choose the timing and manner of their death for themselves

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What is creationism?

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The religious belief that life has come about because of divine creation rather than any mindless workings of nature

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What is euthanasia?

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The act of killing or permitting the death of someone who is suffering from a serious illness. Sometimes refereed to as mercy killing

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What is evolution?

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The gradual process by which the living creatures have developed from earlier, less complex life forms through generations

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What is hospice?

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A special hospital, or care programme that provides care and shelter for terminally ill patients at the end of their lives

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What is intelligent design?

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A movement that promotes the belief that apparent evidence of design in nature, such as complexity or order, is evidence that life must exist because of divine action rather than chance

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What is palliative care?

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A programme of care offered by hospices that aims to give the greatest quality of life to people who are terminally ill

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What is pro-choice?

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Favouring legalised abortion as an option for those who wish to end an unwanted pregnancy

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What is pro-life?

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Favouring the protection of a human embryo by making abortion illegal

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Islam quote on the value of life?

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‘If anyone kills a person - unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land - it as if he kills all of mankind, while if any saves a life, it as if he saves the caves of all mankind’ - Qur’an

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Islam quote on abortions?

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‘Do not kill your children for fear of poverty - we shall provide for them and for you - killing them is a great sin’ - Qur’an

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Islam quote on euthanasia?

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‘Do not take life which God has made sacred, except by right’ - Qur’an
‘No soul may die except with God’s permission at a predestined time’ - Qur’an

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Christian quote on abortion?

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‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart’ - Jeremiah

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Christian quote on euthanasia?

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‘Blessed are the merciful’ - Matthew

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Salvation Army (Christian) quote on euthanasia?

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‘All people deserve compassion and care in their suffering and dying. Euthanasia and assisted suicide should not, however, be considered acceptable responses. They undermine human dignity and are morally wrong’ - Salvation Army

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Christian quote on assisted suicide/euthanasia?

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‘You shall not murder’ - Exodus

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