Theme B: Religion and Life

Question 1

Give evidence for Animal Experimentation within Catholic Christanity

Answer 1

“Medical and scientific experimentation of animals is a morally acceptable practice”
“if it remains within reasonable limits and contributes to caring for or saving human lives.”
“It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly.”

Catechism

Question 2

Planting trees as a good dead

Give evidence for Stewardship within Islam

Answer 2

“There is none amongst the Muslims who plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, but is regarded as a charitable gift for him.”

Question 3

Give evidence for Stewardship in Animal Rights for Christanity

Answer 3

“the righteous care for the needs of their animals”

Question 4

Give evidence for dominon not being free reign within Christanity

Answer 4

“Humanity’s dominion cannot be understood as license to abuse, spoil, squander or destroy what God has made”

Christian Declaration of Nature

Question 5

Give evidence for animal harm for dietary reasons in Islam

Answer 5

“Allah who made for you the grazing animals .. you eat”

Allah is allowing animal slaughter

Question 6

Give evidence for Science working with Islam

Answer 6

“Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavans and the earth were a joined entity, and we separated them”

The Big Bang was the separation

Qur’an

Question 7

Adam’s creation

Give evidence for the Islamic creation story

Answer 7

“began the creation of man through clay”

Qur’an

Question 8

Give evidence for abortion within Catholic Christanity

Answer 8

“an act or omission which causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder”

Question 9

Story of Job

Give evidence for views on Euthanisa within Christanity

Answer 9

“Shall we accept good from God and not trouble”

Question 10

Give evidence for views on Abortion within Christanity

Scripture

Answer 10

Didache, a 2nd century manual of Christian teaching

Writings against abortion within Christanity

Question 11

Give evidence for views on Abortion within Christanity

Murder

Answer 11

“all direct abortion, even for therapeutic reasons, are to be absolutely excluded as lawful means of regulating the number of children”

Humane Vitae