TOPIC 2 RELIGION PEACE AND CONFLICR

Question 1

Forgiveness

Answer 1

Saying sorry for an action you have done or someone saying sorry to you for an action they did against you

Question 2

Reconcilliation

Answer 2

Restoration of friendly relations and when someone goes to church to be forgiven for their sins by God and the priest

Question 3

Justice

Answer 3

The fairness of all people

Question 4

Righteous anger

Answer 4

The anger against an injustice

Question 5

Holy war

Answer 5

A religous war or a war of religion

Question 6

Just war theory

Answer 6

Set of conditions that must be met for a war to be considered justified

Question 7

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD)

Answer 7

Nuclear,chemical,biological weapons

Question 8

Nuclear war

Answer 8

A war that makes use of nuclear weapons

Question 9

Non violent resistance

Answer 9

Non violent protests, civil disobedince and politcal non cooperation for overcoming destructive, aggressive, controlling and risk-taking behaviour.

Question 10

Torture

Answer 10

The act by which severe pain and suffering(physical or mental) is intentionally inflicted on a person by a public offical

Question 11

Conflict resoloution

Answer 11

a way for two or more parties to find a peaceful solution to a disagreement among them

Question 12

Pacifism

Answer 12

The belief that war or violence is wrong and should never be used

Question 13

Terroism

Answer 13

The unlawful use of violence usually against innocent civillians in order to achieve a political goal

Question 14

Radicallisation.

Answer 14

When someone is influenced to hold extreme views on religous or political issue. Usually unwilling to see alternate views. This can be dangerous as it can lead to terroism and lead to threatining the stability of society

Question 15

Martrydom

Answer 15

The death of suffering of a martyr who dies for religous beliefs

Question 16

Bullying teaching (james 3:8-10) meaning

Answer 16

No human can’t control what words come out of their mouths and anyone who could would be in perfect control of their body

Question 17

Forgiveness teaching (the lords prayer)

Answer 17

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us

Question 18

Teaching about violence in bible

Answer 18

You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment

Question 19

3 things reconcilliation brings

Answer 19

No pressure or stress
It makes you better/stronger person
Appreciation + acceptance of others

Question 20

Reconcilliation teaching(mathew 5:24)

Answer 20

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first. be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Question 21

Justice teaching and key message

Answer 21

Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.But let justice roll on like a river,righteousness like a never-failing stream!=god wanrs jusrice and righteuosness from the people

Question 22

Catholic teachings on justice

Answer 22

Justice important as injustice leads to a lack of self worth and dignity

Pope paul vi=”if you want peace work for justice”

“God goverens the world will justice and judges the people with fariness”(deutronomy 32:4)=if god does it so should we

Question 23

Reasons for and against violent protests and some examples for

Answer 23

For=only option if peacful protests failed to make goverment of world take notice especially if goverment abuses their power
Suffragete movement
Anti apartheid protests
Blm protests

Againt-illegal,innefective innocents could get harmed,peacful protests can be more effective like martin luther king

Question 24

Christian view on righteous anger

Answer 24

Jesus teaches that anger should be avoided where as possible but he was angry when merchents were in the temple scamming peoplr and was like a market

Question 25

The just war criteria

Answer 25

1.proper authority-war must be declared by a proper authoirty like the goverment
2.just cause-must be a good reason to go to war and not for greed
3.-right intension- reason going to war must be to do good and overcome evil
4.-last resort-peacful methods should be used to sort out the problem before like negotations/diplomacy
5.-proportianllity-the benefits of going to war must outweight the harm it will cause and tryimg not to harm innocents
6.-reasonable chance of success-must be possible to win and not fought vs a ovbisouly stronger oppenent.

Question 26

4 reasons why the catholic church are against wmd

Answer 26

1.-nuclear weapons cause damage to the enviroment on a incomparable scale
2.-the effects are dissproportinate to any possible success that may be achieved
3.-nuclear war only causes death and destruction
4.-pope benedict says that in a nuclear war there are no “victors only victims”

Question 27

3 Contrasting views against wmd

Answer 27

1-lots of people think as they are needed for defence as other countries have them
2.-trident is an important symbol of britains importance and power in the world and its influence
3.-having nuclear weapons can deter attacks from other countries even if there is no intension to use them

Question 28

4 concequences of modern warfare

Answer 28

1.-lots of buildings/homes are destroyed
2.-people become refugees and have to migrate to other countries willing to take them and are in a whole new enviroment-could be in really bad conditions in camps
3.your family can die in the war also soldiers and civillians
4.-child soldiers

Question 29

Catholic view on terrosim and ccc 2297

Answer 29

Catholic church oppose the use of terror in any situation
Terrosim threatns and wounds and kills and is criminally it is gravely against justice and charity

Question 30

Bible teaching on terroism

Answer 30

St paul suggesting it’s wrong
“Never take venegnce” “thou shall not kill”

Question 31

Two things the pope has done to bring peacful soloutions to conflict

Answer 31

1.-every week the pope leads the crowd in the vatican square in prayer to bring attendion to conflicts and pray for them
2.-in june 2014 he held a meeting between isreali and palestine leaders to get relation better and they prayed

Question 32

2 catholic organisations working for peace and what do they do

Answer 32

Pax christi-aims to get involved at an early stage of a conflict to encourage people to solve disputes peacfully and fairly

Justice and peace commison-works in dioceses in england wales and raises awareness for situtations where people are deprived of their rights and needs

Question 33

2 Catholic agencies helping victims of war and what they do

Answer 33

Cafod-after civil war in sierra leone they set up orphanges and rehabilliation programmes to help children who were child soldiers

Aid to the church in need-they provided shelter blankets medicine and food in syria and outisde for the civil war there

Question 34

2 examples of holy war and war for religous reasons

Answer 34

The crusades
-tryed to free jerusalem the holy land from muslims
-were authorised by various popes who beleievd it was for good will

Question 35

3 non religous reasosn for war

Answer 35

-self defence
-to gain land
-to gain resources

Question 36

Catholic views on pacifism mathew 5:9
And mathew 26:52

Answer 36

Matthew 5:9-Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God

Mathew 26:52-Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

Question 37

3 Christian pacifist views

Answer 37

1.jesus taught that violence was wrong so everyone should abide by that
2.-the invention of nuclear weapons have the chance to wipe out humanity with pacifism it would ensure the continuation of the human race
3.-war demoralizes people and the innocent suffer but pacifism avoids the instincs of cruelty and brutality

Question 38

3 beleifs against pacifism

Answer 38

1.-jesus was not afraid to use violence to force the out the traders in the temple so suggesting he wasnt maybe a pacifist
2.-an evil or corrupt ruler would ignore peacful protests and it may be the only way to remove evil dictatorship and liberate the people
3.-wars have brought some of the best instincts of people like bravery and brotherly love

Question 39

Catholic view on torture ccc 2297

Answer 39

Torture uses physicsl or moral violence to extract confessions to punish the guilty frighten oppenents

Question 40

Catholic teaching on radicallization

Answer 40

Pope john paull II message to the people=in the past cultural differences have often been a source of misunderstanding between peoples and the cause of conflict and wars

Question 41

Catholic teaching on martyrdom

Answer 41

Youcat(bible=a christian martyr is a person who is ready to suffer violence or even to be killed for christ who is the truth