Unit 4

Question 1

What does the Monarch do?

Answer 1

The Monarch makes descisions within the parliament

Question 2

What is Secularisation?

Answer 2

The idea that religious beliefs, practices and orginisations are becoming less important in society
Secularisation is a process that happens overtime as the influence of religion weakens
Bryan wilson and steve bruce are philosophers and they believe that religious teachings and orginisations are no longer respected
Fewer people are willing to work in the church
As the world has involved with technology, people are distracted from religion
religious teachings and orginisations are no longer respected

Question 3

What is Humanism?

Answer 3

Thinkers started to question the authority of the Church and challange its teaching
The idea developed that human goodness and ethics came from human reason rathen then from some external power
“Dare to know!Have courage to use your own reason”
I believe that you should not be hld back from your life, but I believe that you should worship god for what he has done for us
You shouldent be held back from your life just from god, that is not just

Question 4

How is religous education represented in british schools \ what are the opinions?

Answer 4

Religous education is compulsory in all state schools
Schools shouldent force the Christian belief on our kids
Teachers must spread the Christian belief as it was one of Jesus’s last commands
I believe that there should be a medium where religions get taught but not overbearing with rules of prayer that are compulsory for the students, a positive balance

Question 5

What is religous education in the Church Of England and Catholics?

Answer 5

COE:Recognising that faith is not based on a positive balance
Catholic:Enabling pupils to relate their Catholic faith in daily life

Question 6

What is marrige to Christians?

Answer 6

For Christians, marrige is a special relationship between a man and woman that is created by God

Question 7

What is a civil marrige?

Answer 7

Civil marrige is legaly recognisd union of two people, this is recognised by the Church of England - Roman Catholics accept a non catholic marriage but believe that it needs to take place in a church

Question 8

What are different views on Same Sex Marriges?

Answer 8

Church of Engand is opposed to same sex marriges in church, Roman Cathoic church is opposed to same sex, Anglicans recognise the valididity in civil same sex marrages
Divorce is forbidden in the Catholic Church but its possible to get an annulment -
“Do not lie with a man as you would lie with a woman”
‘do not lie with a man as you would lie with a woman’

Question 9

What is an annulment?

Answer 9

its a procedure to cancel a marriage and wipes it out as if it never existed - an annulment cannot happen if the marriage was done by a Catholic priest

Question 10

What is an arranged marrige?

Answer 10

An arranged marrige is a marriage that is planned by the families of the two partners and not by the partners themselves

Question 11

What are opinions on Arranged Marriges?

Answer 11

It was common for girls to marry when she hit puberty because Jeuss’s mother, Mary was a girl of about 14 when she gave birth to hhim
Non christian cultures still practice arranged marriages to this day, in the uk he are legal provided both partners agree to the marriage
Christian Churches oppose forced marrige absolutly because they teach that consent isn’t an inportiant condition of marrige

Question 12

What is euthanasia?

Answer 12

Euthinasia is tbe debliberate act of ending someones life to relieve them of sufering

Question 13

What is Voluntary Euthinasia?

Answer 13

Voluntary wuthinasia is when a person requests that their life be ended, perhaps because they have a terminal illness that is causing them a lot of pain

Question 14

What is Involuntary Euthinasia?

Answer 14

Involuntary Euthanasia is when a person is unable to request that their life be ended, so a doctor orrelative makes the decision

Question 15

What is Passive Euthinasia?

Answer 15

Passive Euthanasia is withholding treatment that would keep the person alive

Question 15

What is Passive Euthinasia?

Answer 15

Passive Euthanasia is withholding treatment that would keep the person alive

Question 16

What is Active Euthinasia?

Answer 16

Active euthanasia is deliberately ending someones life for example with lethal drugs

Question 17

What are opinions on Euthinasia?

Answer 17

For Most Christians, euthanasia is wrong as christianity teaches that life is precous and sacred because it was created by God - Murder is forbidden in the 10 commandments
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the deliverate killing of an innocent human being is always unacceptable morally
The Church of England recognises the importance of personal autonomy or the right to make independent decisions about one’s life

Question 18

What are opinions on Abortion?

Answer 18

Some people believe that s foetus rights should increase as it develops
Others believe tht it is the end of pregnancy and the birth of the baby that marks the beginning of a new life
The catholic church believes abortion is never acceptable
Chrsitians believe that abortion should only be allowed in certain circumstances - same as COE
Christianity teaches that that life begins at contraception (the moment that sperm meets egg) - and that the fertalized egg is a sacred God given life, with the same rights as a baby, child or adult

Question 19

What is IVF?

Answer 19

IVF is the fertilization of an egg in laboratory conditions, it brings sperm and egg together in labotory conditions

Question 20

What is Genetic Manipulation?

Answer 20

Genetic Manipulation involves making changes to an organism’s genome, either by adding DNA or isolating it, to produce particular characteristics

Question 21

What is Thereputic Cloning?

Answer 21

Thereputic cloning involves taking a cell from someones body and removing the nucleus that contains the persons entire dna - the nucleus is then placed into an egg that is stimulated to start growing
—- This is used to make copies of cells

Question 22

`what is artificial insemination?

Answer 22

Artificial Insemination involves collecting a mans sperm and inserting it into a womens uterus through non sexual means

Question 23

What are views on thereputic cloning / genetic manipulation?

Answer 23

The ROman Catholic Church opposes theraputic cloning - it teaches that life begins at contraception, it sees the embryo that is created for this purpose as a human being
The Church of England is in the middle as they acknowledge the fact that an embryo has the potential to be a human being but they believe that it is not one yet

Question 24

What is Exclusivism?

Answer 24

Exclusivism is the view that only one religion is true and that the others are therefore false

Question 25

What are opinions on Exclusivism?

Answer 25

The roman catholic church maintains this view on non catholic christian (inter faith exclusivism) “Jesus said to them, I am the way of truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through me”

Question 26

What are Inclusivists?

Answer 26

Inclusivists believe that christianity is the only true religion but they also believe that non christians can go to heaven Karl Rahner created the Ananymus Christian, this is someone who isn’t christian but has been given God’s grace, even though they are not aware of it

Question 27

What is Pluralism?

Answer 27

Pluralism rejects the idea that God has revealed himiself only through Jesus christ and that salvation can only be obtained through him - they disagree with exclusivists and Inclusivists Theres more than one way, more than one idea, more than one religion of the idea of who God is They maintain the belief that God reveals himself through all the world’s religious traditions and that the Christian faith is just one of Many valid responses to God

Question 28

What is inter faith diolougie?

Answer 28

Inter Faith Dialogue is the differences between the religions of the world can lead to the tensions between them Inter Faith dialouge isn’t an attempt to remove difference between religions, but rather to understand the differences and respect them, while remaining true to one’s own faith

Question 29

Who is Margret? (inter faith diolougue)

Answer 29

Margrot was a child in Dorset, she didn’t know anyone who hed a different faith from Christianity. Through her Job as an RE teacher, she loved meeting members of the Jewish Community and Local Muslims - she believes inter faith dialougue is important because there are beliefs and values which they share and differences that they need to appreciate

Question 30

What is the aim of inter faith dialougue?

Answer 30

The aims of inter faith dialougue include enabling members of different faiths to form friendships and strengthen social ties

Question 31

Why is Evengalism / Proselytisationn controversial?

Answer 31

Proselytisation is contreversial because there is a fine line between sharing one’s faith with others and imposing it on them.

Question 32

Who are Agnostics?

Answer 32

Agnostics are those people who say it is impossible to know if God exists - they would say that believers have not proved and cannot prove God’s existence, but also believe that aitheists have not proved that he doesn’t exist (in the middle)