Living The Christian Life

• literal creationists


  reject the idea of the big bang theory

  believe the creation story is 100% true

  argue that god is the cause of everything
• liberal creationists


  believe the bible says why we are here but science says how we got here

  accept that the big bang theory and evolution was all apart of God's plan
• George Lemaitre


  the first person to write about the idea of the expansion of the universe

  he was also a christian himself
• Sanctity of life


  The belief that life is holy and belongs/ is a gift from God
• SOWA's for sanctity of life

  " you're body is the temple of the Holy Spirit"

  "you shall not murder"

  "God created man in His own image"
• importance of sanctity of life

  - Determines beliefs about abortion and euthanasia

  - Places value on human life

  - Guide them when making moral decisions and determine how they treat others
• Origins and value of human life

  Christians claim that the Theory of Evolution conflicts what Christians claim about God creating everything
• Literal creationists on evolution

  reject the idea of evolution completely
• liberal creationists on evolution

  see no conflict between religion and science

  evolution is a part of God's plan
• arguments against abortion


  -sanctity of life

  -life begins at conception

  -life is valuable and a gift from god

  -God has a plan for everything

  -abortion is the same as murder
• SOWA's against abortion


  "before I formed you in the womb, I knew you"

  "you shall not kill"
• arguments for abortion

  -may feel its the kindest thing

  - Jesus taught compassion towards others

  -in cases of rape and incest, abortion may be kinder

  -medical technology allows identification of any issues

  -allowed is mother's or child's health is at risk
• SOWA's for abortion


  "lesser of the two evils"

  "love thy neighbour"
• athiests views on abortion

  -woman's right to chose as it's her body

  -mother's rights outweighs the foetus
• humanists views on abortion

  -woman should make the right choice for her

  - life is special but abortion needs to be an option
• reasons for the belief of afterlife

  -Bible and Gospels talk about the death and resurrection of Jesus

  -Jesus taught that God sent him to teach about the afterlife and Heaven
• SOWA's for afterlife


  "my father's house has many rooms"

  "the ones who believe in me will live, even tho they die"

  "whoever believes in him, shall not perish but have eternal life"
• the impacts of the afterlife on chiristian lives

  -will try and live a good life to achieve eternal life

  -gives christians a purpose in life

  -provides comfort

  -helps cope with death
• non-religious arguments against life after death

  -false sense of comfort

  -there's no evidence of an afterlife

  -there has been fraudulent accounts

  -its a coping mechanism

  -impossible as the body decays
• euthanasia


  means 'easy death', the painless killing of a painful disease
• types of euthanasia


  voluntary euthanasia- requests life to be ended painlessly

  assisted suicide- a dying person is given the means to end their life

  non-voluntary euthanasia- ending someone's life without patients permission
• reasons for euthanasia


  -allows person to die gently, pain-free and peacefully

  -Jesus taught Situation Ethics

  - people should be able to die with dignity

  -saves medical costs

  - relives families burden
• reasons against euthanasia


  -sanctity of life

  - "thou shall not kill"

  - hard to regulate good doctors

  -we should not interfere or play God
• animal rights


  -majority believe its acceptable to use animals for food as god gave them to us for this purpose

  -God gave humans dominion over animals

  -utilitarianism

  - "...every plant and tree that has fruit with seed in it... will be yours for food"

  -Christian Declaration on Nature , Assisi 1986- have responsibility to care for the world ad God's stewards
• PART A


  PART A
• (a) Outline three types of prayer.

  Set prayers are those prayers which can be written down so people can use them (1)

  Informal prayers are prayers people make up for personal use (1)

  Prayers of intercession are those which pray for other people (1)
• (a) Outline three ways the Church carries out missionary work.


  It sends preachers out to speak about religion in public (1)

  Give charity (1)

  By working in co-operation with other people (1)
• (a) Outline three ways Christians celebrate Holy Week.

  They may wave palms on Palm Sunday (1)

  Catholic Christians may attend the Chrism Mass (1)

  They may attend a foot washing ceremony (1)
• (a) Outline three activities a Christian might do on pilgrimage.


  Meet with other Christians to learn more about their religion (1)

  Deepen their connection with God (1)

  Seek physical or spiritual healing (1)
• (a) Outline three ways the worldwide church works for reconciliation.

  Welcomes people from all races into the church (1)

  Works in countries where there is violence to negotiate peace (1)

  Forms pressure groups to seek justice for the oppressed (1)
• (a) Outline three examples of non-liturgical worship.

  Unstructured communal prayer (1)

  At Quaker meetings, people speak when they feel the spirit moves them (1)

  Many say personal daily prayers (1).
• (a) Outline three ways a church may be useful in the local community.

  It provides services on Sunday (1)

  It provides a chance to convert and save someone (1)

  It provides a minister to offer support and advice (1)
• (a) Outline three activities of the local church that help people in the local area.

  The church provides opportunities to worship (1)

  It may be a social centre for the local community (1)

  It may run sessions to teach about Christianity (1)
• (a) Outline three Christian teachings about charity.

  Charity will be rewarded in heaven (1)

  When a person helps another, they are helping God (1)

  Charity shows love of neighbour (1)
• (a) Outline three problems faced by the Church in the worldwide community.

  Many members of the Church are refugees (1)

  Because of poverty they may do charity work (1)

  It may find itself in conflict with mainstream politics (1)
• (a) Outline three forms of worship used by Christians.

  Christians may use individual prayer (1)

  Christians may sing worship songs (1)

  They may attend Sunday services (1)
• (a) Outline three activities that take place in Christian places of pilgrimage.


  Christians may take part in processions (1)

  Christians may visit sites of religious significance (1)

  They may repeat the activities that Jesus did in Jerusalem (1)
• (a) Outline three of the purposes of missionary and evangelical work.

  Evangelism - Helps keep the faith alive/brings new Christians to the Church (1)

  Evangelism - Can help the poor/suffering have hope (1)

  Missionary Work - Greatest Commandment: 'love your neighbour as yourself' (1)
• (a) Outline three roles that sacraments have in a Christian's life

  Baptism will join a person to the Church (1)

  Reconciliation can help a person feel spiritually healed (1)

  Confirmation can help a person feel they are part of the Church by choice (1).
• PART B


  PART B