religion and life (theme B)
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- fundamental christians believe the bible is 100% truth and that god created the world in 6 days as stated in genesis
- liberal christians believe that religion and science can be believed together
- liberal christians often argue that the big bang could have been caused by god as the bible states "let there be light"
- christians believe human life was created on the 6th day and god made humns "in his image"
- scientists believe the theory of evolution created by charles darwin
- christians believe that the world is a priceless gift from god and is loaned to humans
- what is stewardship?god gave humans the privilege of living on earth with the responsibility of looking after it
- adam and eve were given the task of looking after the garden of eden so christians must respect and manage the world
- what is dominion?we were given the authority to rule over the world
- most christians believe that they are caretakers of gods world
- genesis creation story repeats several times "and god saw that it was good"
- creation is not just for the benefit of humans but has its own unique value in gods eyes
- christians believe that it is their duty to preserve gods creation by encouraging sustainable development, they will promote reduce, reuse and recycle strategies
- try to prevent acts of deforestation
- pollution is making something dirty or contamination, especially the environment
- what is air pollution caused by?factories and vehicles
- what is land pollution caused by?incorrect disposal of waste (littering)
- what is water pollution caused by?putting waste into the sea
- christians believe that the world is on loan to themso they have to look after it
- pope francis called on everyone to act to protect the environment in his letter to his bishops "on the care of our common home"
- christians believe animals were created by god for humans to use and care for
- many believe that they should value animals but humans are more important because they were made in the image of god
- christians believe they can use animals as food as it is a good source of protein
- some people believe they should not kill animals as they believe that they are gods creation and should not be harmed
- liberal christians support limited animal testing if there is no ther way to develop medicine and if it is carried out as caringly as possible
- abortion is the removal of a foetus from the womb to end a pregnancy before the child is born
- liberals believe abortion is acceptable when the mother's health or life is at risk, or if she was raped
- abortion is legal in the uk up until the 24th week with two doctors agreeing that: the womans life is in danger, there is a risk of physical or mental health, risk that the baby will be born with disbalities
- christians believe in the sanctity of life so therefore believe that abortion is wrong because life begins at conception so can be classed as murderpro-life
- pro-choiceother christians believe that abortion is acceptable in some circumstances they believe it is the lesser of two evils if the quality of life for the baby will be poor
- use of animals quote"everything that lives and moves will be food for you" genesis
- abortion quote"before i formed you in the womb i knew you" jeremiah
- euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurableand painful disease or in an irreversible coma
- euthanasia is illegal in the uk
- what is voluntary euthanasia?when a person asks a doctor to end their life
- what is non-voluntary euthanasia?when the person is too ill to request to die but a doctor will end it for them as its in their best interests
- what is involuntary euthanasia?when a person is able to provide consent but doesnt but their life is ended anyway
- what is activate euthanasia?when steps are taken to end a life (lethal injection)
- christians believe taking a life is wrong as god made life so only he cnt take it (sanctity of life)
- what is passive euthanasia?when a doctor stops providing treatment