theme b

• Afterlife


  Beliefs about what happens to us after our body has died, often relating to life after death or immortality
• Animal experimentation


  The use of animals for medical research and product testing
• Awe


  The sense of wonderment at nature, often linked to the feeling that God is involved or revealed through it
• Big Bang theory


  The scientific theory about the origins of the universe, the belief that the universe began almost 14 billion years ago with a reaction of particles from a singularity followed by a process of inflation and expansion
• Death


  The end of the physical bodily life
• Dominion


  The belief that humans have been given control or charge of the world
• Environment


  The world around us, which can be made up of natural or artificial surroundings
• Euthanasia


  Assisting with the end of life for a person who is terminally ill or who has a degenerative illness, often known as assisted suicide
• Evolution


  The scientific theory of the development of species, involving the process of natural selection and survival of the fittest
• Pollution


  The contamination of an environment with harmful substances
• Quality of life


  The standard of health, comfort, and happiness/fulfillment experienced by a person or group
• Responsibility


  The idea of having a duty or obligation to act in a certain way
• Sanctity of life


  The religious belief that life is sacred and special because it was created by God or because we are each unique individuals
• Scientific


  Knowledge based on what can be observed, such as regularities in nature and experimentation
• Stewardship


  The duty given by God to humankind to look after the created world and all life within it
• The Wealth of Nations was written in 1776
• Pope Francis: 'Let us be protective of God's creation'
• Quran, Surah 2: 'God gave you life'
• Quran, Surah 71: 'He created you stage by stage'
• Genesis 1:26: 'In the image of God he created them'
• Quran, Surah 7: 'Whoever has killed a soul it is as though he has killed all mankind'
• Quran, Surah 39: 'God is the creator of all things'
• Colossians: 'Clothe yourselves with compassion'
• Isaac Newton: 'Gravity explains the motions of the planets but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion'
• Pope Francis: 'The big bang theory does not contradict the intervention of a divine creator but depends on it'
• Pope Francis: 'Evolution in nature does not conflict with the notion of creation because evolution presupposes the creation of beings who evolve'
• This is not a scientific textbook, it's a religious text and it needs to be read in that way
• The big bang theory explains how the universe was created


  Genesis explains why
• Some Muslims may view the big bang as contradicting the Islamic creation story


  Because the big bang theory appears to suggest the universe could have come into existence without God
• Most Muslims would believe science is compatible with their religious beliefs about creation
• Evolution


  The scientific theory of the development of species which involves the process of natural selection and survival of the fittest
• Adam and Hawa appear in the Quran as the first man and woman
• Surah 39: 'God is the creator of all things'
• Genesis 1:26: 'God created humans in his image'
• Surah 71: 'He created you stage by stage'
• Surah 20: 'We have made from water every living thing'
• Christian liberalists/modernists believe there is no conflict between religion and science, Genesis has an important message but is not meant to be taken literally
• Some Muslims may view evolution with skepticism as the Quran teaches God created Adam from clay
• Most Muslims believe science offers a more believable explanation for the origins of human life, they see evolution as part of God's plan
• Muslims believe humans on earth are the vice-gerents, the representatives of God, with a duty to look after the world