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37 Cards in this Set
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What is the Bible? |
The Holy book of Christians |
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What is the Church? |
The Community of Christians |
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What is the church? |
A building where Christians meet |
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What is a conscience? |
The inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action |
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What is the Decalogue? |
The Ten Commandments |
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What is the democratic process? |
The ways in which all citizens can take part in government (usually elections) |
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What is the electoral process? |
The way in which voting is organised |
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What is the Golden Rule? |
Jesus' teaching that we should treat others as you would like them to treat you |
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What are Human Rights? |
The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled |
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What is a Political Party? |
A group which tries to be elected into power on the basis of its policies (eg Labour, Conservative) |
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What is a pressure group? |
A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue |
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What is Situation Ethics? |
The idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do |
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What is Social Change? |
The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also the possibilities for future change) |
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What is a moral decision? |
A decision where a person has to decide on the “right” thing to do. It is about whether an action is “good” or “bad” |
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Why do Christians use the Bible in moral decision-making? |
1) It's God's word 2) It contains rules about behaviour - the Decalogue 3) It contains Jesus' teachings 4) It tell the story of Jesus and many Christians ask themselves, What Would Jesus Do? 5) Paul's letter to Timothy states 'All scripture is inspired by God' |
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Why do some Christians disagree about the importance of the Bible? |
1) Liberal Christians may think that the Bible is more about man's search for God than his exact words, so some needs updating 2) Catholics may think some parts of the bible are hard to understand so need to the Church to help them find out 3) Liberal Protestants may think their Conscience is more important than exactly following the Bible |
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Why do some Christians think the Church should be used alongside the Bible when making Moral Decisions? |
Catholics 1) The Church is the 'Body of Christ' on Earth 2) Jesus said Peter would have the keys to Heaven and was the first Pope 3) Jesus said the Holy Spirit would lead Christians to truth, which happens through the Church's teaching 4) If everyone made their mind up, there would be no clear teaching so it is safer to trust the Church |
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What reasons are there FOR believing that it is best to follow their conscience? |
Liberal 1) Conscience might be God speaking to individuals 2) The Church teaches we are all individually responsible for our actions so we should follow our conscience 3) The Bible & Church are indirect, whilst conscience may be God speaking directly |
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What reasons are there AGAINST believing that it is best to follow their conscience? |
1) Mad people may hear voices telling them to sin 2) Following the teachings of the Bible and Church is what all Christians agree is good 3) If everyone did what they felt like, life would be chaotic |
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Why do some Christians use Situation Ethics? |
More Liberal 1) It is based on Jesus' summary of the law 2) Jesus broke the rules of the Old Testament - healing on the Sabbath 3) Situation Ethics SHOULD produce good results |
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Why do some Christians oppose Situation Ethics? |
More Traditional 1) They think God put rules in the Bible for a reason 2) They believe the Church has the authority to decide moral issues 3) It is impossible to know all the facts to decide what the most loving thing to do is |
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How and why would a Traditional Protestant make a moral decision? |
Bible only - it is God's word |
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How and why would a Catholic make a moral decision? |
Bible & the Church - The Church interprets God's word |
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How and why would a Liberal Christian make a moral decision? |
Conscience - God talks directly to each person |
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How and why would a Very Liberal Christian make a moral decision? |
Situation Ethics - Fits with Jesus' approach |
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What and when was the Human Rights Act? |
1998 - An ACt saying that ALL British Citizens have a wide range of basic rights such as: 1) Right to life 2) Right to free speech 3) Right to a fair trial 4) Right to education To ensure than all are treated fairly and equally |
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What are the problems Human Rights? |
1) When one person's Human Rights collide with anothers 2) Criminals and illegal immigrants could use Human rights to get away with things |
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Why are Human Rights important to Christians? |
1) They believe in the Sanctity of Life, and the HR act states all have a right to life 2) The Golden Rule Suports Human Rights 3) Christians want to be free to practise their faith 4) Christians do not want to be discriminated against 5) They believe Humans are made in God's image |
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How can Human Rights cause problems for Christians? |
1) Many Christians think homosexuality is a sin and think that Civil Partnerships or gay marriage should be allows 2) Many Christians do not allow women leaders |
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Why is the Democratic Process important? |
1) Government decides tax levels 2) Local government decides council tax levels 3) Governments pass laws affecting our lives 4) Government runs the NHS and Schools 5) People fought for the right to vote 6) Countries without democracy usually have poor living standards
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Why do Christians think they should help bring about social change for the better? |
1) Jesus said to Treat others like you would like to be treated (Golden Rule) 2) The Parable of the Sheep & Goats says Christians should help the sick, homeless, hungry and prisoners 3) The Story of Cain and Abel which says we are all 'our brother's keeper' |
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What is Genetic Engineering? |
Finding which genes cause diseases and then trying to change these genes (often by cloning) to stop it in the future |
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What are some NON religious arguments in favour of genetic engineering? |
1) Can cure potentially fatal diseases 2) Cloning doesn't involve loss of life 3) It is regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and controlled by laws 4) It is being done in other countries, only allowing rich people to use it |
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What are the three different opinions in Christianity on GE?
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Liberal Protestant - It is good if it aims to cure disease, not to create 'perfect humans'
Catholics - It is okay for curing diseases, IF it is not using Human Embryos Traditional Christians - Completely disagree |
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Why do Liberal Christians think the way they do about GE? |
1) Jesus used his powers to cure illness, so should we 2) God wants us to find out about his creation 3) Creating Cells is not like creating people 4) Only Very young embryos can be used - don't count as potential human lives 5) Non religious arguments |
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Why do Catholics think the way they do about GE? |
1) They believe life begins at conception 2) Killing an embryo is like killing any other human being 3) The Embryos are produced in a way the Church disagrees with |
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Why do Traditional Christians think the way they do about GE? |
1) It is playing God 2) Only heaven can be perfect, we should not aim to make life 'Pain-free' |
