Religion Exam

Front 1

Where does goodness come from?

Back 1

It comes from human nature, which was created by God, who is love and goodness.

Front 2

Define Conscience.

Back 2

A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.

Front 3

List the ways people experience the call to goodness.

Back 3

People experience the call to goodness in different ways of personal experiences, such as ideals, being inspired by others, feelings of guilt, the desire for truth, the call to love.

Front 4

Outline how God speaks to us.

Back 4

God does not speak to us through a human voice but rather he speaks to us through stirring inner thoughts and feelings such as love, joy, peace, patience and kindness.

Front 5

Define Human heart Questions.

Back 5

Human heart questions are created in your conscience, as God is calling everyone to seek the truth with yourself. These questions are there lead people closer to God, as questions can only be answered completely by God as he is the creator of the human heart.

Front 6

Identify and outline the 3 elements of any moral decision.

Back 6

The three elements of any moral decision is the action itself, the intention and the circumstances. These three elements help in creating a moral decision as the elements focus on what is the right thing to do and to avoid what their consciences tell them is wrong.

Front 7

What is it that affects the natural law within us?

Back 7

The natural law within us was affected and damaged by sin. This results in people being mistaken about what is right and wrong or confused by feelings, which can mislead by suggesting that a certain action ‘feels right’ or ‘feels wrong’.

Front 8

What is meant by Divine law?

Back 8

Divine law was Created by God to free people from confusion that may stem from misunderstandings or confused feelings about what is right from wrong

Front 9

Identify the three conditions of sin.

Back 9

The 3 conditions of sin is Deliberate Thought, Deliberate Word/Knowledge and Deliberate Consent/Deed.

Front 10

How does God react to sin?

Back 10

God forgives and heals through reconciliation and anointing of the sick, that gives strength, peace and courage to overcome the difficulties that people go through.

Front 11

Describe the terms ‘ignorance’ and ‘consent’.

Back 11

Ignorance means that it must not be due to their fault. You can't help doing it.Consent means on purpose. If people consent they do not sin even though

Front 12

What is meant by ‘loss of freedom of consent’?

Back 12

When you sin on purpose you lose your freedom to chose.

Front 13

State 2 Sacraments given by Jesus to forgive and heal.

Back 13

The 2 sacraments are Reconciliation, through which Jesus forgives sins and heals a person’s relationship with God, and Anointing, through which Jesus gives strength, peace and courage to overcome the difficulties that go with serious illness.

Front 14

Outline the First of the four Principles of Conscience,

Back 14

First principle is: "everyone is obliged to form their conscience", which means that, everyone needs to develop the potential of listening to and obeying their conscience.

Front 15

Outline the second of the four principles of conscience.

Back 15

Second principle is: "everyone is obliged to follow sincere conscience" which means, people are obliged by the Creator to obey what their conscience tells them is the right thing to do.

Front 16

Outline the third of the four Principles of Conscience,

Back 16

Third principle is: "conscience does not decide right or wrong" which means,Only God the Creator ultimately knows and determines what is right and wrong, and The role of moral conscience is to discern whether a particular action conforms to God’s law and if it disobeys it or not.

Front 17

Outline the fourth of the four Principles of Conscience,

Back 17

Fourth principle is: "a good end does not justify immoral means" which means,People usually have good intentions when they are faced with choices that require a moral judgement, but few people ever set out to do something that will deliberately harm others. In every case that requires a moral judgement, a person needs to consider not just the good end, but also the means or the way people go about achieving the good end.

Front 18

Define virtue and vice.

Back 18

A virtue is when you do something good, and a vice is when you do something bad.

Front 19

Outline what motivates people to follow their conscience.

Back 19

What motivates people to follow their conscience is the idea of finding lasting happiness, which they desire as it prevents the risk of temptations and pressures and becoming better.

Front 20

List seven factors that make it harder for people to recognise conscience and the voice of God

Back 20

Social trends, peer pressure, strong emotions, habits = virtues and vices, neglect to develop charity, guilt and rationalisation, and inadequate moral formation

Front 21

List ONE way a daily examination of conscience helps people. Why do we examine our consciences?

Back 21

The purpose of an exxamination of conscience is for an idvividual to discover whether of not they have behaved as God taught. People examine their conscience as they review past thoughts, words and actions.