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Rights and Responsibilities
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Rights and Responsibilities
Christians and the Bible
- The Bible is the Christian holy book
- Christians believe that the bible is God's word. They believe it is inspired by God and should be believed and obeyed and has authority.
- the Bible has lots of guidance on moral decisions like The Decalogue and The Sermon on The Mount
- Many Christians believe the Bible has authority as it helps Christians make moral decisions. Eg: do not murder. However lots of Christians have different views on the authority the Bible holds.
- Some Christians believe that the bible is 100% God's word- he dictated it to the author of the bible. it therefore has major authority
- Some Christians believe the bible is completely God's word, but our society is no longer Biblical, so we must interpret what it says and not take it literally.
- Some christians believe that the bible was dictated by God, but the author added his own ideas. They believe it was only inspired by God, so a lot of the Bible is the author's interpretations of God.
Christians and the Church
- Church= community of christians
- Christians believe that the Church has authority
- Christians believe that God still speaks to them today. Therefore Christians should follow the Church's teachings as they are inspired by God
- Christians believe that the Church is the body of Christ. This means that Jesus uses the Church to act in people's lives today.
- Church leaders all teach different things, but they all train and study Jesus's teachings. Christians trust that their leaders are teaching them what they think nk is God's will
- The churches teachings are important cos Christians use the Church's teachings to make moral decisions in certain situations. This means everyone knows the rules
Christians and Conscience
- Christians and Conscience in Moral decisions
- YES CONSCIENCE
- GOD'S VOICE
- ST PAUL SAID IT IS A WAY OF MAKING A MORAL DECISIONS. ST PAUL WAS A GREAT CHRISTIAN. WE SHOULD FOLLOW HIS TEACHINGS.
- NO BAD
- IT ISN'T ALWAYS GOD'S VOICE.
- SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHAT YOUR CONSCIENCE SAYS
- IF A CHRISTIAN USES THE BIBLE OR THE CHURCH'S TEACHINGS OTHER CHRISTIANS WILL KNOW THAT THE CHRISTIAN HAS DONE THE RIGHT THING.
- YES CONSCIENCE
- Christians and Conscience in Moral decisions
CHRISTIANS AND SITUATION ETHICS
- most loving thing to do
- love your neighbour as yourself
- should only obey the church/bible if it is the most loving thing to do.
- YEZ/NOZ
- YEZ
- Jesus overrules the old testament. he said you could heal on the sabbath. therefore we should follow his example
- chrisitans believe that you should never dismiss the consequences of an action. so you should try and make it positive and do the most loving thing.
- NOZ
- there are different outcomes for different people. eg abortion might be loving for the mother, but not for the foetus or the father nessasarily..
- God wouldn't have made the decalogue if he didn't want us to obey them
- Church and the bible know better than individual Xians
- you can never know all the facts
- YEZ
variety of moral authoritys
- the bible
- church
- situation ethics
- conscience
human rights
- born free
- equal rights
- food
- privacy
- freedom
- life
- education
- racial/sexual/religious equality
- health care
- free speech
- RIGHTS ALWAYS RIGHT
- YEZ
- abloition of slavery
- help children get out of prostitution
- cannot beat children at school
- gay equality
- NOZ
- terrorists doesn't deserve human rights
- terrorism means police can arrest suspects for long amounts of time with no evidence.
- criminals get away without proper punishments
- YEZ
- Christianity and HR
- all made in god's image=respect
- God loves us equally so we should be treated equally.
- teachings of the bible are in line with HR
- Bible & HR
- Parable of the sheep and the goats is all about helping others.
- Decalogue and Sermon on the mount are examples of how to behave. HR are similar/based on this
- 2nd most important rule: love thy neighbour as thyself
- = the GOLDEN RULE! MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL
- Bible & HR
democratic and electoral processes in UK
- affects every person of the UK
- rights
- laws
- punishments
- army
- who runs the government!
- to change the political party you vote for you simply vote for another next time round
- how to take part in democratic processe
- stand for election
- work for an MP or the party
- lobbying
- petition
- letter
- go to Q&As
- affects every person of the UK
teachings on moral teachings and responsibilites.
- brothers keeper
- cain said he didn't need to care for abel and killed him
- Christians should care for one another
- how do you care for others?
- parable of sheep and goats
- care for others=caring for Jesus
- Will separate the people who helped 'him' and those who didn't
- it is a christians moral duty
- golden rule
- treat one another how you'd like to be treated
- Sermon on the mount and decalogue
- brothers keeper
GENETIC ENGINEEERING
- FOR
- cures incurable diseases
- modify plants for countries that are starving
- those rich enough can pay for it
- AGAINST
- Designer babies
- humans are unique.
- what is inferior?
- scientists have too much power
- CLONING
- exact copy of something else
- cows can be cloned to produce high amount of milk
- illegal to clone a human
- therapuetic cloning
- christianity and ge
- FOR
- God gave adam and eve the 'dominion over the fish of the sea' and the other animals. this includes their genes
- Jesus healed people. this suggests christians should be able to do all they can to get rid of diseases
- GE is following the golden rule
- AGAINST
- corrects defects which don't cause suffering
- only God can create life and humans shouldn't play God.
- Life begins at conception. an embryo = person. discarding embroys = murder.
- FOR
- FOR
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