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RE - life issuses (animals)

jcoyle2 Religious Studies GCSE English 17 cards

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  1. 1Give reasons why religious believers should/not eat meat.Religious teachings encourage them not to, e.g. 1st Precept, ahimsa / regard it as cruel / do not like the taste / worry about disease / sacred cows / not halal / not kosher / not good stewardship / because they are vegetarian or vegan,
  2. 2Explain briefly what is meant by the term "vegan“Do not use any products that come from animals e.g. meat, eggs, leather. This can be down to religious reasons where people feel that animals must not be used for our pleasure.
  3. 3Give reasons why religious believers should/not hunt animals.Jesus teaches about showing love and kindness to all things and causing animals undue suffering through game sports for our entertainment does not show kindness or love. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) is strongly against hunting of animals as well as zoos, animal circuses and the wearing of fur.
  4. 4Give 2 reasons why some animals are kept in zoos.So they can be seen by the public / entertainment / education purposes / to preserve species / breeding programme / help understand them / because they are dangerous / rescue.one mark for each of two valid reasons.
  5. 5Give 2 reasons why animals can make good companions for people.Bring entertainment and pleasure to your life. Need taking care of and looking after which people like. They also are always around (particularly animals like dogs) and so provide constant companionship, which is sometimes craved.
  6. 6Give reasons why religious believers should/not buy fur clothesInvolves slaughter of animals / often threatened species / often result of poaching/ fake fur is just as good / socially unacceptable etc.
    Some animals bred for their fur / no different than keeping animals for meat or using their skins for leather / if an animal is killed for its meat why not use its fur? / traditional / cultural / dominion / economic benefits / keeps people warm
  7. 77. Describe what religious people might do to help protect wildlife.Join animal welfare groups like the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) or the RSPCA / raise awareness e.g. write to press / MPs / monitor treatment of animals/ candlelight vigils / protest marches/ petitions/sponsor an animal
  8. 8Religious people have a duty to save endangered animals from extinction. Why/not?Buddhist idea of Interdependence / loving kindness / Christian belief that they are God’s creation / stewardship/ Hindu belief in sanctity of all life/ Islamic belief that Allah appointed humans as trustees over wildlife / Jews believe we have responsibility over all creation / Sikhs believe we are the custodians of the world / duty to look after God’s creation/ could adopt animal
    Evolution and the survival of the fittest / should be the responsibility of everyone / perhaps the world would be better off without some dangerous animals / should be a choice not compulsory/ religious believers have other priorities e.g. helping the poor, etc.
  9. 9Is human life is more valuable than animal life?People made in God’s image / at the top of the evolutionary chain / more intelligent / more adaptable / can make and build things / dominion / Taqwah-awareness of Allah’s presence / enlightenment,
  10. 10Is caring for people more important than looking after wildlife?Agree People made in God’s image / humans more intelligent / more important / millions of people in real need because of hunger, poverty, disease, old age, disability, etc./world would be dull without animals/need them for food/ work /stewardship/animals have rights as well as humans
  11. 11Explain religious attitudes for and against experimenting on animalsSuffering of animals / different types of experimentation / important medical research may be justified / could benefit animals as well / results on animals might be different from that on humans /Christians view animals as part of God’s creation/ Christians may agree on the use of animals for medical experiments, but would insist on humane conditions /. ‘Love thy neighbour’, ‘do not kill’
  12. 12There is nothing wrong with experimenting on animals.Agree People made in God’s image / idea of dominion / humans more intelligent / more important / religious teachings showing the importance of humans. / both important as both created by God / world would be dull without animals / need them for food / animals have rights as well as humans / preventing extinction of species.
  13. 13Explain religious attitudes about genetically modifying animalsSome are not opposed as people breed farm animals to improve their health and get better quality meat / enables scientists to study how genes work / study the effects of diseases and test new drugs / pigs have been developed with the idea of supplying organs for human transplantation / others believe that it is playing God and shouldn’t be done. Buddhists oppose animal experimentation / belief in interdependence / loving kindness. Christians oppose cruelty but may accept genetic modification if it benefits humans / ideas of stewardship and dominion.
    Hindus find GM difficult because of samsara and some deities appear as animals. Muslims believe animals have legal rights but may be okay if it benefits humans and does not cause suffering. Jews are taught not to blemish or injure animals / Deuteronomy 22:6 / may be allowed if it helps to advance medical science. Sikhs teach that God is present in all living beings but may accept GM if it advances medical science.
  14. 14What is factory farming?Intensive farming of animals for meat, eggs or dairy products / when animals are kept indoors in very small spaces or cramped conditions. Accept examples e.g. battery hens, veal crates
  15. 15Explain religious attitudes to different methods of farmingMost religious believers believe that animals can be used by humans, if they are treated humanely. As a result of this factory farms are frowned upon, as they do not give the subjected animals a good quality of life. Most religions have different views on how we should farm and use the animals that they believe god has gifted them with. For example, in Judaism it is stated that animals can be used by man, if they are treated with respect (The Law of Noah forbids animal cruelty), and slaughtered in a humane fashion – Kosher. On the other hand, Sikhs believe that eating animals is permissible; however most choose to become vegetarians as they beliefs of reincarnation mean that you could be slaughtering a family or friend for your pleasure and benefit. Muslims do not believe in the modern methods of farming animals such as factory and battery farming. They believe that animals are like us as shown in the Quran: “There is not an animal that lives on this earth, nor a being that flies on its wings that is not part of a community like you”. This suggests that they believe that we sho
  16. 16Name 2 different sports in which animals are usedHorse racing, bull fighting, fishing
  17. 17Religious believers should not support using animals for work?Christianity humans are allowed to use animals for work, have dominion over all of the creatures that God created. We are more powerful than them and therefore can use them to work for and provide for us. However another Christian belief is that ‘A good man is kind to his animals’. This means that god does not want people to work animals too hard or to abuse them, if we want to use them for work we should make sure that we do not overwork them.

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GCSE Religious Studies Flashcards on RE - life issuses (animals), created by jcoyle2 on 27/05/2016.
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