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RE - Life issues (animals)
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- 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,
- 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.
- 3Give reasons why religious believers should/not hunt animals.We have domination over animals and this gives us rights over them. There are also some Christians who believe that animals do not have souls and therefore will not go to heaven. Ideas of animals being “soulless” could be used to support an argument for why Christians could hunt animals. Jesus teaches about showing love and kindness to all things and causing animals undue suffering does not show kindness.
- 4Give 2 reasons why some animals are kept in zoosSo 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.
- 5Give 2 reasons why animals can make good companions for people.Have souls and are therefore the equivalent to human friends, bring entertainment and pleasure to your life. Need taking care of and looking after – which is desired by many people. They also are always around and so provide constant companionship, which is sometimes craved.
- 6Give reasons why religious believers should/not buy fur clothesInvolves slaughter of animals / often threatened species / question of legality / respect for created life / fake fur is just as good / socially unacceptable but...
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 / economic benefits / keeps people warm - 7Describe 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 / celebrate International Animal Rights Day on December 10th / candlelight vigils / protest marches / petitions / personally set an example / prayer / sponsor an animal
- 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 / Jews believe we have responsibility over all creation / could join organisations like WWF / could adopt (sponsor) an animal but...
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. - 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
- 10Caring for people is more important than looking after wildlife?Agree = People made in God’s image / idea of dominion / at the top of the evolutionary chain / higher stage of samsara / millions of people in real need because of hunger / disease / old age / disability, etc. and so should be looked after first / religious teachings showing important as both created by God / the importance of humans. Other Views = Humans in charge of creation / both should look after them as good stewardship / animals have rights as well as humans
- 11Explain religious attitudes for and against experimenting on animalsSuffering of animals / important medical research may be justified / could benefit animals as well / research for make-up and luxury goods may not be acceptable / stewardship / Christians view animals as part of God’s creation / stewards of creation, protect animals, not exploit them / Christians may agree on the use of animals for medical experiments, but would insist on humane conditions / Psalm 8 – man is lord over animals and fish / Luke 12:6 God cares about sparrows.
- 12There is nothing wrong with experimenting on animals.Agree = People made in God’s image / at the top of the evolutionary chain / higher stage of samsara / humans more intelligent / more important / millions of people in real need so should be looked after first / religious teachings showing the importance of humans.
Other Views = Humans in charge of creation – Genesis 1: 28 / both important as both created by God / should look after them as good stewardship. - 13Explain religious attitudes about genetically modifying animals.Some 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. - 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.
- 15Explain religious attitudes to different methods of farming.Most 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
- 16Name 2 different sports in which animals are used.Horse racing, bull fighting, fishing
- 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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