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Matters of Life and Death
- Catholic Beliefs in Life After Death
  - The resurrection proves there is life after death
  - The soul is immortal
  - Forgiven - Heaven
  - Sinners - Hell
  - Why?
    - John 14:1-2 'There is life after death with God'
    - Creed
    - Revelation 20:15 'If you do not go to Heaven, you will go to Hell
- Non-Religious Beliefs in the Afterlife
  - Near-Death Experience
    - Out of body experience
    - White light/tunnel
  - Reincarnatiom
    - Déja-vu
  - Mediums/Ghosts
    - Can contact the dead
    - Ghost hunting
- Abortion
  - Roman Catholics
    - Morally wrong and should never be used
    - Life begins at contraception
      - Murder
        Against Commandment
        Catechism 'violates child's rights' 'abominable crime'
  - Evangelical Christians
    - Wrong
    - God has a plan so no one should interfere
  - Church of England
    - Some circumstances are allowed
      - It may be the most loving thing to do
        'Love thy neighbour'
      - Life does not begin at contraception
  - Liberal Protestants
    - Allowed if lesser of two evils
      - Treat people with love
      - Suffering should be prevented and medical advances allow early detection
- Euthanasia
  - Roman Catholics
    - Wrong
      - Taking sacred life
        'Do Not Kill'
        Pope John Paul II 'Grave violation of Gods laws'
  - Evangelical
    - Wrong
      - God created humans so only He has the right to take a life
  - Literalists
    - Wrong
    - Take the Bible literally
  - Liberal
    - Nothing wrong with it
      - Nothing in the Bible that says someone must be kept alive at any costs
      - The Greatest Commandment
        'Love your neighbour as yourself'
        Let a terminally ill person die with respect when they have the ability to make the decision themselves
- Poverty & CAFOD
  - Causes:
    - War
    - Corrupt Governments
    - Disease
    - Debt
    - Natural Disasters
    - Dirty Water
  - WHY does CAFOD help?
    - Golden Rule
    - Sheep & Goats
    - Good Samaritan
    - Greatest Commandment
  - HOW does CAFOD help?
    - Long-term development schemes - Clinics for basic care
    - Short-tem aid - food parcels
    - Raising awareness - Education
    - Speaking on behalf of poor communities - social justice
- Media
  - Million Dollar Baby
    - Covers the issue of Euthanasia
      - Fair
        Priest gave the Catholic viewpoint
        He went to the Priest for help and Priests are always there to support the people of the church
        Frankie went to mass daily for 23 years
        Highlights that the Catholic believe that the conscience is the ultimate guide
      - Unfair
        The priest swore
        The priest wasn't very understanding and he was very one-sided and strict
        Difficulties are too complex to be dealt with in a film
        Frankie refusing to help shows a lack of compassion
Believing in God
- The Causation Argument
  - Unmoved Mover
    - Everything is in motion but there must have been an original motion
  - Uncaused Cause
    - Cannot be infinite regression
  - Contingency
    - Must be a being which is necessary to bring contingence
- Religious Upbringing
  - Baptism
  - Confirmation
  - Mass
  - School
- The Teleological Argument
  - Everything must be designed in that way by an intelligent designer
    - St Thomas Aquinas
      - Nature has order and purpose
      - Arrow and Archer
    - William Paley
      - Watch and Watchmaker
        Purpose? DESIGN
- Religious Experience
  - Numinous
    - Only God could've created it
      - Eg Night Sky
  - Prayer
  - Miracles
    - God acting on Earth/ Direct contact
      - Eg The milk miracle
  - Conversion
    - Eg Davey Falcus
- Evidence for Scientific Theories
  - Redshift
  - The Doppler Effect
  - Cosmic Background Radiation
  - Evolution
    - Charles Darwin
    - Natural Selection
      - Survival of the fittest
- Catholic Responses to Scientific Theories
  - The Big Bang Theory
    - Fr Funes 'most likely explanation'
      - 'Bible is not a science book'
      - 'God guides scientists to nature's secrets
    - Catechism 159 'God is the cause of creation'
  - Creationism
    - Pope Benedict 16th 'However the world was created, it was created by God'
  - Evolution
    - Pope B 'There is a guiding hand behind evolution'
- Media
  - Bruce Almighty
    - DOES
      - God in physical form
      - Free will
      - Answered prayers
      - God's powers
    - DOESN'T
      - Cruel-Bruce isn't capable
      - Free will overpowers omnipotence
      - Diminishes Gods importance
      - God knew it would cause suffering so why did he do it?
- The Problem of Evil & Suffering
  - Omin-benevolent?
  - Omnipotent?
  - Omniscent?
Community Cohesion
- The Catholic Church Helps Asylum Seekers and Immigrant Workers
  - HOW
    - English language classes
    - Cheap furniture and equipment for houses
    - Legal advice clinics
    - Masses in other languages
  - WHY
    - Bible - God is a God of justice
    - Parable of the Good Samaritan
    - Jesus was a refugee
    - Christians should seek justice for the oppressed
- Why Catholics Should Help to Promote Racial Harmony
  - Parable of the Good Samaritan
  - Golden Rule
  - St Peter had a vision not to discriminate
  - St Paul taught that all races are equal
- Government Action to Promote CC
  - Acts
    - Race Relations act
      - Unlawful to discriminate against race, colour, nationality etc
    - Crime and Disorder Act
      - More severe punishments for acts of racial hatred
    - Racial and Religious Hatred Act
      - Offence to use words of racial hatred
  - Equality and Human Rights Commission
    - Promotes equality and human rights
  - National Curriculum in schools
- Britain as a Multi-Ethnic Society
  - Problems
    - Employers will not give jobs to certain ethnic minorities
    - Prejudice landlords
    - Police Force
    - Conflict
  - Benefits
    - Education on other ethnicities
    - New cultures e.g. food
- Christian Attitudes to Equal Rights
  - Catholic
    - They can have equal rights
      - Genesis - God created man and woman at the same time in his image
      - Catechism - should have equal rights in life and society
    - Women are not allowed to be ordained as ministers, priests etc
      - Apostles were men, so successors can only be men
      - Priest represents Jesus in the mass so they can only be men
  - Traditional Protestants - Evangelical
    - St Paul - Women should not speak in Church
      - St Paul - In Genesis, God created Adam first
    - Male apostles
    - Tradition
  - Modern Protestants
    - Jesus treated men and women equally
      - Female disciples
      - Appeared first to women after resurrection
      - Evidence of women deacons in early Church
- Attitudes to the Roles of Men and Women
  - HOW they've changed
    - Equal Pay Act
    - Sex Discrimination Act
  - WHY they've changed
    - The work of the suffragette movement
    - WW1 - women doing the work
    - Equal rights
- Multi-Faith Society
  - Learn about other religions
  - Stop religious conflict
  - Strengthen own faith
  - Respect
- Multi-Faith Marriages
  - Religious freedom
  - What ceremony?
  - What faith are children?
  - Betraying family religion?
  - After death?
  - Respect
  - Encourage CC
Marriage and Family Life
- Sex Outside of Marriage
  - Christians believe it is wrong and people should wait until marriage
    - It is a gitf from God to a married couple and should be for procreation
  - Attitudes had changed
    - Number of marriages has decreased since 1800s
  - Pre 1960s
    - High religious influence
      - Cohabiting before marriage was also looked down on
  - Modern Day
    - Secularisation
    - more couples are cohabiting
    - Test for the strength of the relationship
- Marriage
  - Pre 1960s
    - Most people would be married by 25
    - Marriage was for life
      - Sacrament
      - Permanent
      - Exclusive
      - Life-Giving
  - Modern Day
    - Marriage rates are lower
    - Men and women are treated equally in marriage
- Family
  - Pre 1960s
    - No children out of wedlock
    - Encouraged to marry as soon as possible if she is pregnant out of wedlock
    - Nuclear family
    - Have children and raise family
  - Modern Day
    - Children born out of marital relationship is normal
    - Both parents have family roles, instead of just the mother
    - Various family types e.g. Reconstituted
- Divorce
  - Increase in divorce rates
    - Easier to get
    - Cheaper
    - People rush into marriage
    - Secularisation
  - Roman Catholics
    - Wrong
      - Not permitted under any circumstances
        Jesus said it was an offense
        What is made by God should never be broken
        'Grave offense'
  - Evangelicals
    - Wrong
      - Mark 10:11-12
        Divorce and re-marrying is adultery
  - Church of England
    - Sometimes permitted
      - Re-marriage is allowed
        Forgiveness is very important
  - Methodists
    - Sometimes allowed
      - Better than living in hatred
        Lesser of two evils
- Homosexuality
  - Roman Catholics
    - Thoughts are not a sin
      - However the act is as it goes against procreation
        They should be celibate
        Leviticus 18:11 'It is an abomination for a mam to lie with another man'
        Leviticus 18:22 'God hates that'
        Catechism ' Homosexual acts are intrinsically disorder. They close the sexual act to the gift of life'
  - Evangelicals
    - Evil and a sin
      - They should be imprisoned and punished with death
        Leviticus 20:13 'they have done a disgusting thing'
  - Church of England
    - Some agree with Catholics
      - Jesus taught forgiveness and love
  - Liberals
    - Can be permitted
      - An act which expresses true affection and pleasure does not seem to be sinful
  - Media
    - The Russell Brand Show

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