Religion & Conflict

Good and Evil
1. Evil makes us value good
2. Evil exists to help people learn and grow spiritually and morally
3. The world is 'corrupt'
4. Free will can lead to suffering and evil
5. The devil or Satan tempt us
6. Makes us realise human weakness and to make thing right
7. The Fall in Genesis, explain the suffering and evil in God's good creation
Interfaith
1. Interfaith council, where different faiths hold a meeting and meet each other
  1. Leicester has a youth interfaith council
2. Religious groups work together to decide what to teach in RE
3. Interfaith week encourages schools and workplaces to celebrate religion and work together
Ways of Suffering
1. Natural Evil
  1. Floods, earthquakes, famine and drought
2. Moral Evil
  1. War, murder, rape, prejudice and discrimination
3. Personal Loss
  1. Death of a loved one, home or redundancy
Responses for suffering
1. Christian
  1. Free will leads to evil and suffering
  2. Life is a test
    1. We should follow the Christian way and embrace good
    2. Develop as good people by helping and dealing with suffering
    3. God knows the answer, but humans cannot
      1. Follow Jesus and help those in need
      2. Parable of Good Samaritan
2. Islam
  1. Life is a test
  2. God created humans to look after the earth, and they will have Islam to help them
  3. Shaytan will have permission to use evil to tempt humans to betray Islam
  4. In the Judgement day, Allah will judge those who gave in to Shaytan and tthose who did not
  5. Suffering people are to be treated with compassion
3. Christian Aid
  1. Helps poorer nations
  2. Helps in over 60 countries
  3. Makes sure communities are self supportive
  4. Educates people to help poorer countries
  5. God loves the world and all in it
  6. They worked in Senegal where they help farmers improve their farming methods
War
1. Christianity
  1. Some people are pacifists
    1. 'Do not kill'
    2. Turn the other cheek
    3. Jesus didn't let Peter fight
  2. Just War
    1. St Thomas Aquinas said Christians should fight in just wars
    2. Jesus did not condemn soldiers
    3. War fought for the right reasons, in the right way, for the right outcome
    4. Only way that justice can be done
    5. Started by a goverment
    6. Begun as a last resort
    7. Civilians are protect and used necessary force
    8. End of war brings a better situation
    9. Clear possibility of winning
  3. Christians should obey the orders of the state
2. Islam
  1. Means 'peace', but should fight if attacked
  2. A war must be Jihad
  3. Qur'an says that Muslims should fight if attacked
  4. If you die in Jihad you will go straight to Heaven
  5. Muhammad fought in war
  6. Hadith says that Muslims should fight in wars
Forgiveness
1. Christianity
  1. Duty to bring reconciliation between families and friends
  2. Should forgive those who attacked them
    1. Jesus did on the cross to bring reconciliation and forgiveness
    2. Jesus told Peter to forgive them seventy seven times
    3. If Christians do not forgive themselves they will not be forgiven
    4. Forgiveness is a Golden Rule
  3. Corrymeela
    1. Young Catholics and Protestants meet together and begin to understand each other
    2. People who have lost family in the conflict meet people from the other side
    3. Encourage reconciliation, forgiveness and peach
    4. Bases on the Golden Rules, love your enemy, turn the other cheek and treat other like you would like to treated
2. Islam
  1. Allah- compassionate, merciful and forgiving
  2. Judgement day- if you want to forgive you must give it to others
  3. Qur'an says to forgive those who offend
  4. Hadiths – Muhammed said Muslims should be forgiving
  5. Don’t forgive those who work against Islam
Pacifists
1. Archbishop Tutu
  1. First black Archbishop of South America
  2. Refused to use violence
    1. Jesus teachings
  3. Led truth and reconciliation committee, where people told the truth but do not get revenge
  4. Because of his work – there was no bloodbath at the end of apartheid
2. Gandhi
  1. Hindu believer and activist for Ahimsa
  2. Used non-violence
  3. Led marches, fasts and was imprisoned for his activities
  4. Never fought back
  5. Satyagraha- philolophy of non-violence
  6. Went on hunger strikes to stop violence

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