Rights and Responsibility

The Bible as a basis for moral decisions
1. Yes
  1. Word of God. God's guidance
  2. The Decalogue contains rules on how to behave
  3. Contains teachings from Jesus on how to live
  4. Contains letters from disciples on how to behave
2. No
  1. It is outdated
  2. Church gives more personable
The Church as a basis for morals
1. Body of Christ
2. God speaks through them
3. They use the Bible
4. You can be sure you are doing the right thing
The conscience for Moral decisions
1. Yes
  1. it is the voice of God
  2. The Church says so
  3. St Paul said they should
  4. It is personal
2. No
  1. They could be mistaken
  2. It is not as compact advice
  3. no second opinion
Situation ethics for moral stuff
1. No
  1. If it goes against the Bible
  2. Don't trust themselves
  3. you can never be sure of what your actions will do
2. yes
  1. Jesus did when he overruled the old testament when it was unloving
  2. They think Christians should do what gives the best results
  3. Love God, Jesus says to do the most loving thing
  4. love
Human rights in the United Kingdom
1. Right to life
2. No torture
3. No slavery
4. right to liberty
5. A fair trial
6. The right to privacy
7. Freedom of thought
8. Freedom of expression
9. Right to meet with someone
10. right to marry
11. right to own property
12. right to education
13. Right to vote
Why rights are important to Christians
1. The importance
  1. Life is holy so the right to life
  2. equality as we are all equal to god
  3. Freedom of thought is part of being a Christian
  4. Not to be compared
2. Why they cause issues
  1. Civil partnerships
  2. marriage with other faiths
  3. Homosexuals raising children
  4. right for women to priest
Why it is important to take part in democracy
1. Voting gives you control over VAT and taxes partially
2. Local councils have control
3. EU
4. Affect new laws
5. NHS, benefits, pension
6. Rights
7. ancestors fought for the rights, use them
Christian teaching on moral duties
1. Golden Rule
  1. treat others how you wish to be treated
  2. imagine how others feel
2. Parable of the goats and sheep
  1. help the poor and suffering
3. Am I my brothers keeper?
  1. duty to look after everyone
Genetic Engineering and Cloning
1. yes
  1. prospect for cures
  2. other countries are
  3. Cloning does not lose human life
  4. Law monitors it
2. no
  1. long term
  2. effects cant be changed
  3. places power in hands of others
  4. treats humans like plants
Attitudes to cloning from Christianity
1. most loving
2. playing god
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