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Christianity

The Bible: Old Testament

First part of Christian Bible

Based primarily on the Hebrew bible (tenak)

39 books in the old testament

Testament means 'covenant' or 'contract'

The Bible: New Testament - GOSPELS

Gospel comes from the anglo-saxon word 'godspol' meaning 'good word/story'

Gospels

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John - The synoptic gospels

Who copped who?

Mark to Luke

Mark to Matt

Q (source) to Matt

Q (source) to Luke

Q is short for german word 'quelle' meaning source

Why are Gospels important to Christians?

Tells them how to live their life

Helps them find faith

To get knowledge and understanding of Jesus, believe gospels ore the 'word of God'

The nature of God

God is:

Omnipotent - All powerful

Creator - maker of everything

Omnibenevolent - All loving

Transcendent - Above and beyond

Personal - cares for you

Omniscient - All knowing

Immanent - Near and within the universe

Omnipresent - All present, everywhere

Judge - judges people in their actions

Forgiving - will forgive sins

The nature or God: The Trinity

Three 'persons' which are all Gods

God the father \

God the son - Separate but one being

God the holy spirit /

Not all christians hold the same beliefs about what God is like

The counter argument (why things happen)

Theism

The original argument from design was by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Later than this, William Paley contributed to this

Evidence people used to support their argument was everything is designed for a purpose

Equality

Equality is when everyone is treated the same, no matter what they look like

Achieving equality is difficult because of different genders, races and religions

People get treated differently because of what they look like

3 types of prejudice

sexism

ageism

racism

Crime and Punishment

Crime - action against the law and forbidden by country

Sin - against the will of God

Deterrence - punishment should put people off crime

Protection - punishment should protect society from crime and criminal themself

Reformation - punishment should reform criminal

Retribution - punishment should make criminal pay for what they have done wrong

Reparation - punishment should compensate the victim of a crime

Vindication - punishment makes sure law is respected

Causes of crime

Environmental reasons (peer pressure to join gangs, knife and gun crimes)

Psychological reasons (encouraged by violence in tv)

Lack in education and qualification

Types of crimes

Person

Murder

Rape

Mugging

State

Terrorism

Selling secrets

Tax fraud

Property

Dishonesty

Shoplifting

Vehicle theft

Burguary

Religion

Terrorism

Property

Blasphemy

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Buddhism