Zusammenfassung der Ressource
RE unit 2
- Believing in God
- Christian Upbringing
- Baptism - Introduced to the
Curch , the family of God.
Promise are made to bring
child up in Christian faith
- Worship - Young child is
taken to church on regular
basis. This encourages a
development in faith.
- School- Church school continue
to surround child in religious
community, will be encourages
to make commitment to faith.
- Community - Churches provide
social events. creates a sense
of belonging and helps the
young person to express their
faith
- Adulthood- They will then bring
their own children up in the
chrisitan faith.
- Religious Experience
- Mircale - Only God could have
done it. Evidence God exists.
- Answered Prayer - God is
interested in them
personally and he exists.
- Numinous experience - Exocrine
so powerful it convinces them
God exists.
- Conversion - Person is confronted with a
choice, whether to believe in God or not.
- Design Argument
- World it so orderd and perfect
- e.g Trees taking in CO2 giving out o2
- This complex world must have been designed.
- It must have a
designer
- Desinger must be GOD
- PALEY"S WATCH
- Causation argument
- Nothing Happens by itself
- Everything is caused by something
- The universe could not just
happen by itself
- Power force must have caused the world
- Powerful force must be God.
- Thomas Aquinus
- Whatever changes must have been
changed by something else. God is the
original unchanging thing.
- Science
- EVOLUTION - Darwin
- Fossils
- BIg- Bang theory
- Cosmic backgroun radiation
- Red shift - Universe is expanding
- Chrisitan response to science
- Fundalmentalist - The Bible is fact
- Bible can be interpreted -
mrssage and meaning are true
but its not what actually
happened.
- Physical form of the world can be explained by
science but the love within it cannot.
- Unasnwered prayer
- God does not exist
- Omniscient God
would know how
- Omni - benevolent
would want to
- Many people pray for same thing but
it still does not work
- e.g World peace
- Christian Response
- Sometimes answer is NO
- Trust God will do whats best
- God has answered prayer but
i=not in the way expect.
- God has an ultimate plan for us.
- Evil and suffering- Christian response
- It was planned fro beginning then
Adam and Eve disobeyed God and
brought sin into the World
- Evil and suffering is a test from God
- Evil is not Gods fault - Humans have Free will
- God knows why these
things have to happen
but we do not.
- It allows us to follow Jesus' example -
Helping others
- Evil and Suffering God does to exists.
- Omnibelevolent he would stop evil
- Natural evil is strong
evidence against God
- Omni-potent `god
would be able to stop
suffering
- Omniscient God would know
how to stop suffering
- Matter of Life and Death
- Christians and Life after death
- Jesus rose from the
dead this suggests
there is an afterlife
- There are many verses in the Bible
which mention afterlife
- The Christian Churches all teach that
there is an afterlife
- It is apart of the creeds
- Nicene Creed " I look forward to the
resurrection of the death and the life
of the world to come."
- Some Christians believe they have
experienced the paranormal
- It gives meaning and a
purpose to life
- Non religious people and Iife after death
- Near death experience - describe leaving
their bodies and seeing themselves from
outside their bodies.
- Ghosts- some pole claim to have seen ghosts
- Contacting the dead -
Mediums claim they can
contact the dead
- Reincarnation - experiences
such as Deja vu
- Abortion
- Currently legal in the UK
up to 24 weeks
- Why is it controversial
- Where does life begin ?
- Pro choice or Pro life
- If the child is disabled does it make it okay?
- Does an unborn child have human rights?
- Arguments for
- Mothers should have a right to choose - Pro choice
- Lesser of two evils - if the child was to be born
severly disabled or if the mothers life is at risk
- In the case of rape - Child would be
unwanted and ti would not be fair on the
mother.
- Mother might not be able to bring the child up
financially or for emotional reasons.
- Arguments against
- Unborn child should have the
same human rights as anyone
else
- Life is special and should not be taken at
any cost. Life beings at conception
- Just because child is going to be
disabled doesn't give anyone the right
to kill it.
- There are always loving parents who are
willing to adopt.
- Christian attitudes
- Evangelical and Roman
catholics
- life begins at conception, the
foetus is alive therefore it is
murder, life is a gift from God
and only God can take it
away, God has a plan for
every life we should not
interfere
- The church of England
- Allows it in some cases , you
must do the most loving
thing "lesser of two evils"
- Liberal christians
- Oppose abortion but
consider it the lesser of two
evils, Jesus acted with love
and compassion and so
Chrisitians should do the
same.
- Euthanasia
- Currently illegal in the UK
- Arguments for
- allows you to die with dignity
- persons right to choose
- save money on medical costs
- better for the family to stop prolonged suffering
- Arguments against
- Its murder
- less medical research into
how to cure diseases
- Puts pressure on older
people to ask foe
euthanasia as they feel
like they are a burden
- Would cause trust issues between
doctors and patients
- Christian attitudes
- Most Christians
- It is taking away of human
life so its is murder
- Could be
used for evil
purposes
- Only god has the right
to make away human
life
- Some Christians
- The quality of life would be improved
- Other Christiasn
- Turn off life support machine
as the life has already ended.
- Causes of world poverty
- Natural disasters
- War
- Corrupt leaders
- Debt
- Lack of health care and
education
- Marriage and Family
- Changing attitudes in the UK
- Historical events such as voting
rights for women and abolition of
slavery
- View of world has become increasingly
global. This opens people's mind to
possibility of different responses
- mixture s of cultures in the
UK in recent years
- People have become more tolerant
- Christian attitudes to sex outside of marriage
- The bible only allows for sex
between marriage partners
- Children born outside of marriage may
have a less stable family life
- Promistcuity makes a person
vulnerable to sexually
transmitted diseases.
- Loving sexual relations unite a married couple
- Adultery break the marriage vow of faithfulness
- All christians thing adultery is
wrong. A growing number of
christians today do, nevertheless
- Christian wedding ceremony
- takes place in church
emphasis on God's told in
marriage
- Exchanging of vows make a
promise for a life long
commitment to each other
- verses from the Bible emphasise
nature and purpose of marriage
- Rings symbolise
unending
agreement of
marriage
- Congregation pray and ask
for God's blessing and
support to make the
marriage work
- Christian Attitudes to divorce
- Catholics
- Jsus said "anyone who
divorces his wife.. and
marries another
woman commits
adultery" (Mark 10:11)
- Marriage is a sacrament
and should not be
broken
- Will allow annulment if they were
forced into the marriage
- Protestant
- Human beings can make mistakes
and relationships can break down.
- allow divorce in some
circumstances
- Christian Attitudes towards homosexuality
- evangelical christians are strongly opposed
- "No man is to have sexual
relations with another
man; God hates that"
- God created man and woman to be in a
marriage together
- Roman catholics
recommend
homosexuals remain
celibate
- Based on biblical
teaching, being
homosexual is not
a sin, but having
homosexual sex
is.
- RC's believe sex
should only take place
within marriage
- The church of England
- Homosexual partners should be
judged on their strength of love,
- Quakers
- Religion is a spiritual issue not a
sexual one
- Welcomes homosexuals
- The Bible needs
to be interpreted
to fit modern day
- parents responsibilities
- care for children properly
- Teach them how to
live and to accept
authority
- Teach them about God
- Take their child to be baptised
and promise to bring them up
in a loving , godly home.
- Method of contraception
- contraceptive pill
- Contraceptive implant
- condoms
- Diaphragms and caps
- Religion and Community Cohesion
- Government promoting community cohesion
- Funding local authorities to respond to
problems such as immigration, and to
encourage links between groups from
different backgrounds through out projects
- Practical support on cohesion
- a new interfaith stray that focuses in
what needs to be done to promote
interaction and dialogue between
faiths
- citizenship days throughout the UK to
celebrate national and local traditions such
as British values asd respect for the rule of
law
- `informations packs for new
immigrants that set out
rights and responsibilities
- Support with translation and learning in
the English language for those who do
not speak english.
- Christian attitudes to women priests
- Evangelical Protestants
- Men should be head of the family
and women should not speak in
church
- Their belief that the bible is
unalterable word of God
- Liberal Crhsitians
- Men and women should have equal
roles in life and in church women
should be allowed to be priests.
- St Paul said " There is neither...
male nor female for you are all one
person in God"
- Roman Catholics
- Men and women should have equal
roles because men and women have
equal status in the eyes of God. But
only men can be priests.
- Jesus only chose meant to be his successors
- Advantages to living in a multi-ethnic society
- It helps people of different
races and cultures to
understand one another
better
- It enables us to understand
different religions
- It gives us a wider variety of music,
food,clothes and culture
- It can bring new people
with fresh ideas.
- Why Christians should promote racial harmony
- For God created man in his own image Genesis 1:27
- God does not show favouritism, but accepts men from every nation. Acts 10:34-35
- There is neither jew nor Greek.. you are all on in Christ. Galatians 3:28
- Love your neighbour as yourself. Luke 10 :27
- How do Assit Sheffield help asylum seekers
- Finds night shelter for those who are
sleeping rough
- Finding temporary accommodation with host families
and houses on loan
- paying small
weekly grant for
food and basic
living expenses
- Advising about other sources of assistance available
- giving bus passes to those who
will find it difficult to walk
- raising awareness about the problem through events and talks
- Advantages to a multi-faith society
- a varied and rich culture
- A better understanding of
different cultures and viewpoints
- a greater tolerance and understanding of
other ways of life
- new ways of living and enjoying life
- Christian attitudes to religious freedom
- Evangelical- christians will go to
heaven everyone else will be
excluded
- Catholics - christianity is the only
region with the full truth
- Pluralists - believe all religions lead to God they
are equal and no on is wrong
- Problems with interfaith marriage
- what religions will the child be
- Where will they get married
- could cause
conflict with
families
- which religious community will
family belong to