Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Religious Attitudes On
Matters of Life and Death
- Christianity
- Purgatory
- Roman Catholics believe in
Purgatory where people wait
to remove al tehir sins before
entering heaven
- Jesus was Resurected
- Proves life after death
- I think therefore I am
- Soul exists and is eternal
- burial/ cremation allowed
- Heaven
- being united with God
- Physical Place
- Hell
- Not able to unite with God
- Spiritual Place
- Second Coming
- Messiah
- Jesus will come again
- Why Believe in life after death?
- Evil and suffering- Unfair
- Makes sense of life
- Gives support and comfort for families who
have lost loved ones
- Provides a Purpose to life
- Euthanasia
- Banned in the UK
- Assisted Suicide
- patient is helped with euthanasia
- Painless Death
- Involuntry
- Decision made by close relatives
- Voluntry
- Patient asks for it themselves
- Christianity
- For
- Ends Suffering
- Double effect
- Intention was not to kill the
patients with large doses of
medicine, but to stop pain
- should not be kept alive against all odds
- Against
- Only God can take away life
- not meant to choose when they die
- Life is sacred
- Hospices
- Islam
- For
- Stops suffering
- Gods will for them to die
- Against
- God has the right to give
and take away life
- ask God for help
- cant decide when to die
- Abortion
- UK Laws
- limit of 24 weeks
- Life or physical health of
mother is in danger
- Existing family will suffer
- Seriously Disabled Child
- removal of the foetus before a certain time
- Roman Catholic Church
- against natural laws
- Life is a sacred gift of God
- Double effect is allowed
- when life saving technology
saves a pregnant mother- baby
dies in the process
- Foetus is a human being
- Right to life
- Pro-Life
- everyone has a right to live
- life from conseption
- Protestant Church
- responsible family planning
- Pro-choice
- other has right over her body
- permits abortion as life is
given later on to the zygote
- Islam
- For
- soul enters body after 120 days
- Mothers life is at risk
- Against
- Killing is wrong
- God provides
- Islam
- Life is a test
- Test of FREE WILL
- our choices
- everyone will be judged
- Heaven
- Hell
- Eternal life called Akhirah
- Judgement day for deeds
done on earth
- Tawhid- belief in
the oneness of God
- Go is merciful and Forgiving
- Cremation is not allowed-
physical resurection