Matters of Life and Death

Christian Belief of Life after Death
1. Why they Believe in Life after Death
  1. Jesus rose from the dead
  2. St. Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians that people resurrect like Jesus
  3. Major creeds of the church teach Jesus rose and life after death occurs. Christians believe everything the creeds say.
  4. Life after death where you get judged makes you believe life is worth something
  5. The Church says so
2. How it affects life.
  1. lead a good life for the judging
  2. Makes you a nice person as you have to treat everyone like Jesus
  3. Parable of the Sheep, Jesus wants us to feed the hungry
  4. Sin prevents people going to heaven
Sikhism and Life after Death
1. Why they Believe
  1. taught in Guru Granth Sahib
  2. Ten Gurus all believed
  3. God made us with purpose
  4. Reincarnation to reward good and pain evil
    1. Evidence of this
2. How it affects life
  1. Reborn (samsara) until mukti is obtained
  2. Want to transform from manmukh to gurumukh
  3. Must act more like a Guru
Non religious reasons for Believing in Life after Death
1. Near Death Experiences
  1. Clinically dead for time
  2. floating above body, bright light, peace, dead relatives
2. Spirit world
  1. ouija boards
  2. Ghosts
  3. mediums and communication
3. Reincarnation
  1. evidence with memory
Why some do not believe in life after death
1. No god, no spirit world
2. Contradiction in Religion
3. Evidence is holy books, GET REAL approach
4. Science disagrees with paranormal
5. Mind can't live without brain, soul can't either
6. No place it can take place
The Nature of Abortion
1. Law
  1. Mothers life MUST be at risk
  2. Mothers health at risk
  3. Handicap risk
  4. Serious effect on other Children
2. Controversial Because:
  1. life begins at conception?
  2. Life begins when it leaves the body?
  3. Womans right
  4. Childs right
  5. Medical staffs wishes
  6. parents financial state
Christian Attitudes towards Abortion
1. Catholics
  1. Life belongs to God
  2. conception is life
  3. abortion is murder
  4. if rape, woman can put baby for adoption so good comes from evil
2. Liberal Protestants
  1. Life does not begin at conception
  2. Love thy neighbour, remove the suffering
  3. sanctity of life is broken in war, BREAK IN ALL THE PLACES
  4. THERE ARE NO BREAKS ON THE RAPE TRAIN
Sikh Abortions
1. YES IN EXCEPTION CIRCUMSTANCES
  1. Because rape.
  2. life starts at conception
  3. ONLY GOD MAY TAKE ALL THE LIFE AWAY
  4. situation ethics, lesser of two evils
2. Some say "LETS DO THE ABOTION"
  1. Individual life is important to God
  2. Mother is more important than the child because LOOK she is already alive
  3. sanctity of life includes that of parents too
The nature of Euthanasia
1. Assisted suicide, voluntary euthanasia and non voluntary euthanasia
2. Law says murder, but turning off life support, NOW THAT is oky
3. THE DEBATE
  1. YES
    1. Medicine means you should have died long ago
    2. switching off life support is it so it already is MWUAHAH
    3. It is our right to commit suicide
  2. NEVERRRRR
    1. what does the person really want?
    2. We might find a cure in a year
    3. Doctors should save lives not end them
    4. What if they change their mind?
    5. Who would kill them all eh?
Christian attitudes towards Euthanasia
1. Catholics
  1. Sanctity of life
  2. Only God can take your life away
  3. murder
  4. brain dead = already dead
  5. You can kill someone with painkillers because you didn't KNOW they were going to die... #excuses
2. ALL EUTHANASIA IS WRONG BECAUSE
  1. Bible is literal, no suicide or murder
  2. Only God can end life
  3. #MurderIsNotOokay
  4. Life is the most sacred thing in life
3. Maybe you can Euthanise (if that is a word)
  1. Medical advances defeat the word of God
  2. Kindest thing to do
  3. Human rights give you control over your body
Sikhism Euthanasia views.
1. AGAINST EVERYTHING
  1. Violence to humans creates bad karma
  2. God alone gives or takes life
  3. Rahit Maryada says murder is wrong
  4. Euthanasia damages a soul and makes one equal to God
Media
1. Media can say what they want
  1. Freedom of expression is a human right
  2. All publicity is good publicity
  3. It can be informative
2. Media should be restricted
  1. Stirs up religious hatred
  2. Offensive
  3. BLASPHEMY
  4. Only God can criticise.

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