Killed without consultation no other reason
then they are disabled, sick or elderly
Non - Voluntary
Consults relatives, discuss if death is in
the sick persons best interest
Suicide
Deliberately taking your own life
It is wrong - you don't have the
right to destroy life
73CE 1000 Jews commited suicide in Masada
to prevent themselves from becoming slaves
I am giving you the choice between
life and death, between Gods blessing
and G-D's cross - Deuteronomy
Not 'Suicide' if you have a
mental health problem, don't
think straight
If a person commits suicide their burial rights are
different. They cannot be buried near family and have
to be 6 feet away from another jewish grave.
However is someone is Anuss - not held
responsible for there action they are buried
normally.
Explain Jewish attitudes towards suicide.
All Jews believe suicide is wrong.
Only G-d decides who dies and
when ' individuals do not have the
right to destroy life' also
Deuteronomy from the Torah
In the Talmud it states that suicide
is wrong. Someone who commits,
their burial rights are different.
Animals in Research
Can involve - Cosmetic testing,
drug effects and smoking and
practicing medical procedures
Ethical Issue? - Yes because humans are possibly saying that they are
above animals, that animals have little rights. Also how they are treated,
necessary?
Judaism does allow animal research because they don't believe
animals to be equal to humans.
But when animals are needed their
suffering must be kept to a minimum. No
pointless tests.
Hole - They must think they have some rights otherwise they would allow numerous test?
But when used for testing makeup or
to please humans it is wrong. Many
jews believe that students testing on
animals is wrong because most testing
can be done on computers.
G-ds teachings require you to
refrain from inflicting
unnecessary harm to animals
and to help lessen pain when
they are suffering.
Rights
Judaism teaches that animals are a
important part of creation people do
have a responsibility to care for
animals. However human life is more
valuable.
Animals should also rest on the Sabbath.
Some people believe that animals
should have rights because they
show emotions and express
feelings.
You shall not muzzle an ox while it is threshing. Deuteronomy 25:4 [Torah] A righteous
man knows the needs of his beast. Proverbs 12:10a [Tenakh] It is forbidden to cause
pain to any animal. Maimonides
Abortion
Life is a gift from God
It is sacred
Embryo has life - Abortion is Murder
If mothers life in danger -
Jews will then allow
abortion.
Both Orthodox and Reformed Jews agreed that if
mothers life is in danger abortion should take place.
Reformed
Allow Abortion; Mother under 16, The pregnancy is by
rape or incest or if the baby will be born with severe mental
or physical handicap.
Orthodox
Some Rabbis still don't allow abortion if rape or
when the foetus is abnormal, even if the law of the
land allows it.
A Jewish women may consult her
Rabbi before she is going to have an
abortion, too check if she is allowed to
go ahead with it. She would consult
him because abortion relies on Rabbi
teachings and interpretation of beliefs.
IVF
Part D Question
Any Jew may be against fertility treatment, just like any other person, because of there opinion, however
they may also be against it due to poor experience. Jewish teaching teach that the seed should to be
wasted so obtaining the seed outside the body may be to some Jews as wasting the seed for its
intended purpose and that fetilization is taking place outside of the body. Also Jews express the fact that
no 3rd party donor should be used because then the child is not seen as the son/daughter of the
women. Then there is no problem with parentage. Then there is the problem with IVF of is it taking the
decision away from G-D. Some Jews do reject the idea of IVF because of the validity of fertilisation and
the problem with the seed. Also there is a problem with surrogacy, who is the childs mother, if they do or
don't have a Jewish mother who is required to bring them up.
Cloning
Not yet been developed for humans but
may, in the future be a mitzvah for infertile
couples
RELIGION AND RELATIONSHIPS
Divorce
Not seen as a good thing
If a couple is experiencing difficulties try to resolve them first
Sometimes not possible so requires man to divorce his wife
Only in case of adultery, divorce must take place
Divorce paper is the 'GET'
Man gives to Women
Apply to Bet Din for a date
Bet Din is Jewish Court
Husband authorises scribe to write Get
Witness signs it to
Rabbi present - husband passes Get to wife in two hands - This be your get.
Wife then holds up get to show possession then gives back to rabbi
4 corners torn off to show it has been used. (Kept by Bet Din) Then given release form.
Talmud - When one divorces his first wife even the alter sheds a tear
Must wait 92 days
Agunot - Chained Women (husband refuses, disappears or incapable of doing so due to illness.
Mamzerim - Offspring of forbidden man. Children born of a re-marry if the divorce is only civil and not a get.
When one divorces his first wife, even the Altar sheds tears.
Talmud
Kosher Sex
Outside marriage is bad
Sex is not only to have kids but to bond
She has the right, it is his duty
Ultimate Bonding
God Worthy
Mikveh
Is a ritual cleansing pool. Mainly 4 women
after a period, it is important to cleans the
body of impurities
Niddah - Womens period of ritual purity
Do not come near a woman during her
period of uncleanness to uncover her
nakedness. Leviticus 18:19 [Torah]
Contraception
Reformed and Liberal Jews allow contraception
in many curcumstances
But Orthodox only 3 cases
If pregnancy may harm women
To limit family number
To space children out
Not devices that harm or stop sperm from reaching the right area
So the pill is allowed
In the Talmud it permits women to drink potions
Be fertile and increase, fill the earth. Genesis 1:28 [Torah]
Marriage
Called Kiddushin
Dedication
Spiritual binding together
Intended by God and is natural state people should live in.
Purpose
Show commitment - lifelong
Sexual desires - one person
Companionship
Secure to have children
Closer to G-D
Ceremony
Contract - Ketubah
Husbands obligations to wife
2 Witness
Chuppah
Symbol of the new home
Breaking of the glass
Symbolises sorrow of the Jewish people over destruction of the temple
Even though they are happy there would be more joy if could furfil temple commandments
A man without a woman is doomed to
an existence without joy, without
blessing, without experiencing life’s
true goodness, without Torah, without
protection and without peace. Talmud
Gay
Do not lie with a man, as one lies with a woman; that is
detestable. Leviticus 18:22
GOOD AND EVIL
There is the Devil or Satan which is seen as evil.
Storys of him in the Apocrypha
Also Natural and Moral Evil
Moral Evil - Deeds or behaviour of people which are seen to cruel and uncaring.
Natural Evil - Natural Events such as volcanos,earthquakes etc not caused by humans.
Why is there Evil?
God does not Exist
God is not all-powerful
God is intact responsible for everything so is responsible for evil and
suffering as well as good.
Explain Christian teachings about God and the Devil.
Community - Omnipotent, omniscient etc. He is full of good. Superior to the devil.
Personal - Devil tries to tempt people away from God. But God tries to keep you with him.
Spirit - Follow God resist the temptation
from God. Example Jesus in the Desert
Moral - Modern Temptation
'Job'
He was a rich man - 7 sons 3 daughters. 7000 sheep, 3000 camels etc.
He Loved God
God made a deal with the devil.
The Devil ruined Jobs life.
He remained loving God though
God doubled everything Job had as a thankyou
Different Views
Humanist
Suggest that live without God - you can choose to make your life good or bad.
St Augustine - Evil is an absence of good.
Evil is a consequence of the fall - Adam and Eve
Only suffer if we stray from Gods path
Irenaeus
Traces Evil back to free will - but differs fro Augustine - God made humans imperfectly
Coping with Suffering
Prayer, Jesus and Church
Morals
END OF LIFE
LIFE AFTER DEATH?
HELL
There are nine circles in HELL. PLus the Woods and the Vestibul.
Circle 1 - Limbo
Circle 2 - The Lustful
Circle 3 - The Gluttonous
Circle 4 - Hoards and Wasters
Circle 5 - The Wrathful
Circle 6 - City of Dis
Circle 7 - The Violent
Circle 8 - The Fraudulent
Circle 9 - The Treacherous
Purgatory
The Roman catholic church teaches that very few people are ready
for heaven. Even if they have lived free from sin. They go to purgatory
rather than heaven. They will eventually go to heaven after being freed
from their sin.
You don't have to encounter Christianity to go to heaven.
Heaven
Throne
Bright + Light
Gems and precious stones
A man on the Throne.
People may see the 'beatific Vision'
God as a Judge
Fair, Honest, Unpredest
Goats and the Sheep
Goats - People who aren't helpful
Sheep - People who are good, caring and kind.
When you die you are judged by God, if you had a good life or
a bad. Then you are sent to heaven, hell or purgatory.
Body and Soul
Animals do have souls - St Francis
Soul is eternal, it makes us, us. The human
essence. Made of 3 parts - Plato
It isn't eternal. The Knife, essence of a knife is to cut.
When destroyed it losses its essence. When a person
dies they cannot act rationally - their essence is gone. -
Aristotal
Body and soul are often opposed. Soul follows
God. Body looks for pleasure on earth.
When someone die a new 'spiritual body' went to heaven. Paul
Breath of life
Soul into first human
Genesis
Most believe that animals do not have souls
Funeral Rites
I am the resurrection and life - John 11.25
Burial
In the ground or cremated.
Further prayers are said.
Minister will say a final committal statement, this is done at cremation as well.
Eulogy
Tell the life of the person, so that they may
be remembered for their good things in life.
The significance of this is that
the dead person is remembered
for the good and happy things.
Holy Communion
Known as mass
Almost always,performed in Catholic funerals and is
not uncommon in other denominations
Prayers
Are said for the family of the dead,
asking God for support
The significance is that
everyone is cared for not
just the person who is
dead.
Hymns
Possible favourites of the dead.
Bible reading
Focus on eternal life. Shows that their life
has not ended.