GCSE RS Matters of Life and Death

What did Jesus say about life after death?

• My Father’s house has many rooms; if

  that were not so, would I have told you

  that I am going there to prepare a place

  for you?

  (John 14:2)

• Only God can give life and only God can take it away.

• ‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.’

• ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.’ (Jeremiah 1:5)

What is the idea of the sanctity of life?

• My Father’s house has many rooms; if

  that were not so, would I have told you

  that I am going there to prepare a place

  for you?

  (John 14:2)

• Only God can give life and only God can take it away.

• ‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.’

• ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.’ (Jeremiah 1:5)

Which of these suggest life is sacred?

• My Father’s house has many rooms; if

  that were not so, would I have told you

  that I am going there to prepare a place

  for you?

  (John 14:2)

• Only God can give life and only God can take it away.

• ‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.’

• ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.’ (Jeremiah 1:5)

Why is sanctity of life important to Christians today?

• It means that God cares for humans.

• It comes from the Declaration on Nature, Assisi 1986.

• It affects important decisions about life and death, for example abortion and euthanasia.

• It tells Christians that they are more important than other animals.

Which of these are statements from the Declaration on Nature Assissi 1986?

• God created humans in his likeness to have a unique dominion over the world, but it is a dominion designed to protect, not destroy, God’s creation.

• Anything humans do to damage creation is a sin and

  the declaration condemns the environmental damage caused by human activity.

• All five faiths put together their own statements on the preservation of nature, to be shared with their followers.

• It was held im Assissi because it was the birth place of St Francis, the Roman Catholic Saint for Ecology / nature.

The Christian attitude to the environment is based on an idea called utilitarianism. What does this mean?

• The greatest good for the greatest number

• The greatest good for one group of people

• That humans can do what they want with the planet with no regard for future generations.

• It recognises the importance of biodiversity and the need to conserve nature for future generations.

Which quote can be used when answering a question on the natural world?

• ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.’ (Jeremiah 1:5)

• ‘theology and science each have much to contribute in the assertion of the Psalmist that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139).

• ‘For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139: 13-14

• ... all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.’ Colossians 1: 16-17

What is the Special Agenda IV Diocesan Synod?

• Prince Philip president of the World Wildlife Fund in 1986., invited leaders of five world religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism – to meet and discuss how these different faiths could help save the natural world.

• It was a survey about the origins of life. People fell into 4 groups. Theistic evolutionist (believe in both) Atheistic evolutionists (only science) Creationists (taking Genesis literally) Intelligent Design theorists

• In 2010 the General Synod of the Church of England agreed that the divine design in the universe is achieved by God through the ways in which that universe work and the process of evolution.

• Five faiths put together their own statements on the preservation of nature, to be shared with their followers.

What are the Assisi Declarations?

• Prince Philip president of the World Wildlife Fund in 1986., invited leaders of five world religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism – to meet and discuss how these different faiths could help save the natural world.

• It was a survey about the origins of life. People fell into 4 groups. Theistic evolutionist (believe in both) Atheistic evolutionists (only science) Creationists (taking Genesis literally) Intelligent Design theorists

• In 2010 the General Synod of the Church of England agreed that the divine design in the universe is achieved by God through the ways in which that universe work and the process of evolution.

• Five faiths put together their own statements on the preservation of nature, to be shared with their followers.

What is the Red Shift Theory?

• Ripples in deep space from the expansion of the universe, observed by the Hubble Telescope

• When objects in space are moving away from a central point they leave a red glow. Proving the universe is expanding.

• Background radiation left over from the Big Bang

• A theory put forward by George LeMaitre, a Belgian Roman Catholic Priest and scientist.