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WorksheetsSanctity of life
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is sanctity of life?
Life is worthless
Life is sacred or precious
Life is short term
Life is like a box of chocolates
Why is human life precious or sacred?
Humans are superior to animals
Humans are made in the 'image of God'
Humans have a soul
Humans are stewards of the earth
Why do Quaker Christians oppose the death penalty and fighting in wars?
Each person contains a reflection of the image of God which makes every human sacred
Because it says so in the Bible
Because of the belief in the sanctity of life
Only God should take life away
Complete the quotation...
"Don't you know that you..." (1 Corinthians 3.16)
yourselves are God's temple and are loved eternally by Him
yourselves are God's temple and love all those that love you
yourselves are God's temple and that Spirit dwells in your midst
yourselves are God's temple and should entrust your soul unto Him
Which Christians disagree with artificial methods of contraception and in vitro fertilisation?
Protestants
Catholics
Anglicans
Quakers
Complete the rest of this quotation...
"God saw all that he had made,, and it was __________. And there was evening, and there was morning - the sixth day. (Genesis 1.31)
OK
Very pleasing
Outstanding
Very good
What does this quote from the Bible mean?
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1.5)
God loves you unconditionally
God sees everything
God creates every person individually and has plans for each of them
If you spread the message of God then you will fulfill your destiny
What is explicitly forbidden in the Qur'an?
Theft
Abortion
Euthanasia
Murder
According to Muslims, who created all life and who has the right to take it away?
Prophet Muhammad
Angel Jibreel
God (Allah)
Imams
What does the following part of this quotation from the Qur'an mean...
"We decreed upon the children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption (done) in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely..." (Qur'an 5:32)
The killing of just one soul carries the sin of killing all humanity
The children are our future
Selling of one's soul leads to corruption
Children must not kill
What is the missing word from the following quotation?
"And do not kill the soul which God has forbidden (to be killed) except by (_______) right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason. (Qur'an 6.151)
Logical
Divine
Legal
Moral
What tradition does humanism derive from?
Agnosticism
Theism
Atheism
None of the above
Which of the following do humanists believe?
Do not believe that the value of human life comes from God
Do not believe people have souls
Do not believe there is an afterlife in heaven, hell or purgatory
Do not believe there is a God who judges where people go in an afterlife
What do humanists believe about life?
We only have this life and it ends forever when we die
Our bodies resurrect and our souls rest with God for eternity
Life has special importance because it is our only life
Life is sacred
What do humanists believe is one of the central purposes of life?
To procreate
To make ourselves and others around us as happy as possible
To live life to the fullest
To cherish our existence
Who is Peter Singer?
Moral philosopher who popularised the word 'sacred'
Moral philosopher who popularised the word 'emotivism'
Moral philosopher who popularised the word 'speciesism'
Moral philosopher who popularised the word 'inclusivism'
What is speciesism?
The survival of the strongest species
Prejudice or bias in favour of members of one's own species and against those of members of other species
Prejudice or bias in favour of members of another species and prioritising them over one's own species
Species that no longer exist
What three beliefs does Singer have in regards to speciesism?
That it is wrong to give human beings greater rights than other animals
It is wrong to give greater rights to one group of humans than another
Against the use of animals for experimentation and promotes veganism
That animal experimentation is necessary for humans to survive
