Matters of life and death

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  • Matters of life and death
    • life after death
      • For
      • Against
        • Many religions have many different ideas but no solid proof
        • There is no evidence that Jesus existed let alone rose from the dead
        • Near death experiences are unreliable because people have fallible memories
        • Could simply be a source of comfort foe the bereaved
    • Abortion
      • Law on abortion
        • the 1967 Abortion Act - it can only be carried out in a medical facility
      • Catholic and Evangelical views
        • Only good has the right to end pregnancy
        • Life begins at conception - so abortion is committing murder
        • Everyone has the right to life
      • Liberal protestant view
        • Jesus told us to 'love thy neighbour' so we should respect the mothers opinion
        • Life does not begin at conception
        • We should accept the new scientific advances
    • Origins of the universe
      • Creationism
        • The belief that God created all life exactly as it says in Genesis
        • Believe that when Adam was created on the 6th day God had created the Earth to seem thousands of years old
      • Big Bang
        • About 13.7 years ago the universe became very compressed which created a giant explosion
        • George Lemaitre was a Belgian priest who was one of the first people to prove and accept the Big Bang
      • Design
        • The science of the Big Bang is correct but God still had input because it is otherwise improbable
        • Irreducible complexity-the universe depends on many interacting parts and the removal of one of those parts would mean that the whole system stopped
        • Specified complexity - the patterns in living things, for example DNA
    • Evolution
      • For (science)
        • After thee Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago, the combination of gases and the Earths surface produced basic single cell organisms
        • humans evolve from primates and then natural selection picks the best
      • Against (Christian)
        • Evolution proves Genesis wrong
        • Creationists say that the fossil record doesn't have sufficient evidence
        • Design theorists believe that God created each species and let them evolve
          • For (science)
            • After thee Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago, the combination of gases and the Earths surface produced basic single cell organisms
            • humans evolve from primates and then natural selection picks the best
    • Stewardship
      • Pollution
        • -Encourage recycling and no littering
        • -Promote the use of power from waste plants that produce electricity from human waste
      • Global warming
        • - Reduce carbon emmisions
        • - Use tidal, wind and solar power
      • To keep the Earth as we found it
      • Natural resouces
        • Renewable energy
        • promote hydrogen or battery powered cars
        • recycling materials that are finite such as steel.
      • Animal rights
        • Against
        • For
          • Animals were made by god and therefore they are sacred
          • Animals  have souls too
    • Sanctity of life
      • Sanctity of life comes directly from God so we must obey it
      • the only exceptions are for self defence and in war - because ones life takes precedence over others
    • Euthanasia
      • Against
        • Life is sacred to God - only he can take it away
        • Euthanasia is murder
      • For
        • Modern medical care warps wishes about death
        • 'Love thy neighbour' is euthanasia

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