Discrimination and Prejudice
- Created by: robert pyne
- Created on: 10-04-14 13:14
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- Teachings against
- "there is neither jew nor greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" St Paul's letter to Galatians
- "Allah does not look upon your outward appearance; he looks upon your hearts and your deeds
- "and you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt" Deut 10:19
- Parable of the good samaritan
- Prejudice + Discrimination
- Teachings in favour of
- Women cant be priests or bishops in the RCC
- The caste system. caste related to Karma is last life
- "the head of the woman is man" 1 cor 11:3
- "of all women came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die" eccles. 25:22
- The UK Law
- Sex Discrimination act 1975
- Race relations act 1976
- Disability discrimination act 1995
- Equality Act 2006
- Peoplle
- Anthony Walker. murdered for being black. Mother forgave the murderers. (christian)
- Gandhi
- Experienced and campaigned against Apartheid
- Non-Violence
- Protested against British rule in India
- MLK
- Inspired by Gandhi
- Non-Violence
- Became leader of the civil rights movement
- Nobel Peace prize 1964
- Teachings in favour of
- Prophets of Amos and Isaiah taught social justice over religious cermony
- "Things which divide and separate people- race, religion, gender, social position... are all illusionary" Dhammapada
- "If we are full of good will, our own mind, our own heart, is the temple. Kindness, alone, is enough" Dalai Lama
- "Of His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your tongues and colours." Surah 30:22
- Do not to another what you would not like to be done to yourself that is the gist of the law- all other laws are variable" Mahabharata 5:39
- "Know people by the light that illuminates them, not by their caste" Guru Granth Sahib
- Since God has no form or colour it is wrong to discriminate
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