Religion & Conflict
- Created by: Amiira
- Created on: 03-12-12 18:45
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- Religion & Conflict
- Forgiveness
- Hatred only leads to more hatred. Through dialogue people can learn to understand one another and over come the past
- Just War Theory
- It is the belief of some Christians that fighting a war is allowed in certain circumstances such as:
- To protect people against a dictator
- If the government declares war
- It is the belief of some Christians that fighting a war is allowed in certain circumstances such as:
- Non-Violent Protests
- Speaking Out
- Marching
- Refusing to buy products
- Signing a petition
- Jihad
- Greater Jihad
- Internal conflict that a person has to keep doing the right thing
- For Muslims an example could be doing the prayer 5 times a day everyday
- Internal conflict that a person has to keep doing the right thing
- Lesser Jihad
- Armed conflict, this should only be fought to bring freedom and peace
- Before going to war you need to check if all the guidelines are met.
- Armed conflict, this should only be fought to bring freedom and peace
- Greater Jihad
- Peace organisations
- Corymeela in Ireland
- Children of Abraham Project Israel
- Peace Activists
- Desmund Tutu
- Martin Luther King
- Kim Puch
- Oscar Romero
- Ghandi
- Pacifism
- Many Christians believe that fighting in wars is never right and that violence of any sort can never be justified
- Teachings on suffering
- Christianity
- Adam and Eve brought sin and death into the world when they disobeyed God
- People are sinful
- The devil tries to create evil
- Jesus suffered in this world, he said that Christians can expect to have trouble but that He would comfort them
- Islam
- Life is a test. When you experience hardship it teaches you to depend on Allah and remain faithful to him
- Shaytan is a tempter and will try to distract you from your path
- Muslims will be rewarded for obeedience
- Christianity
- The Quran says
- "Where ever possible make peace with your adversary"
- "If your enemy surrenders stop fighting"
- "Mercy is better than revenge"
- Forgiveness
- It is the belief of some Christians that fighting a war is allowed in certain circumstances such as:
- To protect people against a dictator
- If the government declares war
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