Rights and responsibilities
- Created by: NCheetham
- Created on: 26-04-15 16:02
View mindmap
- Rights and responsibilities
- Bible
- The Holy book of Christians
- Fundamental
- It is literally the word of God
- Conservative
- It is the word of God but needs interpreted by the Church
- Liberal
- It was inspired by God and gives guidance on how to live but needs to be adapted for modern life
- Church
- How the church can help Christians
- Allows them to talk to others
- They can pray and worship together
- Listening to the priest or vicar
- Can explain the word of God
- Why the Church has authority
- God speaks to them through the church
- Only the Church fully understands the Bible
- The Church provides rules so people know what to do
- The Church is the body of Christ
- How the church can help Christians
- Moral decisions
- Situation ethics
- The most loving thing to do
- Positives
- Follows the main principale of being a genuine Christian
- Appeals to people
- Easy to remember
- Negatives
- Could be used to justify anything
- Not always easy to apply
- Impossible to predict what will happen in every example
- Conscience
- The inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action
- It is the voice of God
- It makes us feel guilty if we do things that are wrong
- The way people judge their moral actions
- Why use a variet of methods?
- Must live life according to god
- Different sources have different advice
- Can mean they make a better decision
- Means people feel they are using modern ideas but still being a good Christian
- Situation ethics
- Why are Human Rights important to Christians
- Everyone is created euqal by God
- God loves everyone equally
- The ten commandments support human rights
- Jesus taught all humans worthy of respect
- Christian teachings
- Golden rule
- treat others as you wish to be treated
- The parable of the sheep and the goat
- God will separate those who have been good and those who haven't
- Am I my brother's keeper?
- people should not stand by and do nothing while others suffer. They have a duty to care for others
- Golden rule
- Democracy in the UK
- Why vote
- Change can only happen through democracy
- Allows citizens to have a say
- It affects issues such as tax, schools, helath care etc
- How to get involved
- Write to MP's
- Become a member of a party
- Stand for an election
- UK facts
- Everyone over 18 can vote
- Every 5 years an election is held
- There are 3 main parties Liberal, conservatives and Labour
- Why vote
- Christians and Genetic engineering
- For
- Jesus healed
- God gave us the knowledge
- God gave humans power over the world
- Golden rule- cure diseases
- Against
- Only God can create life- should not play god
- Life is speacial and humans should not interfere
- It cures defects which don't cause suffering
- Life begins at conception which means life is destroyed- embryos are discarded
- For
- Bible
Comments
No comments have yet been made