Section 1: Rights and responsibilities
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- Section 1: Rights and Responsibilities
- Christians and the Bible
- Believe God speaks through Bible
- Teachings on how to behave e.g. Decalogue
- Others use other source of authority such as conscience
- The authority of the church as a basis for making moral decisions
- God speaks to them through the Church
- Teachings of Church are teaching of Jesus
- Church leaders give guidance o moral issues.
- Christians and conscience
- Believe voice of conscience is the same as the voice of God.
- Church say christians should use conscience to tell them murder is wrong.
- Christians and Situation Ethics
- Believe Jesus followed Ethics when he healed on Sabbath, which was not allowed in old Testament.
- They think you should only do what will produce good results.
- believe Jesus statement "love God and love your neighbor means Christians should always do what will have most loving results.
- Christians and the variety of authorities
- Although Catholics normally follow Church , some fail to accept the Churches ban on Condoms as a form of contraception
- The Bible is more difficult to use for modern issues such as contraception or civil partnerships
- They might turn to the Bible or the Church if what their conscience was telling them was against Christian teaching.
- Human Rights in the UK
- Important because...
- make sure UK Citizens are treated fairly and equally by the state.
- If any rights are abused citizens have a right to go to court, even if abuser is a police officer.
- having rights gives all citizens of UK a duty to respect the rights of other people.
- Important because...
- Why rights are important for Christians
- The right to life is a basic Christian belief.
- Believe all people are made in the image of God
- Freedom of thought, conscience, religion, freedom of expression are an essential part of being christian
- Believe in justice and many human rights are about justice.
- The importance of democratic and electoral processes
- voting gives people a chance to choose and affect government councils, these have a big influence set taxes etc. People should have a say in how this is done.
- If people in UK don't use their rights, a small number of people could elect a government which took away our rights so that they could treat us badly.
- In time past people fought to have these electoral and democratic rights, and so citizens should use them.
- Christian teachings on moral duties and responsibilities
- The Golden Rule, which states...
- The parable of the Sheep and the Goats
- The story of Cain and Abel
- Genetic Engineering
- Some Disagree..
- It treats the human body as no different from plants.
- It has effects which cannot be changed, so anything went wrong it would be permanent.
- Not enough info about long-term consequences.
- Some Agree...
- Can lead to cures for dreadful diseases
- Cloning using animal eggs does not involve any loss of human life.
- Genetic engineering is closely monitored by the law, but has vast potential benefit.
- Some Disagree..
- Christian attitudes to Genetic Engineering
- Some agree...
- Jesus showed that Christians should do all they can to cure disease.
- Finding genetic cures is no different from finding drug cures.
- There is a difference between creating cells and creating people.
- Some disagree...
- Believe God creates the genetic make-up of each person at conception & people have no right to interfere with this.
- It is trying to play God which is a great sin.
- Its wrong to try to make the earth perfect, only heaven is perfect.
- Some agree...
- Christians and the Bible
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