Section 2:Religion and the Environment
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- Section 2: Religion and the Environment
- Global Warming
- Scientists think it can be solved by:
- Turning off electrical appliances when finished e.g. microwave
- Government & Organisations setting laws for factories to reduce energy.
- Scientists researching causes and consequences of climate change so we can understand and prevent it
- Scientists think it can be solved by:
- Pollution
- People could create less waste by recycling as much as possible. Reduse, Reuse, Recycle
- People could use renewable sources such as solar power & wind power etc.
- They could research ways of manufacturing that causes less waste.
- Natural Resources
- Renewable resources: wind power, solar power and water power, which can be replaced after using them. It is better than Non-renewable resources but costs too much
- Non-renewable resources: oil, gas, coal, iron and tin which are gone forever once used. Cheaper than renewable resources
- Christian Teachings on Stewardship and the environment
- They believe that God gave humans the right to rule over the earth.
- Many Christians think Jesus that Christians have a responsibility to leave the earth better than they found it.
- Being responsible means that Christians should try to reduce pollution and preserve resources
- Judaism teachings on stewardship and the environment
- Believe God showed them how to look after the Earth in the mitzvot and the Torah
- Believe God made humans stewards of the Earth and gave them control over animals and plants
- Believe that the Torah orders Jews that every year they must not plant crops to give nature the chance to regenerate.
- Medical Treatment for Infertility
- fertility is important because a lot of people in developed societies have fertility problems
- In 2007 12% of all births were as a result of fertility treatments
- Psychological problems are caused if couples are desperate to have children but cannot.
- Christian attitudes to Infertility Treatments
- Some disagree...
- Believe that life is given by God and no one has a right to children
- They involve either immoral sex or masturbation, which is a sin
- They might involve sperm and egg donation, which is adultery
- Some agree...
- In these treatments, the baby will be the biological offspring of its mother and father
- The discarded embryos are not foetuses and so life is not being taken
- Some disagree...
- Judaism and Infertility Treatment
- Some agree...
- Having children is very important in Judaism
- The unused embryos are not foetuses, so life is not being taken
- Believe that Jewish upbringing of any child makes that child Jewish
- Some disagree...
- Believe artificial insemination by donor involves adultery
- Believe surrogacy might mean a non-Jewish mother carrying the baby to full term. This is not allowed because then the child wont be Jewish, Jewishness is passed on by mother.
- Many Orthodox Jews accept egg donation as long as it is donated by a Jewish woman
- Some agree...
- Transplant Surgery
- It cures life-threatening diseases and improves peoples lives.
- More people need transplants every year so transplants are essential.
- It is pioneering surgical methods which lead to the development of spare parts.
- Christian Attitudes to Transplant Surgery
- Some agree...
- It is a way of people showing gratitude for Gods gift of life.
- It raises no problem for life after death as the body is not needed in afterlife.
- It is a loving charitable act which fulfills Jesus' teaching of the Golden Rule.
- Some disagree...
- Believe it ignores the sanctity of life because people should not play God.
- Believe it interferes with God's plan for every human being.
- It takes resources from less expensive cures which could help far more than a single transplant.
- Some agree...
- Judaism and Transplant Surgery
- Some agree...
- Organs from non-Jews would affect a persons Jewishness
- Giving organs from the dead to the living is playing God which is a great sin.
- Paying for organs is exploiting the poor which is banned by the Tenakh.
- Some disagree...
- Transplanting organs is breaking the laws on the sanctity of life.
- Organs have been created by God for a specific person and cannot be swapped around.
- Having non-Jewish organs could change a Jew into a non-Jew.
- Some agree...
- Global Warming
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