Elderly and death teachings
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Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
God sets a time for birth and a time for death
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
Honour your mother and father
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
Respect your father and your mother so that you will live a long time in the land i am giving you
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
love one another as i have loved you
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
if anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
there is no god besides me. i put to death and i bring to life, i have wounded and i will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
i am the resurrection and the life. he who believes in me will live, even though he dies
Attitudes to life after death
ISLAM - when a person dies, Allah decides whether they should spend eternity in heaven with Him or h e ll with the Devil - state of waiting called 'Barzakh' between death and the day of judgement - dead will enter heaven if Allah invites them to
CHRISTIANITY - after a person dies God decided whether they should spend eternity in Heaven with Him or h e ll with with the devil
CATHOLIC -Purgatory is time of spiritual cleansing and preparation for some before they go to heaven
HEAVEN - being with God
H E LL - the absence of God, and being with the Devil
Attitudes to life after death
JUDAISM - God decides whether you go to heaven or h e ll depending on whether the person is good or bad. Sheol = place of the dead, the grave
HINDUISM - belief in reincarnation - dependent on good deeds(karma) - Described as the soul discarding the body at death like a person may take off clothes and put on new ones
SIKHISM - belief in reincarnation same as Hindus
BUDDHISM - believe in rebirth, don't believe in soul or separate self, impermanent life force that is fashioned by karma is reborn at a different level of life.
REBIRTH - continuing life in another form
REINCARNATION - being born again in another form
Islam
ISLAM:
may his nose be rubbed in dust who found his parents approaching old age and lost his right to enter Paradise because he did not look after them
Islam
ISLAM:
Caring for the elderly provides spiritual growth
Islam
ISLAM:
The Lord hath decreed that ye be kind to parents
Islam
ISLAM:
elderly parents have the right to expect their children to care for them (responsibility) because of their efforts and sacrifices and wisdom
Islam
ISLAM:
extended family society - several generations often live together - sending elderly parents to a care home is seen as unkind and disrespectful
Islam
ISLAM:
when a person dies, the Angels say, 'what has he brought in advance?'
Islam
ISLAM:
nor take life - which Allah has made sacred - except for just cause
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
Man reaps what he sows
Judaism
JUDAISM:
Elderly wisdom is valued, told to show respect to the elderly, encouraged to look after the elderly, provides specialist homes for the elderly and the frail
Christianity
CHRISTIANITY:
should support the elderly because they should be respected, prefer to allow the elderly to keep their independance, churches provide facilities for the elderly and pastoral support
euthanasia
Euthanasia - inducing a painless death by agreement and with compassion to ease suffering
voluntary - the person asks a doctor to end their life
involuntary - the person is too ill to ask but it is believed to be in their best interests
passive - this is when the dose of a painkilling drug is increased in the belief that it will not control pain but shorten life
active - witholding treatment with the deliberate intention of ending life or giving a drug that will end life
Islam
ISLAM:
Funeral prayers (Salat-ul-Janazah) collective obligation for Muslims, so community should perform these prayers with the deceased's family
purpose is to request pardons for the deceased and all deceased Muslims
death
DEATH - the end of life, which can be determined in several ways, but normally when the brain stops functioning.
Roman Catholic
ROMAN CATHOLIC:
believe that anything that intentionally causes death is a 'grave violation of a law of God'
Buddhism
BUDDHISM:
We may carry our mothers on one shoulder and our fathers on the other and attend to them even for a hundred years...still the favour we have received from our parents will be far from requited
Buddhism
BUDDHISM:
if one speaks or acts with a wicked mind, unhappiness follows
Buddhism
BUDDHISM:
karuna = compassion
Islam
ISLAM:
Allah fixes the time span for all things
Islam
ISLAM:
Nor can a soul die except by Allah's leave
Christianity:
CHRISTIANITY:
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, e has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever
Anglican christian
ANGLICAN CHRISTIAN:
It is killing, rather than caring, which denies the dignity of the dying - Anglican nurse
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