RE revision cards Peace and conflict

religion - often religious differences:

• If followers of a religion are treated badly (Kosovo & serbia)
• If a small area of a country is another religion
• Differences of beliefs (taliban in afganistan attacks other muslims)

Nationality and Ethnicity

• belief that each seperate ethnic group should have its own country
• Belief that ethnic groups should be removed
• Countries created artificialy - tension with ethnic groups

Economics

• access to oil reserves
• Conflict over jobs

Ideological and political differences

• Democratic Republic of Congo - 2 different political groups fighting
• North korea and south korea

Pacifism - never fight in a war, war is wrong

• jesus said - love your enemies and turn the other cheek if atacked
• the 5th commandment is do not kill
• when jesus was being arrested jesus told peter not to fight back
• innocent peopole are killed in war
• peace can only come when people refuse to fight
• Modern warfare affects so many inocent people - cannot be justified

• it is the Teaching of most churches 
• jesus did not condem soldiers; he praised the faith of a roman centurion
• Paul - Christians should obey the orders of the state.
• Armed forces are needed to protect innocent states from criminal ones

peace is the ideal for Muslims, However muslims can still fight in wars.

Lesser jihad - holy war - only as a last resort

• The Quran says muslims must fight if they are attacked .
• Muhammad Fought in wars
• Muhammad said that muslims should fight in just wars
• The Qur'an says those that die in jihad will go straight to heaven

some muslims feel that modern weapons means there can not be a just war and they oppose war

• aggresion or violence without a just cause is sinful
• People are made in Gods image part of Gods creation - bulling is wrong as it is mistreating Gods creation
• Duty to protect the weak and the innocent - Parable of the Good samaritan
• Jesus taught to treat everyone in trouble as if it was jesus
• Protect humman rights - taugfht by all christian churches
• Harmful effects on society

• society is based on respect - bullies have no respect
• Use of violence without a cause is sinful
• Any muslim who bullies another muslim goes against the ummah (every muslim is a brother to another muslim
• Duty to protect the weak and the innocent
• Humman rights are denied

Children no longer wanting to take part in there parents religion- causes conflict

• religion tells parents to bring up children in there faith
• Parent worry they will not see there children in the affter life

Children wanting to marry a partner from a different religion

• which religion do you bring up the children?

Children becoming more religious than there parents

• if the child criticises the parent 
• forces the parent to be more religious ( read the bible)

Disagreements over moral issues

• having an abortion
• if divorce and remarrage occurs 

Christians believe in reconciliation because:

• Jesus died on the cross to bring reconcilliation and forgiveness
• Jesus told peter to forgive people up to 77 times
• Jesus said if christians do not forgive they will not be forgiven themselves
• Paul said everyone should try to live in peace with everyone
• all christian churches teach this to bring an end to conflict

Muslims believe that they should be forgiving and try to bring about reconciliationbecause:

• God is compasionate and merciful to sinners, so they should be forgiving.
• How canmuslims ask for God's frogiveness on the last day if they are not prepared to forgive
• The Qur'an says Muslims should forgive those who offend them.
• Muhammad said that Muslims should be forgiving.

Muslims should not forgive those working against Islam