Religious Education (Edexcel) - Rights and Responsibilities
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- Created on: 11-05-13 14:17
KEY WORDS
Bible - the holy book of Christians
Church - the community of Christians (with a small c it means a Christians place of worship)
Conscience - the inner feeling of rightness of wrongness in an action
The Decalogue - the ten commandments
Democratic processes - the ways in which all citizens can take part in elections (usually by voting)
Electorial processes - the ways in which voting is organised
The Golden Rule - the teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would want to be treated.
Human rights - the basic freedoms and rights to which everyone is entitled to
Political party - a group which tries to be elected into power based on it's policies (eg labour, conservative)
Pressure group - a group formed to influence a government policy on a particular issue
Situation Ethics - the idea that Christians should base their moral decisions on the most loving thing to do
Social Change - the ways in which society has changed, is changing, and also possibility of change in the future
Why Christians use the bible for making moral decisions:
- it is the word of god
- it contains rules…
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