Last minute RS help for tomorrow's exam
Value of human life (useful for abortion, euthanasia, death penalty, dominion, war, pretty much anything)
Imago dei (in the image and likeness of God)
Stewardship (humans are called to be stewards in genesis two this includes being steward of human life)
Sanctity of life
All the soul stuff (e.g. Ensoulement in the Qur'an)
Crime and Punishment
Forgive not 7 times but 77- Jesus (NT)
Spare the rod and spoil the child-(OT)
The golden rule-- love all of mankind as you would love yourself (NT)
Thou shalt not kill (OT)
Life for a life, eye for an eye -(OT)
Hard Determinism
Principle of Utility
Situation Ethics
Religion and Life
Science and Religion: Friends- Scientific Theists. Enemies-Creationists and Atheists
Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago--evidence: background heat radiation and ongoing expansion of the universe
Dominion (Genesis 1)
Stewardship (Genesis 2)
Creationists believe the bible is the DIRECT WORD OF GOD and contains the scientific truth to how he created (ex nihilo, by divine command, in six 24 hour days)
Jesus fed 5000 with fish and therefore he approves of eating animals
Religion, Peace and Conflict
Love thy neighbour (NT)
Love thy enemy (NT)
Turn the other cheek (NT)
Peace upholds imago dei And stewardship
Gods kingdom is one of peace and justice, humans should try to recreate this on earth
Lesser of 2 evils
Forgive not 7 but 77 times
Desmond Tutu council of truth and reconciliation at the end of apartheid
JUST WAR THEORY: Just cause, Last resort, obey proportionality, declared by head of state, aims for peace, has a good chance of success
Corrymeela camp
Existence of God and Revelation
Swinburnes principle of credulity and testimony
First cause argument
Design argument
^^Why does the God proposed by these arguments have to be the God of classical theology - loving, all powerful and present. He could be many gods, malevolent and weak.
Deism
A posteriori
General Revelation : NatUREand ScriptURE
Miracles argument
Sceptical arguments for special Revelation : hallucination, genuinely mistaken, drugs, fraudulent
Good luck for tomorrow everyone