RE -- Good and Evil (what makes an act wrong big)
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- Created on: 16-03-19 17:03
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- RE -- Good and Evil (what makes an act 'wrong')
- Christians believe that God has shown people how to live a good life, such as with the 10 commandments + religious teachings
- Jesus' life also shows how to live a good not wrong life eg/ Jesus turned the tables of the money lenders
- Christianity places 'good' qualities at it's core -- tolerance, compassion and love
- Christians should have these qualities and they should reflect upon their actions
- God is the highest source of authority
- The Holy Spirit is the part of God that dwells within individuals and guides them
- Prayer is directly asking God to guide them to do the right thing
- "we do not know how to pray but the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness"-- Paul's letters to the Romans
- There are a few rules/ key principles that Christians follow
- The Golden rule
- The Rule to Love (agape)
- "Love your neighbour as you love yourself"
- The Church
- The CofE: SYNOD, Archbishop of Canterbury, other Archbishops, Bishops
- Roman Catholics: The Pope, the catechism of the Catholic Church, key ethical theories
- Practising virtuous behaviour: Aristotle says become virtuous by doing virtuous actions
- Hindu's believe that people's karma influences their lives, therefore they are likely to do actions which they believe to be good
- They believe that Gita tells them what is right and what is wrong, they may also trust elders
- Humanists bad is intent to cause harm, they often trust Ghandi + MLK
- Natural evil is caused by nature
- Moral evil is caused by humans
- How do we decide what is wrong?
- Conscience
- Your gut opinion, different people have different views
- Values
- Many people depend on their values. These are based off their knowledge + past experience.
- Past experiences
- This can change what you think
- Religious teachings
- E.g. the Bible may change peoples opinions
- The law
- Some people follow the set laws
- Elders
- They have past experience + knowledge
- Reason/logic
- Some people don't listen to emotion but logic instead
- Conscience
- Christians believe that God has shown people how to live a good life, such as with the 10 commandments + religious teachings
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