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a few cards on attitudes to religion and the enviroment
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What are the Christian teachings on stewardship?
God gave humans the stewardship of the Earth and its resources. the Bible says that:
- the right to rule over the earth but only as stewards.
- Treat animals and the land kindley
- Responsibility to leave the earth a better place (parable of the talents)
- Share the earths resources fairly - responsibility
- We will be judged on being a good steward
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How do beliefs about stewardship affect Christians
- try to reduce pollution and preserve Resources - responsibility
- Work to share earths resources more fairly
- judged on there behaviour - helps groups who try to reduce pollution and conserve resources
- Being a good christian means being a good steward and conserving
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what are the teachings of Islam on stewardship
- All muslims are Gods khalifa's - to keep the balance of creation - look after the earth as set out in the Qur'an
- Will be judged by God on how well they look after the earth
- Life is a test From God
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How do Islamic teachings about steward ship affect
- Being a khalifa - try to reduce pollution and preserve resources
- Shari'ah and Ummah - about sharing Earth's resources - work to improve standard of living in LEDcs
- judged on there berhaviour try to preserve unity and balance
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Roman Catholics and Fertility treatments
Roman catholics - all treatment involving medical technology are banned:
- Life is given by God - No one has the right to children. only god decides who has children
- it affects sanctity of life and does not involve natural sex acts
- IVF throws away some of the eggs or uses them for experimenation - like abortion
- Artificial insemination and surogacy involves male masturbation - sin
- fertilisation is seperate from sex - God intended procreation to be a part of sex
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Why do other Christians accept IVF and AIH
- purpose of christian marage is to have children
- Bothe the sperm and the egg are from the husband and wife - biological offspring
- Technology should be used to give couples the joy of children
- Discarded embryos are not feotuses so lie is not taken
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Why do Muslims allow IVF and AIH
- all muslims are expected to have a family, and technology can help to bring this about
- The egg and the sperm are from the husband and wife
- Unused embryos are not feotuses, so destroying them is not like abortion
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why are other forms of embryo technology not allow
- Deny a childs right to know its parents
- Egg or sperm donation is like adultery
- like adoption which is banned in islam
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Why do most Christians Agree with transplant surge
- immortality of the soul means that the body is not needed after death
- those that believe in the resurection of the body, believe that the organs are not needed by God to raise the Body
- leaving organs for others is a way of loving your neighbour
- leaving your organs is a way of treating others as you would want to be treated
- the bible says that the poor should not be exploited
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Why do some Christians only believe in organ trans
- it would be playing God to translant organs from the dead to the living.
- Organs such as the heart are an essential part of a person which God has created
- Donating you living organs - showing love to your neighbour
- Donating you living organs - treating others as you would want to be treated
- Paying for organs is exploiting the poor - banned in the bible
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Why do some Christians not believe in transplant s
- it ingnores the sanctity of life
- it is playing God
- Surgeon makes the choices -accedent victim or the pacient needing a transplant
- takes resources from less expensive cures that could helpmore people than a single transplan e.g 1 persons transplant = the resources needed for 5 people to survive i.e dialisis
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Why do most Muslims disagree with transplant surge
- the shari'ah teaches that nothing should be removed from the body after death
- it is playing God - this is a great sin
- The Qur'an teaches that only God has the right to give and take life
- Against sanctaty of life
- On judgement day they will need all of there organs for resurection on the last day
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Why do some Muslims allow transplants? mainly with
- Some muslim lawyers have allowed it
- Muslim council in britian has allowed muslims to carry donor cards
- Ilsam aims to do good and help people
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