4 - religion and life

Christian quote on heaven.

"There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain." -

Christian quote on hell.

"a place of fire and brimstone'.

Buddhist quote about the afterlife part 1.

"At the hour of death, the king and the beggar are exactly equal." - Buddhist Monk Rinpoche.

Buddhist quote about the afterlife part 2.

"If the beggar has created more merits, (than the king) then although he looks materially poor he is really the rich man." - Buddhist Monk Rinpoche.

Christian quote for euthanasia.

"Be kind and compassionate to one another."

(Non-religious) argument(s) in favour of euthanasia.

The right to life entails the right to die; it gives patients (autonomy; it may be the most compassionate thing to do.

(Non-religious) argument(s) against euthanasia.

The "slippery slope" argument; patients may feel they are a burden; it violates our natural survival instinct; deontologists may argue killing is intrinsically wrong.

Christian quote against abortion.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."

Christian quote for abortion.

"Love thy neighbour as thyself."

Buddhist quote for abortion.

"Always think compassion." - Dalai Lama.

Christian quote 2 against abortion.

Sixth commandment - from the Ten Commandments - do not kill.

Judith Jarvis Thomson argument (non-religious).

"It is imposed on a ground that neither reason nor the rest of morality requires women to accept"

Don Marquis argument (non-religious).

Killing adults is wrong as it deprives them of their future and a foetus' has even more of a future.

Christian quote about the 'sanctity of life'.

"God created man in His own image"

Buddhist quote about the value of human life.

"All tremble at violence; life is dear to all." - Dhammapada

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Christian quote about the first human.

"Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life'

Christian quote about the first animals.

"And God said, 'Let the water teem with living creatures'."

What does Buddhism teach about the origin of life?

It has no origin, because everything depends on everything else - dependent arising. (If this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist.) pali cannon

Christian quote / response about evolution.

"Evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve." - Pope Francis

Christian quote supporting eating meat.

"Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you"

Christian quote against eating meat.

"I have given you every plant yielding seed for food."

Buddhist quote supporting previous argument (Eating meat).

I say there is no fault in eating meat when it is not seen, not heard, and not suspected [to be killed for you]." - Pali Canon.

Buddhist argument against eating meat.

First moral precept; not to kill or harm any living being

Buddhist quote about pollution

"A clean environment is a human right like any other." - Dalai Lama

Christian quote about pollution

"Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell."

How does the first moral precept of Buddhism link to pollution?

Climate change leads to the death of many animals which disagrees with the 1st precept. (Do not harm or kill any living being).

What do Buddhists beleive about the origin of the universe? (wrong view)

Searching for the origin of the universe is based on a "wrong view" and steers you away from enlightenment.

Parable of the poisoned arrow quote.

"The man would die and those things would still remain unknown to him." - the Buddha, Parable of the Poisoned Arrow.

What is deism?

The view that the Creator of the Universe / God is merely the first cause of the universe. (He is neither benevolent nor personal).

Christian quote about the origin of the universe.

"God said, ''Let there be light,'' and there was light."

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Evidence for the Big Bang Theory.

Red shift Doppler effect - light from far away galaxies is red and stretching so is travelling away from us so space is expanding

Christian quote for stewardship.

"To work it and take care of it."

Christian quote for dominion.

"rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the air."

Buddhist quote about the value of the world.

"The capacity to practice skilful deeds, health and this day with food and freedom from disaster." - The Bodhicaryavatara.