GCSE AQA RE Theme B - Religion and Life

Origins of the Universe

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” “The Big Bang theory does not contradict belief in God” (Pope) “God is the creator of all things” “We are its expander”

Dominion

“You put everything under their feet” “God has made for you the grazing animals” “Do not commit abuse on the earth”

Stewardship

“Let us be protectors of God’s creation” (Pope) “God has appointed you his stewards” (Hadith)

Environment

“You put everything under their feet” “Let us be protectors of God’s creation” (Pope) “God has made you successors upon the earth” “God has appointed you his stewards” (Hadith)

Animals (Food)

“They may rule over all the creatures” “God has made for you the grazing animals”

Animals (Experimentation)

“They may rule over all the creatures” “It is wrong to cause animals suffering or death needlessly” (Catechism) “Actions are judged by intentions” (Hadith) “All creatures are communities like yourselves”

Origins of Human Life

“In the image of God he created them” “Belief in evolution is not inconsistent with creation” (Pope) “I am going to create a human from clay” “God gave you life”

Sanctity of Life

“Do not kill” “Do not take life which God has made sacred”

Quality of Life

“Take delight in the Lord” “Do not lose hope, nor be sad”

Abortion

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you” SITUATION ETHICS “Do not kill your child for fear of poverty” “No mother shall be made to suffer harm on account of her child”

Euthanasia

“Do not kill” SITUATION ETHICS “Nobody may die except by permission of God at an appointed time” “Allah wants for you ease and not hardship”