Fourth Form Trinity RS Quotes

Give a quote from Doreen Lawrence about hearing the guilty verdict

“When they said ‘guilty’, I had to hold myself in from screaming out, because I never thought I’d hear those words, that someone would be found guilty for Stephen’s death”

Give a quote from the Bible which is against homosexuality

“If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination”

Give a quote from the Bible which supports homosexuality

“I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than the love of women”

What is Dr Peter Vardy’s view on Christianity and homosexuality?

Peter Vardy argues that we read religious texts like the Bible through the lens of our own values, and that when people use scripture to condemn homosexuality or support gay rights, it says more about them than it does about God or the Bible

What does Pope Francis (Catholic Church) say about Christianity and homosexuality?

“If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?”

What is J.S. Mill’s argument against censoring immoral opinions?

Either the immoral opinion is right, or it is wrong. If it is right, then laws forbidding its discussion prevent us from discovering its truth. If it is wrong, then laws forbidding its discussion prevent us from discovering why it is wrong.

What are Theodor Adorno (Jewish philosopher)’s views about memorials?

“To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric”

What are Elie Wiesel (Holocaust survivor)’s views on memorials?

“For the dead and the living we must bear witness”

Give a quote about Jannah

“Surely those who believe and do good will have the Gardens of Bliss” - Quran

Give a quote about Jahannam

“For those who disbelieve in their Lord is the punishment of Hell” - Quran

Give a quote from Muhammad about al-Qad’r

“There is not one amongst you who has not been allotted his seat in Paradise or Hell”

What does Al’Ashari say about al-Qad’r?

He accepted that no human act could occur if God does not allow it, and also that God knows all future human action. However, he argued that this was compatible with free will. For example, just because your parents allow you to stay up late playing video games, and just because they know you will do so, doesn’t mean you do not do so freely. You can also be held responsible for feeing tired the next day

Give a quote about Ramadan from the Quran

“Ramadan is the month in which was sent down the Quran as a guide to mankind. So everyone of you who is present at his home in that month should spend it in fasting”

Give a quote from St Augustine about unjust laws

“An unjust law is no law at all”

Give a quote from Martin Luther King about unjust laws

“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal” - Letter from Birmingham Jail

Give a quote about prison

“When thee builds a prison, thee had better build with the thought that thee and thy children may occupy the cells” - Elizabeth Fry, Quaker prison reformer

Quote the prison governor of Bastoey Island Prison

“If they have a good time here or a bad time here it is not so important for me. The important (thing) for me is to create a situation in a prison where inmates can (…) gain respect for themselves”

Give a quote from Jeremy Bentham (consequentialist) about punishment

"All punishment is mischief, all punishment in itself is evil"

Give a quote from Immanuel Kant (deontologist) about punishment

“Whoever commits murder must die”

Give a quote from Emil Fackenheim about the Problem of Evil

“Hitler has won if Jews give up on God - Jews must believe in God so as not to hand Hitler a delayed victory”