RS GCSE- Religion and life

Quote about creation

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"

Quote about abuse of the world

"The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it"

Quote about use of animals

"The righteous care for the needs of their animals"

Quote about creation of human life

"So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them"

Quote about human life

"I, your Lord, give life, and I take it away"

Quote about abortion - Bible

'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart"

Quote about love

"Love thy neighbour"

Quote about killing

"Though shall not kill"

Quote about mercy

"'Blessed are the merciful"

Quote about euthanasia

"There is a reason for everything - a time to live and a time to die"

Quote about the afterlife (parable of sheep and goats)

"Then they [the goats] will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous [the sheep] to eternal life"

Quote about murder - Bible

"You shall not murder"

Quote about predestination/euthanasia- Islam

"No soul may die except with God's permission at a predestined time"

Quote about scale of killing - Islam

"If anyone kills a person-unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land- it is as if he kills mankind, while if any save a life, it is a s if they have saved mankind"

Quote about abortion - Islam

"Do not kill your children for fear of poverty- we shall provide for them and for you- killing them is a great sin."

Quote about Quote about animals as food - Bible

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

Quote about dominion and use of animals - Bible

"Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground"

Quote about use of animals - Hadith

"Every single Muslim that cultivates or plants anything of which humans, animals or birds may eat from is counted as charity towards them on his behalf"

Quote about care of the environment - Bible

"The Lord God took the men and put him to work in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it"

Quote about successors of world - Islam

"It is He who has made you successors on the earth"

Quote about stewardship - Islam

"The world is green and beautiful, Allah has appointed you his stewards over it."

Quote about care of environment - Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah

"All that I created for you…do not corrupt or desolate my world…there will be no one to repair it after you"