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Shows Sanctity of Life
Genesis: 'God created man in his own imageâ
God told Jews to increase population
Genesis: âBe fruitful and increase in numberâ
Argument for abortion
Talmud: âIf a woman is having difficulty in childbirth, one may dismember the foetusâ
The Decalogue (Best Sowaa)
Exodus: âYou shall not murderâ
Creation
Genesis: âIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earthâ
Nicene Creed (God the Father)
Nicene Creed: âmaker of heaven and earthâ
Nicene Creed (God as one)
Nicene Creed: âWe believe in one Godâ
Nicene Creed (God the son)
Nicene Creed: âFor us and for our salvation he came down from heavenâ
Nicene Creed (God the spirit)
Nicene Creed: âGiver of lifeâ
Last Supper
John: âA new command I give you. Love one anotherâ
Last Supper (Eucharist)
Luke: âThis is my body given for youâ
Importance of loving others
Matthew: âLove your neighbourâ
Jesus as loving
Luke: âFather forgive them. For they do not know what they are doingâ
God as omnibenevolent
John: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only sonâ
Resurrection
Corinthians: âBut if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead. How can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?â
Jesus as a sacrifice for sin
John: Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the worldâ
Eschatology
John: âI am the resurrection and the lifeâ
Final Day of Judgement
Matthew: Parable of goats and sheep
Original sin
Genesis: Adam and Eve
Free will
Genesis: Adam and Eve misuse free will
Story of Job
Job: Explains that suffering is a test, Job does not lose faith in God
Crucifixion
Mark: Jesus is crucified, Jesus suffering shows humands can suffer as Jesus is seen as a role model.
Vale of soul making
Irenaeus: Argued humans have to develop into the likeness of God.
Abortion (against)
Jeremiah âBefore I formed you in the womb I knew youâ
Active Euthanasia=Murder
âYou shall not murderâ:Exodus
Passive Euthanasia
Ancient Rabbi: Doctor can âRemove that which is preventing the soul from departingâ
Pikuach Nefesh
Talmud: Refers to Jews not losing their lives trying to keep the mitzvot.
Suicide
Talmud: Forbids suicide, voluntary may be seen as suicide
Jewish Life after death
Olam Ha Ba, Gan Eden, Gehinnom
Life after death Judaism
Isaiah: âBut your dead will live Lordd, their bodies will riseâ
Sabbath
Genesis: âOn the seventh day he restedâ
Stewardship
Genesis: âI give you every seed-bearing plantâ
Most Jews believe science and religion can exist together
Maimonides: Creation story is not âintended to be in all its parts literalâ
More Stewardship
Genesis: âRule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the skyâ
Humanâs given dominion
Genesis: âcultivate it and guard itâ (garden of Eden)
Animals should be treated with respect
Psalms: âThe earth is the Lordâs and everything in itâ
Animals for food
Genesis: âI give them to you for foodâ (God to Noah)
Animal experimentation
Pikuach Nefesh, Sanctity of life.
Covenant with Abraham
Genesis: âI will make your name greatâ
Covenant with Moses
Exodus: âyou will be my treasured posessionâ
Mount Sinai
Exodus: Ten commandments given
God as one
Exodus: âYou shall have no other Gods before meâ
God as law-giver
Exodus: âobey me fully and keep my covenantâ
God as judge
Maimonides: God âpunishes those who trangress himâ
Shekhinah
Exodus: âThe Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bushâ
God guiding Israelites
Exodus: âThe Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their wayâ
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