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Religious Studies A
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Religious Studies AContents
Contents
15 topics, 126 subtopics
  1. Buddhism137
  2. Christianity136
  3. Catholic Christianity136
  4. Hinduism136
  5. Islam139
  6. Judaism140
  7. Sikhism138
  8. Theme a: Relationships and Families97
  9. Theme B: Religion and Life93
  10. Theme C: the Existence of God and Revelation95
  11. Theme D: Religion, Peace and Conflict96
  12. Theme E: Religion, Crime and Punishment92
  13. and 3 more
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ChristianityQuestions
Christianity
The nature of God and the problem of evil
  1. What does it mean to describe God as omnipotent?
  2. What do Christians mean by calling God omnibenevolent?
  3. What does it mean to say that God is just?
  4. What is meant by saying that God is transcendent?
  5. What do Christians mean when they say God is immanent?
  6. State the problem of evil.
  7. What is the difference between moral evil and natural evil?
  8. Explain the free will defence to the problem of evil.
  9. How does the Book of Job respond to suffering?
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The nature of God and the problem of evil
  1. Omnipotent means all-powerful. Christians believe God's power has no limits and that God made the universe out of nothing.
  2. Omnibenevolent means all-loving. Christians believe God's love is shown in creation, in the gift of Jesus and in forgiveness.
  3. A just God judges fairly and treats everyone according to what they deserve. Christians believe God will finally put right every wrong.
  4. Transcendent means beyond and outside the created universe. Christians believe God is not limited by space or by time.
  5. Immanent means present and active within the world. Christians believe God stays close to people and involved in their lives.
  6. The problem of evil asks how an all-powerful and all-loving God can allow suffering. God would appear to have both the will and the power to stop it.
  7. Moral evil is suffering caused by human choices, such as murder or war. Natural evil is suffering caused by nature, such as earthquakes or disease.
  8. The free will defence argues that God gave human beings genuine freedom to choose. Real love and goodness are impossible unless people can also choose evil.
  9. Job suffers terribly yet refuses to curse God. God's reply is that human beings cannot understand his purposes, so Job must trust him.
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SikhismQuestions
Sikhism
God as Creator and God's relationship with creation
  1. What do Sikhs believe about how the universe began?
  2. What is meant by the Sikh term hukam?
  3. Explain what Sikhs mean by saying that God is immanent.
  4. Explain what Sikhs mean by saying that God is transcendent.
  5. What do the Sikh terms nirgun and sargun mean?
  6. How can Sikhs believe that God is both inside creation and separate from it?
  7. Give one way a Sikh might see God in the natural world.
  8. Why do Sikhs reject the idea that God takes human form?
  9. If God is in all creation, how should a Sikh treat other people?
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God as Creator and God's relationship with creation
  1. Sikhs believe God created the universe by a single act of will. The Guru Granth Sahib says that creation came into being at God's order.
  2. Hukam means God's order or divine will. Sikhs believe everything in the universe happens within God's hukam.
  3. An immanent God is present inside creation. Sikhs believe God's light shines in every living thing.
  4. A transcendent God is beyond and separate from creation. Sikhs believe God existed before the universe and is not limited by it.
  5. Nirgun describes God without attributes, beyond form and beyond creation. Sargun describes God with attributes, present within creation.
  6. Sikh teaching says God's nature is greater than human logic can hold. God is nirgun beyond the universe and sargun within it at the same time.
  7. A Sikh may see God's light in another person, in an animal or in the beauty of nature. Guru Nanak described the earth as a home set up for righteous living.
  8. The Mool Mantar calls God Ajuni, meaning never born. Sikhs therefore teach that God never becomes a human being or an animal.
  9. A Sikh should treat every person with respect because God's light is in each one. Cruelty to another person counts as an offence against God.
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Theme E: Religion, Crime and PunishmentQuestions
Theme E: Religion, Crime and Punishment
Good, evil and intention
  1. What do religious believers mean by good?
  2. What is meant by evil?
  3. Distinguish moral evil from natural evil.
  4. What is sin?
  5. Explain the Christian idea of original sin.
  6. How does Islamic teaching on human nature differ from the doctrine of original sin?
  7. Why do many religious believers say that intention matters as much as the action?
  8. Which hadith states that actions are judged by the intention behind them?
  9. What did Jesus teach about anger and murder in the Sermon on the Mount?
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Theme E: Religion, Crime and PunishmentAnswers
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Good, evil and intention
  1. Good means what is morally right and in keeping with God's will. Actions that help others and cause no harm are described as good.
  2. Evil is the force or the actions that are considered profoundly immoral and wicked. Many Christians see evil as a deliberate turning away from God.
  3. Moral evil is suffering caused by the deliberate choices of human beings. Natural evil is suffering caused by the way the world works, such as earthquakes.
  4. Sin is an act against the will of God that breaks a religious or moral law. Christians teach that sin damages a person's relationship with God.
  5. Original sin is the flawed nature that Christians believe all people inherit from Adam and Eve. Augustine argued that human beings cannot overcome it without God's grace.
  6. Islam teaches that every child is born in a pure state called fitrah, with no inherited sin. Muslims believe that people sin through their own free choices.
  7. Religious teaching judges the heart as well as the deed, so motive changes the moral value of an act. A kind act done only for praise counts for less.
  8. The Prophet Muhammad said 'Actions are judged by intentions', a hadith recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Muslim teaching therefore treats motive as central to whether a deed is good.
  9. Jesus taught that anyone angry with a brother or sister is subject to judgement (Matthew 5:22). Inward attitudes, not only outward acts, fall under God's judgement.
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