RE Revision Environmental and Medical

1. RE Revision Environmental and Medical Unit 8 Thursday 15th May

2. Environmental and Medical • A) What is stewardship 2 marks

3. Environmental and Medical • A) Stewardship = Looking after something so that it can be passed on to the next generation 2 • Looking after something 1

4. Environmental and Medical • B)Do you think global warming is a big problem? 4 marks • Give 2 reasons for your point of view

5. Environmental and Medical • B) Agree: Global Warming is a big problem • Because crops will fail and famine will become widespread • Because sea levels will rise and flood cities • More earth will become desert and not be able to support life • Disgaree: • Global Warming is not a big problem • Global warming is part of the normal weather cycles • Scientists will be able to discover ways to deal with any problems • It will make the UK able to grow lots of different foods • Other approaches are possible if valid

6. Environmental and Medical • C) Explain why some Christians agree with fertility treatments and some do not(8marks)

7. Environmental and Medical • C Explain why some Christians agree with fertility treatments and some do not (8marks) • Why some Christians agree: • It is good to use technology to support couples with the joy of children • They agree with IVF because they don’t believe life begins at conception • They agree with AIH because egg and sperm are from the mother and father • Why some Christians don’t agree: • They involve fertilisation outside of natural sex and God intended sex as his form of procreation • IVF involves some embryos being discarded, this is the same as abortion • AIH involves producing sperm in ways not allowed by the Catholic Church • Other approaches are valid

8. Environmental and Medical • D) All religious people should carry a donor card 6 marks • In your answer you should refer to Christianity • (i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion • (ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you

9. Environmental and Medical • D) All religious people should carry a donor card 6 6 marks • Agree: • The body is not needed in the afterlife. It is the soul that is immortal the body is not needed in Heaven. • Those who believe in resurrection believe God will not need organs to raise the body • Leaving organs fulfils the Golden Rule, and is a way of loving your neighbour • Disagree: • It interferes with the sanctity of life • It is playing God which is sinful • It encourages the sale of organs from LEDC’s to the West

10. Environmental and Medical • A) What is surrogacy 2 marks

11. Environmental and Medical • A) Surrogacy: An arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman 2 • An arrangement about bearing children 1

12. Environmental and Medical • B) Do you think it is important to recycle? 4 marks • Give 2 reasons for your point of view

13. Environmental and Medical • B) Do you think it is right to recycle? 4 marks • Yes • Greenhouse gases and CO2 are reduced • Without recycling some resources will disappear for ever • We use fewer non renewable resources when we recycle • No • Some recycling methods cause more pollution than normal production methods • Recycling costs people jobs because new things are not made • It is a waste of tie because not everyone will do it • Other approaches are possible

14. Environmental and Medical • C) Choose one religion other than Christianity and explain why some of its followers agree with transplant surgery and some do not.(8marks)

15. Environmental and Medical • C) Choose one religion other than Christianity and explain why some of its followers agree with transplant surgery and some do not(8marks) • Some Muslims agree with transplant surgery because: • Islam aims to do good and help people • Some Muslim Lawyers have said it is allowed • The Muslim Law Council of the UK says Muslims can carry donor cards and have transplants • Some Muslims don’t agree with transplant surgery because • Shariah Law says nothing should be removed from the body after death • Transplant Surgery is playing God which is a sin • Only Allah has the right to give or take life

16. Environmental and Medical • D)Religion is the best way to protect the environment. 6 marks • In your answer you should refer to Christianity • (i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion • (ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you

17. Environmental and Medical • D) Religion is the best way to protect the environment. 6 marks • Agree: • Christians have a responsibility for stewardship and leaving the world in a better place than when they found it • Jesus taught that Christians have a responsibility to make sure the earths resources are shared fairly • Christians believe that they will be judged by God on how well they have fulfilled their duty as stewards of God’s earth • Disagree: • Many people think the job is so big only Governments can tackle it • The largest environmental agencies are non religious e.g Greenpeace • The UN feels that without a unified approach between governments and scientists global warming will end in disaster. • Other approaches are valid