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Matters of Life and Death
 A) What is non voluntary euthanasia 2 marks

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A) Non Voluntary Euthanasia=
Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you think they would have good reason to. 2
 a doctor ending the life of someone in agony who cannot ask for euthanasia 2
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An example of non voluntary euthanasia 1
Ending someone’s life painlessly 1

Matters of Life and Death
 B) Do you agree with euthanasia? 4 marks
 Give 2 reasons for your point of view

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B)
Approval of euthanasia
People who cannot give their permission must be in a state of no dignity or quality of life
There is no point being kept alive without quality of life
Animals are put down, why not humans in pain
Situation Ethics doing the most loving thing if that is a gentle death
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Disapproval of euthanasia
Life is sacred and only taken by God
Thou shalt not murder 6 th Commandment
Life and Death belongs to God only
Church leaders and the Catechism say life belongs to God
Doctors save lives not take them, killing people is against their code of the Hippocratic
Oath
 Other approaches are possible if valid

Matters of Life and Death
 C) Explain why some Christians do not agree with abortion (8marks)

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Explain why some Christians do not agree with abortion (8marks)
Life is holy and belongs to God
Life begins at conception
Murder is wrong in the 10 Commandments
Everyone has the right to life, even a foetus
Abortion leads to mental trauma and guilt complexes according to
Church evidence
Adoption is always a better solution than abortion
 Other approaches are valid

Matters of Life and Death
 D) The paranormal proves there is life after death 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

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 D) The paranormal proves there is life after death 6 marks
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Agree: Mediums claim they can talk to the dead so life after death must exist.
If ghosts exist then dead people have a form of life after death so it exists
People who claim to be reincarnated must be living a life after death
Disagree: Mediums are cheats
Ghosts are hallucinations and not proven
If reincarnation is true why doesn’t everyone have previous memories of a life before their own?

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 A) What is resurrection 2 marks

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 A) Resurrection=Rising from the dead 2
 The body staying in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised 2
 When Jesus was raised from the dead 2
 Life after death 1

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 B) Do you think we should help relieve world poverty? 4 marks
 Give 2 reasons for your point of view

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 B) Do you think we should relieve world poverty? 4 marks
 Yes we should
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The parable of the Sheep and the Goats/Good Samaritan
The example of Jesus e.g. Feeding of 5000
The teaching of the Church and the poor
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No we should not
Giving aid makes people dependant and does not remove poverty
People should stand on their own feet and work their own way out of poverty
Poverty is the fault of the poor
 Other approaches are possible

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 C) Choose one issue from matters of life and death which has been presented in one form of media and explain whether the treatment was fair to religious beliefs. (8marks)

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Choose one issue from matters of life and death which has been presented in one form of media and explain whether the treatment was fair to religious beliefs. (8marks)
Any issue abortion/euthanasia or paranormal may be examined from any one film/soap opera or drama. Religious beliefs must be identified and the fairness of the beliefs explained.
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E.g. Dot Cotton in Eastenders helping to assist Ethel Skinner to die
Hayley Cropper’s decision for voluntary euthanasia

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 D) Your soul will never die. 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

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 Your soul will never die
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Agree: Christian teaching on immortality of the soul
The evidence of the resurrection of Jesus
Paranormal reasons for the soul living on after death
Evidence of Reincarnation
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Disagree:The lack of any evidence
The evidence that life ends at death
The lack of certainty as to what a soul is
Other approaches are valid