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war peace and justice
War can be used as a way of trying to secure
peace and justice. War can also be caused by land, disputes (Falklands) or ideologies (Vietnam). War also raises the issues of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and nuclear proliferation
The sanctity of life would be used to argue for pacifism and the victims of war such as refugees would support the argument that war is wrong as it destroys life
Christians might go to war if a war was a ‘Just War’ or a ‘Holy War’ – war is condoned in the Old Testament
Organisations which help victims of war include The Red Cross, the United Nations and NATO
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religion and life
Many people value the universe and the planet because the Genesis story says that it was carefully created by God. Looking after it is known as stewardship. This means Christians and other religions are against pollution, global warming and the depletion of natural resources. The Assisi Declaration shows this and the Bible says, “you are like foreigners.”
Stewardship affects beliefs about animals and religions tend to disagree with vivisection although not every religious person accepts this is wrong for medicine. Most Buddhists and Sikhs will be vegetarian but, in Christianity, there is no rule against eating meat.
The sanctity of life is the idea that humans have been created by God and, as a result, life is valuable. One of the commandments is “thou shall not kill”. This leads many religious people to argue that both abortion and euthanasia are wrong. Pro life groups like SPUC claim that life must be protected but others disagree and think people should have a right to choose what happens to their own body
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All religious people believe in life after death. Christians believe in resurrection because this is what happened to Jesus but other people argue there is no evidence