What is the origin of the Universe?

Can we have help to die?

Should people have abortions?

Why are funerals important

Christian views

Buddhist views

Non-religious views

Big bang

This is how the universe started

It started with an infinitely small particle, got so hot that it exploded, causing the big bang

Literalists

God created the world and universe in 6 days and rested on the seventh

Its exactly what happened as its written in the bible

Liberal

7 day creation is a metaphor

It is to do with wisdom

They don't talk of origins of the world

Might accept Big Bang

Christian views

Non-religious views

Buddhist views

We shouldn't choose who lives and die

Only God can choose to take a life

Hospice can offer alternative care

You won't escape the wheel of samsara

Goes against the 5 precepts

Would be an act of compassion to end suffering

Semi-legalised in the UK

You should die in dignity

Christian views

Buddhist views

Non-religious views

Debates rests when does life begin

Quality of life outweighs preservation of life

More liberal and pro-choice

A child is a gift from God

Catholic and Orthodox, life is sacred from moment of contracpetion

Taking a life, against the 5 precepts

Some pregnancy can cause suffering

Christian views

Buddhist views

Non-religious views

Prohibit cremation

God will comfort those who mourn

Chanting occurs

49 days after death, prayers and chants help the person move to the next phase of life

Comforts the people in the funeral

We remember the person