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Death and Afterlife

Religious education

Matters of life and death

All people will go to heaven as God is all loving, therefore it doesn't matter what we do in this life.

This life is all that there is, so the most important thing is to make sure we're happy now.

This life is important because it will have an impact on a person's eternal afterlife. Therefore the most important thing is to follow God's teachings now.

Which of the statements below best reflect both Christian and Islamic views on this life and the afterlife?

Human life is more important than animal life

Human life is sacred as it was specially created by Allah

Human life is sacred because humans are made in God's image

Human life is special because humans have souls and rational minds

Which of the beliefs below does not fit with the Islamic view on the sanctity of life.

Which ethical theory is most likely to be followed by humanists?

This is when a foetus has tested positive for Down's Syndrome

This is when a foetus is likely to have a severe disability

This is when a pregnancy has reached full term and the mother can safely deliver the baby

This is when the embryo implants outside of the womb, for example in a fallopian tube

Euthanasia should not be practised because we only live this life once, so should live as long as possible even if we're suffering

Muhammad said that his friend should not undergo euthanasia

Muslims have campaigned against euthanasia

Only Allah has the right to take life, and he has predestined the day of a person's death

Which of the answers below best expresses Sunni Islamic beliefs against euthanasia.

Which of the groups below is usually against euthanasia due to the belief in predestination?

This is when a pregnancy is deliberately ended

This is when someone is unlikely to make a recovery and the doctors / patient decide to end their treatment

This is when the medication given to make someone more comfortable have the side effect of speeding someone's death

This translates as 'good death' and is when someone requests to have their life ended by a doctor. Drugs will be used to end their life.

Which definition below best fits with the term 'euthanasia'?

They are living with a disability or illness which will not get better, and which causes them daily suffering

They have a illness in which they have a 50% chance of full recovery

They have a terminal illness that will cause them increasing suffering

They have been diagnosed with a degenerative disease of the brain

Which of the reasons below is not generally accepted as a reason for a person to be euthanised?

Which of the ethical theories below is most likely to be followed by Muslims?

Which of the ethical theories below is most likely to be followed by Roman Catholics?

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