Christians' Beliefs About Their Responsibilities for Other People
To answer this question we refer to the Bible and the teachings of the
Church that will reveal what a true Christian’s attitude to others is.
Therefore I will be splitting this essay into two parts, the first on
the Bible and the second on the teachings of the Church. This question
refers to prejudice and discrimination, and so to answer it I would
also need the exact meanings of these words. Prejudice- to pre-judge,
using only one’s opinion. Discrimination- to differentiate a person
biasly on the basis of their race, looks etc… For this particular
question it concentrates on discrimination/prejudice against a
person’s race.
So starting of with the Bible. The Bible condemns racism and we can
see this from examining passages from the Old Testament, the life and
teachings of Jesus.
From the Old Testament we hear of how Moses came down from Mount Sinai
with the Ten Commandments. One of these commandments was “love your
neighbour as you love yourself.” So as a Christian we are given the
responsibility from God’s law to love and respect everyone no-matter
his or her race. This is a very significant law and responsibility as
the Ten Commandments can be summed up as two: “love thy God” and “love
thy neighbour”
One very popular and notifiable parable told in the bible is that of
the Good Samaritan. The goes like this. Basically, there was a man who
was mugged; many people passed him yet none of them helped him. Then
there came along the Samaritan. He was supposedly an enemy of the
victim because of his religion, and yet he was the only one who helped
and took car of him. The Good Samaritan is a clear role model to all
Christians, as even as the victim was supposedly his enemy he still
love and treated him as a loving neighbour.
In James 2:1-5,we are told precisely that prejudice is wrong; “you are
guilty of creating distinctions among yourselves and of making
judgments based on evil motives” It cannot be shown any clearer than
Christian Response to Third World Poverty and Injustice b) Every disciple, every authentic Christian, must be on the road: not yet arrived or perfect, but moving, striving, falling and restarting in hope, and this ethos applies to the tackling of Third World poverty and injustice. Over one billion people are living in poverty today. The gap between rich and poor is getting wider. All over the world, disparities between rich and poor, even in the wealthiest of nations is rising sharply.
There are five core beliefs in the Bible that has a significant impact on the Christian faith and the lives of its adherents. These five beliefs are, the divinity and humanity of Jesus, the death and resurrection of Jesus, the nature of God and the trinity, the revelation and salvation. These beliefs are all clearly demonstrated in various forms and quantities across all Christian denominations.
Many people would not believe that worldview would be involved in the topic of work, but it certainly is. Worldview stretches throughout almost every facet of our lives and is even an intricate part of work. Christian and secular viewpoints differ immensely when it comes to work. Many Christians believe that work is an intricate part of God’s plan for mankind while the secular viewpoint sees it as more of a personal, everyday activity the serves no more of a purpose that that of personal success. The secular worldview has distorted the context of work and only the Christian worldview can redeem it to its original context.
Jesus had a choice whether or not to suffer and die, and chose to, to
experiences and its beliefs developed over time about sin, salvation, grace, faith and so forth.2
of 2.5% of their wealth a year. This is if you can afford it, it goes
The man that took that stolen vehicle was killed later on. He had a baby and a loving family. He was job searching.
we are all one person in Christ and God sees us all the same. There is
to cover and care for all of mankind. Agape is the core of all a
The Christian ethical teachings are of high importance to the Christian tradition as they provide all Christian adherents with the guidance needed to make informed moral decisions in response to a wide range of contemporary ethical issues throughout their everyday lives. These teachings of Christianity are predominately established within the Christian Scriptures, however particular denominations, including Catholicism and Orthodoxy, accept the authority of a range of other sources in addition to these scriptures. Whilst the Catholic Church highly regards the “Catechism of the Catholic Church”, as well as Church documents, including “Gaudium et Spes” and “Evangelium Vitae”, the Orthodox Church takes heed of the “Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church”. The ethical teachings derived from these sources are based on the belief that the human person is an image of God with intellect, free will and power of self-determination, and they have a major influence on the choices made by Christian adherents in regard to the ethical issues of euthanasia and abortion.
First off, wow, just wow. I'm very unsure of how to react to this situation. The Samaritan law states if you see someone in trouble, you help. A person can be liable if they ignore someone in danger, understandable. This, however, opens a can of worms I can't wrap my brain around. On one hand, Van Horn did crash into a light pole and then caused permanent spinal to this woman, but she was just trying to help. Van Horn is not a medical professional and was just responding the best way they could have. I feel sympathy for Ms.Torti and what happened to her, but I wish this case was not continuing. This is a tragedy and it just sad on both sides.
Christianity has been around for about 2000 years (The First Christianity, 2009). Even though it has been around for a long period of time, there is still are many people who question someone who has a Christian worldview. Some questions that come up are: Who is God? As humans what is our purpose in life? Who was Jesus? In this paper we will explore how an individual with a Christian worldview views God, humanity, Jesus and restoration.
“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions – he had money too.”
In today’s Christian worldview there are many essential basics. God is the biggest element because he is the reason why there is a Christian worldview. Humanity and Jesus was created for God’s use. God used Jesus to restore humanity since the fall of humanity many people had turned against GOD. In my essay I hope to explain the importance of each essential component is to the Christian worldview and what I believe when it comes to the Christian worldview.
The belief that morality requires God remains a widely held moral maxim. In particular, it serves as the basic assumption of the Christian fundamentalist's social theory. Fundamentalists claim that all of society's troubles - everything from AIDS to out-of-wedlock pregnancies - are the result of a breakdown in morality and that this breakdown is due to a decline in the belief of God. This paper will look at different examples of how a god could be a bad thing and show that humans can create rules and morals all on their own. It will also touch upon the fact that doing good for the wrong reasons can also be a bad thing for the person.