RE GCSE - ACT - Sin and Forgiveness correctly answered graded A+ 2023 PASSED

RE GCSE - ACT - Sin and ForgivenessExplain the difference between sin and crime When someone breaks the law they commit a crime. Whereas sin is acting against the will or laws of God. Some sins can be crimes for e.g. murder and stealing are sins and crimes. Whereas sins like adultery and pride are not sins. What is meant by absolute and relative morality ? Deciding what is right and wrong is known as our morality - ABSOLUTE morality is the idea that moral principles are fixed and do not change reagrdless of the situation. Whereas RELATIVE morality is the idea that moral principles are changeable depending on the situation. How are different criminal penalties justified ? Deterrence Punishements - put people off committing a crime - knowing they will be punished makes people think twice -seeing criminals punished puts people off - BUT punishments cant be too harsh - must be proportianate to the crime - Retribution - making the criminal pay for what they have done - fair and just that criminal get what they desrve and gives victims a sense of justice BUT christians feel punishment should be motivated by justice not revenge Rehabilitation - should help criminal understand what they have done - help criminals reform so they don't reoffend - less likely to commit crime again and be productive members of society - liinks w Christian ideas - BUT people found that soietal factor poor parenting more likely to turn to crime - if only these are addressed otherwise people will continue to offend again (protection - criminals need to be revoed from society to protect others ni society) Explain the Christian teaching of forgiveness ? DEFINE it - The act of pardoning someone for the offences they have caused you. Overlooking a person's faults. Forgiveness is at the heart of the gospel message Parable of unforgiving servant / prodigal son / crucifixion - "father, forgive them" - adulterous woman - makes it clear that there is no limit on forgiveness - SOMA - St Augustine's letter 153 to Macedonius ??? Use it in arguing AGAINST cp - If person has committed crime - we do not like it but the only way of effectively punishing someone is in this life - You can't correct their character if they're dead Pope JP II teaching in Evangelium Vitae use in arguement for / in the middle cp - If you can protect society by not killing - then you should do that - but if society can't be protected then .... death penalty is still available Explain catholic teaching on punishment - Christian belive punishment is not just about hurting someone - belive it is about justice - he said not our job to judge people -but God's - on judgement day - god will judge all people according to how they have behaved - - punishment and forgiveness can go together - believe main role of punishment is being able to help the person reform - rehabilitation - Punishment only exists because God loves us - if nobody cared - then there would be no punishment Explain catholic teaching on capital punishment known as death penalty - a person is put to death or executed as a punishment for their crime - good because it is a deterrent - deters other from doing the same - protects society - may give family of victim closure the only retribution for murder is cp Jesus never said it was wrong St Paul teaches christians to follow law of country BUT bad because evidence shows it does not deter - and innocent people can be killed for crimes they didnt commit - wrongly accused prisioner can be released but not if they've been executed who are we to end lives?/only god can end lives still family of perpetrator to consider cannot guarantee family of victim closure dp is all aout revenge not justice two wrongs dont make a right CHRISTIANS AND HUMANISTS - have a duty to protect citizens not to kill them SOMA - CCC - allow but not encourage cp - Evangelium Vitae - Pope JP 2 - St Paul - obey laws of country Explain what salvation means DEFINE - is the belief that through Jesus' death - humanity has achieved the possibility of forever with God - Hunams turned their back on God by sinning - began with original sin don by Adam and Eve - brought about the need for salvavtion - - Humans are so important to God that God sent Jesus to free humans from the effects of sinfulness - Their relationship with God depends on Jesus' life, death and resurrection - without it they cannot be close to God and obtain forgiveness for their sins - - Jesus - Lamb of God - sacrifice for all our sins past present and future - Jesus bridges the gap between humans and God