Transcript Life after death

Life after death
Reasons for belief and unbelief in life
after death
Reasons for life after death
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Connector:
Do you believe in Life after death? What
are your reasons? Are they convincing?
Are they religious only?
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Outcomes:
All must learn at least three non-religious reasons why people
believe in life after death.
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All must learn at least three reasons why people do not believe
in life after death
A01 – Understand non religious views on life after death
A02 – Explanation and Evaluation of non religious views and
compare with any religion
Skills –reflective learner
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PLTS: Creative thinkers
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and Reflective learners
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Big Picture:
This topic is about the sanctity of life: life is
sacred. Christians believe in immortality of
the souls and for Muslims, judgement day is
the day of resurrection. Today:
Are there evidences out of Holy books?
Why would some people won’t believe in
L.A.D?
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Homework:
Answer this GCSE question into your book
using the correct format.
“There is no such thing as life after death”
Do you agree? Give 3 reasons showing you
have considered at least two religions.
Give 3 reasons why someone might disagree
with you
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Fact: The beliefs on all religions on the
sanctity of life tend to be contained in
their attitudes to life and death,
abortion and Euthanasia. However, it is
possible to see some specific teaching
on the sanctity (holiness, sacredness) of
life.
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Can you think of any non-religious
reasons why some people would believe
in Life after death?
Personal experiences
Ghosts
Déjà vu
Premonition
Psychics and other mediums
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Paranormal: the claim that spiritual
things can be explained scientifically
OBE: out of body experiences
Dreams, that tell the future or explain
situations
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Design a bubble map on why some
people do not believe in life after death
And as a group present it to the
classroom
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Some people do not believe in life after
death because:
The main evidence for life after death is
in Holy books which contradict each
other. For example, the Qur’an teaches
resurrection, the Gita teaches reincarnation, some of the Bible teaches
immortality of the soul
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No one has undoubtedly returned from
the dead.
Science shows that when the body dies,
the brain dies, and life-support
machines show that the brain dies, so
what could survive death?
There is no place where life after death
could take place.
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These are texts taken in Holy books to relate
to the sacredness of Life try and find out
where they come from:
“Thou shalt not murder”.
Jewish bible
“Do you not know that your body is a temple
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Christian Bible
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of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you
have received from God? You are not your
own”
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“Nor can a soul die except by God’s
leave, the term being fixed as by
writing”.
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Now for some GCSE practice:
(a) what is meant by the sacredness of
life?
(b) Do you think that despite the
scientific evidence there is life after
death (4)
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Answer for full mark:
(a) the sacredness of life is the religious idea
that life is holy and is a gift from god
(b) Christians have different views on life
after death. They believe in judgement day
where souls will be judged by God, they
believe in the immortality of the soul and do
believe in the resurrection: all souls will be
resurrected in their bodies as Jesus did in the
Bible.
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Extension
Research any other view on life after
death and compare it to your own
religious tradition (3 differences and 3
similarities)
Any question on the sacredness of life?
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Can you tell us back five things you
have learnt today?