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Yr11 Philosophy and Ethics
Religious Studies B (OCR)
GCSE
The End of Life B601
ACTIVITY: The relationship between the Body and Soul
What do Christians say the
soul is? What is in the Bible
to support Christian ideas
about the soul?
What do you believe the
soul to be?
What do Christians
believe the body is?
What did Paul teach about the body
and what would happen in heaven
in the New Testament?
Why do Christians believe
the soul to be important?
If Christians believe the body and soul are separate – can the dead person
be cremated? Why?
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ACTIVITY: What Christians believe about Heaven, Hell and
Purgatory.
Heaven
Hell
Purgatory
What are the
different Christian
ideas about heaven?
You need to mention
traditional and
modern ideas.
What are the different
What do Catholics
Christian ideas about hell? believe about Purgatory?
You need to mention
traditional and modern
ideas.
Why do Christians believe in life after death (heaven and hell)? What
evidence do they have?
Which parables of Jesus describe heaven and hell?
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ACTIVITY: The Suffering of Christ
Use the pictures below to help you to explain why Jesus had to suffer and
die on the Cross.
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ACTIVITY: The Christian concept of God/Jesus as a
Judge
Christians believe that at the end of time Jesus will return
to earth as a Judge. He will sort people out into good
(sheep) and bad (goats).
What did the sheep do?*
What did the goats NOT do?*
What does the word ‘repent’ mean?
* Answers on page 20
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ACTIVITY: The relationship between moral behaviour and life after death
Christians believe that if they are good they will go to heaven but if they are
bad they will go to hell. By the side of each picture explain how and why
the activity might help a Christian get to heaven. [Link to teachings].
What else could a Christian do?
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ACTIVITY: Christian funeral rites – how they reflect Christian beliefs of
life after death and how they support the bereaved.
Explain how the pictures below show what happens in a funeral service and
how the Christian ideas of life after death will comfort the friends of the
dead person. One has been done for you.
The vicar starts the funeral
with the words of Jesus: “I
am the resurrection and the
life”. This comforts the
people because it reminds
them that the dead person
is now safe in heaven.
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B601 – Philosophy 1 – Section C – The End of Life
Past Questions
Specimen
(a) What is death?
[1]
(b) What is meant by “soul”?
[2]
(c) What do Christians believe about life after death?
[3]
(d) How many Christian funeral rites reflect beliefs about life after death?
[6]
(e) “When people die that is the end”. Discuss this statement. You should
include different, supported points of views and a personal viewpoint.
You must refer to Christianity in your answer.
[12]
2010
(a) What is the meaning of “rites”?
[1]
(b) Give two examples of Christian funeral rites.
[2]
(c) Describe the relationship between the body and the soul for a
Christian.
[3]
(d) Explain how beliefs about life after death could affect a Christian’s
more behaviour.
[6]
(e) “We only have one life and it is on earth”. Discuss this statement.
You should include different, supported points of views and a personal
viewpoint. You must refer to Christianity in your answer.
[12]
Attempt this question:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
What is meant by redemption?
[1]
Give two Christian beliefs about the suffering of Christ.
[2]
Describe Christian beliefs about what happens to a person when they
die.
[3]
Explain how a Christian funeral shows their beliefs about the end of
life.
[6]
“It does not matter how you live your life because there is no such
place as heaven”. Discuss this statement. You should include
different, supported points of views and a personal viewpoint. You
must refer to Christianity in your answer.
[12]
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End of Life
Clues on next page …
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Across
5. This book in the Bible describes the new heaven and earth
8. This is the name of the ceremony given for someone who has died
9. This is what separates man from God
12. These represent the beauty of heaven at a funeral
13. The smoke from these carries prayers to heaven
16. This is when someone is burnt after they have died
17. This word means being saved from sin and evil
19. This is the physical part of someone
Down
1. Adam and Eve did this when they ate from the tree of knowledge of good
and evil
2. These are the actions within a ceremony
3. Adam was made from this
4. This is the box in which someone who has died is brought to the funeral
6. This is special speech which celebrates the life of a dead person
7. This place has been described as paradise
9. This word means being saved
10. This word refers to the idea that Jesus paid this to save people from sin
11. This place has been described as a lake of fire
14. This is the spiritual part of someone
15. This is the place where Catholics believe you go to be cleansed of sin
18. This word means the end of physical life on earth
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John 11
The Death of Lazarus
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Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was
from Bethany, the village of Mary and her
sister Martha… 3 So the sisters sent word to
Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4
When he heard this, Jesus said, “This
sickness will not end in death. No, it is for
God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified
through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her
sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that
Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two
more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples,
“Let us go back to Judea.”
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“But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone
you, and yet you are going back?”
9
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who
walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. 10 It
is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
11
After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has
fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”
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His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had
been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14
So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am
glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” …
Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
17
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for
four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and
many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of
their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to
meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21
“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would
not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you
ask.”
23
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24
Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last
day.”
25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who
believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by
believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
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27
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of
God, who is to come into the world.”
28
After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside.
“The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary
heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet
entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31
When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her,
noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing
she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at
his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have
died.”
33
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her
also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have
you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35
Jesus wept.
36
Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
37
But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind
man have kept this man from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a
stone laid across the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is
a bad odour, for he has been there four days.”
40
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the
glory of God?”
41
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I
thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I
said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe
that you sent me.”
43
When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44
The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,
and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen
what Jesus did, believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees
and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and the
Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
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Parable of Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19-31)
"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple
and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At
his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus,
covered with sores and longing to eat what fell
from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came
and licked his sores.
"The time came when the beggar died and the
angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich
man also died and was buried. In hell, where he
was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus
by his side. So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and
send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
because I am in agony in this fire.'
"But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that
in your lifetime you received your good
things, while Lazarus received bad things, but
now he is comforted here and you are in
agony. And besides all this, between us and
you a great chasm has been fixed, so that
those who want to go from here to you
cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there
to us.'
"He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's
house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will
not also come to this place of torment.'
"Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen
to them.'
'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to
them, they will repent.'
"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets,
they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "
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Parable of The Sheep and the Goats
The
bad/unrighteous
The
Good/righteous
GOATS
SHEEP
Didn’t give food
Didn’t give drink
Gave food
Gave drink
Didn’t give shelter
Gave shelter
Didn’t give clothes
Gave clothes
Didn’t look after
the sick
Looked after the
sick
Didn’t visit those in
jail
Visited those in jail
HELL
HEAVEN
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