1. ‘Half my life is an act of revision.’ John Irving
RE Revision
‘Half my life is an act of revision.’
John Irving

2. Marriage and Family Life
You need to be able to explain how society's attitudes have changed and why.
Sex
Selfless Love
Promises in
Front of God
Vows
Main features
Of The Ceremony
Family
Children
The Purpose
Of Marriage
The Sacrament
Of Marriage
Role Model
Public Declaration
Lifelong Faithfulness
Monogamy
A Vocation
Genesis
Celibacy
Fornication
Pre-Marital sex
Adultery
Changing Attitudes
Cohabitation
Marriage and
Family Life
Sex & Marriage
Alternatives
To Marriage
Promiscuity
Selfish Love
Consequences
Differing Christian
Attitudes
Civil Ceremonies
Homosexuality
Changing Attitudes
Gay ‘Marriage’
Civil
Divorce
Purpose & Importance
Separation
Family Life
Divorce
Nuclear family
Extended Family
Re-Constituted Family
Role of The Church
Annulment
Bringing up
Children
Keeping Families
Together

3. Believing in God Religious Religious Experience Upbringing
Christian family
and community
Numinous/Awe
Conversion (change to religious believer)
Why believe
In God
Religious
Experience
Prayer
Religious
Upbringing
Presence of
Religion in the world
Personal
choice
Miracle
Evidence
Mystical
Arguments for
God’s existence
Design
Theist (God exists)
Atheist (God doesn’t)
Agnostic (Unsure)
Monotheist (One God)
Polytheist
Pantheist(Many Gods)
Stigmata
Causation
How do people
Believe in God
Search for
meaning and
purpose
Believing
in God
Logic
Non-religious
explanations of
experience
The force
of prayer
Nature of
Prayer
Arguments against
God’s existence
Existence of
Evil & Suffering
Impetus to
change society
Prayer
Unanswered
prayers
Charity
Responses to
Evil and Suffering
The Problem
of Evil
Acceptance of
God’s will
Free Will
Moral or
man made evil
Natural
Evil (natural disasters, disease etc.) 3

4. Christianity-Same religion….different churches
Protestant church
This church developed in the 16th Century after protests against some of Catholic worship, money and power of church. Henry VIth set up Church of England after cutting himself off from the Pope. This is the Anglican church or the ‘Church of England’.
Catholic church
Formed by St. Peter
Led by the Pope in the Vatican in Rome. He is the spiritual authority for the religion.
Have strict views on certain topics.

5. Abortion Catholic Church Always wrong, equivalent to murder.
Foetus is a life.
Protestant Church
Can be considered more loving in extreme circumstances such as:
Mother’s life at risk, foetus is severely handicapped, mother has been raped/act of incest.

6. Euthanasia
All Christians believe in the Sanctity of life- that life is holy and sacred.
Most Christians: Is taking away life of human being- that is always murder.
God made us in his own image- only he has authority to take life.
Terminally ill patients can still honour God
No-one can judge another person’s life.
Some Christians- would allow pain relief drugs that would shorten life as it would improve the quality of patient’s remaining lifetime.
Other Christians- Would allow life support machine to be turned off as life has already ended.

7. Catholic church on Euthanasia:
‘An act or omission that causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder greatly contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his creator’
Research task-Research the case of Diane Pretty.

8. ‘Theistic arguments’ (Arguments for existence of God)
Argument from Design
1) The world is so well ordered and everything is balanced to sustain life. It’s independent complex parts makes a whole.
2) This complex world must have been designed
3) If designed then needs a designer
4) Only God is powerful enough to do this.
Argument from Causation
1). What causes one thing must have self have been caused by another thing.
2) This can’t go on for ever and ever.
3) There must be a ‘First cause’ that started everything off.
4) Only God could be this first cause as God is the kind of being that caused himself to exist.
5) Therefore God exists.

9. Divorce Roman Catholic Protestant
Doesn’t allow, vows cannot be broken as sacred agreement made before God
Will allow an annulment if couple can prove that
-Didn’t understand what doing at the time
-Forced into the marriage
-Have not had sex yet
-One of partners not baptised.
Protestant
Believe that to allow divorce in some cases is more loving and shows forgiveness- both key values in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Should accept that people make mistakes and give them a chance.
Some churches will allow divorcees to remarry in the church if they have a meeting with the vicar beforehand.
Believe in the Bible account where Jesus is said to have allowed divorce in cases where the partner has been adulterous.

10. Contraceptive use Catholic Protestant
Every sexual act should be open to the possibility of conception. (Sex is for making babies)
Contraception encourages promiscuity (sleeping around) which leads to more STI’s being passed.
Marriage is for having children, and should only be having sex in a marriage
Protestant
Contraception can protect women’s health,
which is loving.
Bible isn’t against it.
Sex is for pleasure, gift from god.
Can reduce family size to promote existing
families quality of life.

11. Key Quotes recap
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit (i.e. the poor and needy) for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’ (Matthew 5:3)
“God created man in his own image… male and female, he created them.” (Genesis 1:27)
“Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28)
“Love your neighbour as yourself” (Luke 10:27)
“There is neither Jew nor Greek…you are all one in Christ” (Galatians 3:28)
“You shall not commit adultery” (Exodus 20:14)
“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit?” (1 Corinthians 7:4)
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die”. John 11:25-26

12. Exam teckers

13. Each topic has a choice of 2 questions.
For each topic answer all of the top half OR all of the lower half.

14. Give yourself about 1 minute per mark
So about 22 minutes for each topic.

15. There are 3 types of Christian.
Roman Catholic.
Strict Protestant.
Liberal Protestant.

16. Different types of Christians...
With the traditional and older ideas are Roman Catholics and strict Protestants.
Some are more modern and “easy going” Christians and are called liberal Protestants.

17. But if you have no idea, just say…
As taught by Jesus...(your reason)
As it says in the bible...(your reason)
As the Church says...(your reason)

18. Always say some. “Some Christians think that...”
NEVER SAY ALL!

19. A) Definition questions. (2 marks)
Correct answer – 2 marks
Partially correct answer – 1 mark
Incorrect – 0 marks

20. One simple reason – 1 mark
B) An opinion question asking for two reasons for your point of view. (4 marks)
One simple reason – 1 mark
Two reasons or having just one reason developed – 2 marks
Two reasons with one of them developed further – 3 marks
Two reasons with both of them developed fully – 4 marks

21. C) A short essay question. (8 marks)
Level 1: Little understanding has been shown. Give 1 or 2 marks.
Level 2: Basic understanding such as 2 short reasons. Give 3 or 4 marks.
Level 3: A developed understanding such as 3 reasons or some expanded upon. Gives 5 or 6 marks.
Level 4: Clear understanding of the issue. 4 reasons or a comprehensive explanation. Gives 7 or 8 marks.

22. For both i and ii marks can be given as:
“A question about a quote.” In your answer refer to Christianity. i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion. (3 marks) ii) Give reasons why people may disagree with you. (3 marks)
For both i and ii marks can be given as:
1 mark for a simple reason
2 marks for a developed reason or two reasons
3 marks for three simple reasons, or two developed reasons or one fully developed reason

23. Question D: 6 marks
Question D: ‘Women should have the same rights as men in religion.’
(i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion. (3 marks)
(ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you. (3 marks)
Answer 1:
(ii) Catholic Christians might disagree with me because they think that women cannot be priests.
1 mark for a reason why some people might disagree. 23

24. Question D: 6 marks
Question D: ‘Women should have the same rights as men in religion.’
(i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion. (3 marks)
(ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you. (3 marks)
Answer 2:
(ii) Catholic Christians might disagree with me because they think that women cannot be priests. They believe that because Jesus only appointed men as his apostles only men can be priests.
The reason is developed so it moves up to 2 marks. 24

25. Question D: 6 marks
Question D: ‘Women should have the same rights as men in religion.’
(i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion. (3 marks)
(ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you. (3 marks)
Answer 3:
(ii) Catholic Christians might disagree with me because they think that women cannot be priests. They believe that because Jesus only appointed men as his apostles only men can be priests. They would also argue that the priest represents Jesus at Mass and as Jesus was a man, only male priests can celebrate Mass.
The answer now gives another reason for some people disagreeing, so it moves up to 3 marks. 25

26. Question D: 6 marks
Question D: ‘Women should have the same rights as men in religion.’
(i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion. (3 marks)
(ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you. (3 marks)
(i) I agree with this because some Protestant Christians would agree with this because they believe that men and women were created totally equal by God. It says in Genesis 1 that God created male and female equally. Also Jesus treated women as his equals and had women disciples showing that women should have equal rights.
(ii) Catholic Christians might disagree with me because they think that women cannot be priests. They believe that because Jesus only appointed men as his apostles only men can be priests. They would also argue that the priest represents Jesus at Mass and as Jesus was a man, only male priests can celebrate Mass.
This answer to question D can gain full marks because both parts refer to Christianity. 26

27. Point Evidence Explain
Student task:
Use these quotes to write a point/evidence/explain format for a topic of study (e.g. life after death, abortion, euthanasia).
-’Love thy neighbour’
-‘God made man in his own image, male and female, he created them’
- ‘Be fruitful and multiply’

28. Keywords
Task:
Practice writing the definitions of these challenging keywords.
-Numinous
-Conversion
-Reconstituted family
-Promiscuity
-Civil Partnership
-Causation
-Non-voluntary euthanasia