2.7 Did the universe have a beginning?

• Godsdienst
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Review

Which religions teach that humans being were made in the image of God?

1. Judaism, Islam
2. Islam, Christianity
3. Judaism, Christianity
4. Islam, Buddhism

What means karma?

1. What goes around, comes around
2. The belief that actions have consequences
3. karma is a bitch
4. bad luck

Which religion does not teach that God created human beings?

1. Buddhism
2. Sikhism
3. Zoroastrianism
4. Hinduism

what means submission?

1. doing what I want
2. giving up of one's will to that of another
3. Doing whatever pleases myself
4. giving up the other one's will and doing mine

Homework

Activity A page 46

1. What would you want your life be in the future, and why?

2. What can you do now to make it happen?

Activity C: belief web

Judaism, Christianity & Islam:

• Adam & Eve
• Free will:

1. Judaism: conscience + instinct
2. Christianity: death
3. Islam: submission

Hinduism, Buddhism & Sikhism:

• Karma:
  

1. Hinduism: Brahman
   
2. Buddhism: don’t rely on things
3. Sikhism: becoming one with God
   

2.7 Did the universe have a beginning?

Lesson objectives

1. Learn about scientific views about the origin of universe
   
2. Understand different religious accounts about the origin of the universe
   
3. Compare views about the origins of the universe
   
4. Consider the importance of learning about different views
   

2.7 What science says

Read page 48

What Judaism and Christianity say

Read page 49

2.7 What Hinduism says

Read page 50

Activity A

page 49

Find more details about what the Bible and Hindu teachings say about the origins of the universe.

Give your answers to the next slides

Activity A 1.
What do they agree about?

Activity A 2.
What differences are there?

Activity B

page 59

Find more details about what the Bible and Hindu teachings say about the origins of the universe. Find out also about the Big Bang theory.

Give your answer to the next slide

Activity B 2.
Compare religious views about the creation of the universe with scientific ones.

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