Old Testament Stories

Story of Creation

• Original Sin
• Adam & Eve, God
• Is in Genesis
• Important - creation, origianl sin, born as a sinner

Exodus

• Leads his people from slavery/Egypt
• Moses (The most important prophet to the Jews) helps his slaves escape from slavery. They head to the 'Promise Land'.
• Is in Exodus
• Important - lead from slavery, Ties into Abraham's Covenants

David and Goliath

• After wandering the desert, the Jews have a King again.
• King David
• Is in Samuel
• Important - Star of David

Die - Judged by God

- Heaven

- Purgatory (7 stages of cleaning)

- Hell (7 deadly sins)

 

Judgement Day - Revelations + Apocolypse

Judaism

Origins
Judaism is one of the three Prophetic Monotheistic Religions in the world, the other two are Christianity and Islam.
It is Prophetic as there were numerous Prophets who predicted the comeing of a messiah, Monothiestic as they believe in one God- mono (one) Theology (belief/study of God)

History
Jews are an ancient people of around 3000 years old, their history is told in the Bible and is traced back to Abraham of around 1900 BC.

The Jews have been known as Jews, Israelites and Hebrews. Jesus was a Jew, however the Jews accepted Jesus as a wise man, but not the chosen Messiah as Christians believe, hence Judaism predates and heavily influences Christianity, but is not part of it.

Abraham
Abraham is one of the first recorded leaders of the Hebrews in the Bible. He was a wealthy man who was called by God to leave his land and move from Ur to Canaan, or Israel as it is called today.
Abraham heard the call of the Lord to stop believing in Pagan Gods (God of the wind ect.) and he followed God's request and led his people from Mesopotamia to Canaan. This journey is recorded in the book of Genesis.

Who is Abraham?
The father of the Jewish, Christian and Islam religions. He was chosen by God.

What did Abraham believe? How was it different  to the people of the time?
He was the first person who believed in one God, rather than other people who lived worshipping many gods.

What do you think a Covenant is, what Covenant did God make with Abraham?
A covenant is a vow. They made three promises; Abraham to be the father of many nations, to bless everyone in his name and to promise land.

What sacrafice was Abraham requested to make? Why did God ask this of Abraham?
Abraham was asked to sacrafice his only some Isaac. God asked this for Abraham to prove his love.

What does "Patriarches" mean?
Biblical people regarded as the fathers of Judaism. These include Abraham, Jacob and Isaac.

The History of Religion

What is religion?
It is the worship of a God or gods, guidlines about how to behave and answers to lifes biggest questions.



What are beliefs?

Confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately obvious.


Animism- Earliest kind of religion. Animists believe that humans and animals (and sometimes even plants and rocks) have a soul or spirit



Polytheism- things in nature became more and more personified until they were eventually thought of as being gods and given specific names. Eg. Ancient Egyptians.



Pantheism- belief that everything is part os a god



Monotheism- belief in only one God



Agnosticism- uncertainty about God or gods



Atheism- belief in no gods.

Nobel Peace Prize

Founder:

·         In 1890, Swedish man, Alfred Nobel donated his large fortune to the Nobel Prizes

·         He dedicated the award to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congress”

Example:

·         General Kofi Annan – “... for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world...achieve peace and security in the world and of the international mobilization aimed at meeting the world’s economic, social and environment challenges”

First Peace Prize:

·         Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, shared the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 with Frederic Passy, a leading international pacifist of the time.

·         In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements, the Novel Peace Prize has been awarded for work in a wide range of fields including advocacy of human rights, mediation of international conflicts, and arms control.

Number of Prizes:

·         The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to one hundred and twenty Laureates – ninety seven times to individuals and twenty three times to organizations.

The Gender Allocation:

·         Of the ninety seven individuals awarded the Novel Peace Prize, twelve are women.

Organizations Can Win The Awards:

·         Organizations can win the award to; two examples are the Red Cross and Amnesty International.

 

More information can be found at:

http://www.nobelprize.org

The UN

The “Declaration of Human Rights” are 30 rights that protect the dignity of humans.

Article 10. Everyone has the right to a fair public hearing by a fair  based court of justice.

Article 11. Everyone has the right to remain innocent until proven guilty.

Article 12. No one has the right to interfere with anothers privacy.

Article 13. Everyone has the right to travel freely.

Article 14. Everyone has the right to enjoy other countries and find peace.

Article 15. Everyone has the right to a nationality.

Article 16. Everyone has the right to choose who they marry with true thought from both partners.

Article 17. Everyone has the right to own property.

Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought.

Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

United Nations- The Declaration of Human Rights

What are Human Rights?

They are the rights and freedoms that we all have.

Some Human Rights are based on our physical needs. The right to life, food and shelter.

Other human rights protect us. The right to be free from torture, cruel treatment and abuse.

Human rights are also there to ensure we develop t our fullest potential. The right to education, work and to participate in your community.

Everybody has human rights. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, what language you speak or what religion you belong to. You have a duty to respect the rights of other, just as they have a duty to respect yours. Nobody can take your rights away.

Why do human rights matter to me?

They matter to us all.

In the UK;

One child in three is poor.

One child in four is physically abused.

One child in seven does not have a proper home.

It is vital that all young people know their rights.

Where do rights come from?

Human rights are based on the values of;

Dignity- self respect

Justice- fairness/ legal system

Respect- interaction with others

Equality- equal treatment/ justice

Human rights were officially recognised as values by the world when the UN was set up.

What is the united Nations?

The UN is an international organisation that was established in 1945, the year the Second World war ended.

Its founders hoped it would be able to prevent catastrophes like the Holocaust from happening in the future.

So prompting human rights became an aim of the UN, alongh with maintaining international peace and reducing poverty.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The UN Universal Declaration of Human rights (UDHR) is the most famous human rights agreement in the world. It contains 30 human rights.

Who wrote the UDHR?

Representatives from; Australia, China, France, Lebanon, the Former Soviet Union, the UK and US.

'The Power of One'

 

 

'The Power of One'

Summary:

The movie is about a young South-African boy called Peekay. His life mission was to promote equality amongst the races. He does this by fighting (boxing) against a local man and teaching children English. He falls in love with a girl called Maria whose Father would flip if he found out about their relationship. She helps him teach the children and soon after their second meeting, it is interuppted by police and Maria is killed. The police have a very strong hating of Peekay as what he was doing was considered a sin.

When Was It Set?
It was set around the1930's/1940's until about 1950's, which was WWII.

Where Was It Set?
South Africa

Main Themes:
Racism
Discrimination
Leadership
Oppression
Power
Self Realisation
Apathied

Main Characters:
Peekay
Doc (pianist)
Geel Piet (Boxing trainer in the jail)
Morrie Levy (Peekay's friend at college)
The Judge (Traumatises Peekay at his first boarding school)
Sgt. Jaapie Botha (The grown up version of the boy who was attacking him at school)

Most Interesting Scene:
When Maria dies

Most Interesting Character:
Hoppie Grünewald, the African boxing trainer that dies while Peekay is giving a concert.

The Film Made Me Feel... depressed. It was a horrible movie to have to watch

 

The Film Taught Me... that racism is more of an issue that I would ever have seen

 

Quoted From Sarah Hickey's blog because i was away :)