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Explain the beliefs that Christians hold about their responsibility for those at the beginning and the end of their lives.
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Cardinal Newman Patrick Driscoll Coventry Candidate No: AO1: Explain the beliefs that Christians hold about their responsibility for those at the beginning and the end of their lives. (400-600 words) [16 marks] Sanctity means holiness. It means that we place great value on human life. Today we have more power over life and death than ever before. People can now make choices regarding life and death. In the book of Jeremiah, we are told that God knew us from the moment of conception, not just from birth. To Christians, therefore, life is precious from this moment, and no later. For this reason, to kill an unborn child is gravely wrong. Because Christians acutely sense the wonder of human life, the most important of our rules is that all human life is sacred. When an accident happens, the first thing which people will ask is "Did anyone die?" We would do whatever we could to...
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