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Explain the beliefs Christians hold about their responsibility for those at the beginning and end of their lives.
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Joseph Coyle 11J RE Coursework Skill AO1 Explain the beliefs Christians hold about their responsibility for those at the beginning and end of their lives. Christians believe that all life is sacred and special because it comes from God. Within the creation story, we are told that God made man in his own image. Because we believe this, we also believe that life should be nurtured, protected and preserved from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death. This leads me into my next point. The 6th commandment says "you must not kill". So, therefore, Christians believe that the unborn child has to be protected as it is a gift from God. Some Christians believe that God knows us in intimate detail before we are born. Evidence for this is when the prophet Jeremiah said "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I consecrated you." This...
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