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Prejudice and discrimination AO1) Explain Christian Church teaching on prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice is thinking badly of others for no sufficient reason. Prejudice is seen as a way of thinking about other groups of people. Discrimination is when you act upon your prejudice and hurt people either physically or mentally. The Christian Church all teach similar things, that is, being prejudiced and discriminating against others is wrong. They teach us that everyone should be treated equally and that you should treat other as you would like to be treated, "respect for the human person considers the other 'another self'." (Catechism of the Catholic Church.) The Catholic Church believes that "every person is my brother or sister". This means that we should treat everyone as our brothers and sisters and love them equally. The catholic church has many different views on prejudice and discrimination and teaches us these views. One of them is that we should...

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