The identity of Christians is embedded in the etymology of the word “Christian.” This means that not only history, but church history plays a part in the development of how and why we came to be called Christians. This brings forth a question if one who comes to know and accept Christ has the resource or freedom to receive baptism and be received into the Body of Christ. The paper will revolve around the biblical stories and course readings to explore the contribution of Scripture toward Christian moral formation and, if there is a single vision of the moral life in Christian Scripture.
Referring to the idea that God communicates with people that pray to him, it is important for Christian believers to understand that Christians do not worship …show more content…
I am also curious to question the use of dead bodies for scientific experiments and training for student doctors. It makes me wonder if that is ethically and morally right to use dead bodies for dissection. The Bible mentions to the balming of dead bodies for preservation, like the dead body of Jacob. Though it is true that the field of medicine was developing, I wonder if the science had been modern they would have used the dead bodies to perform experiments. Though, the tradition of mummies is biblical and speaks about preservation of the dead bodies, I am curious to know if it would be theological to donate human organs to save lives of other people? Probably, it was not the custom of that era and might have been considered legitimate because the transfer of a human organ is to give life to another human. The Bible does not mention about that, but Psalm 34: 20 mentions “He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken.” Though this verse points to only bones of one’s body and nothing more, it also makes me question if the Christians of today are called to bury the dead bodies according to the traditional style, instead of cremation. It makes me question the real American thought about the cremation. If Christians performed cremation, what difference would there be between Hindus and Christians? The interesting juxtaposition is that India, though claims to be a secular country, has majority of Hindus and cremates its Hindu dead bodies, the Indian and Pakistani Christians follow the traditional Christian style of burial. For a Christian believer, no matter, Indian, or American needs to be attentive to God’s command. That is from where the Christian believer understands about God, God’s word and purpose of ritual of burial manifested through burial of the dead body. In this instance, the Christian scripture would point out
Referring to the idea that God communicates with people that pray to him, it is important for Christian believers to understand that Christians do not worship …show more content…
I am also curious to question the use of dead bodies for scientific experiments and training for student doctors. It makes me wonder if that is ethically and morally right to use dead bodies for dissection. The Bible mentions to the balming of dead bodies for preservation, like the dead body of Jacob. Though it is true that the field of medicine was developing, I wonder if the science had been modern they would have used the dead bodies to perform experiments. Though, the tradition of mummies is biblical and speaks about preservation of the dead bodies, I am curious to know if it would be theological to donate human organs to save lives of other people? Probably, it was not the custom of that era and might have been considered legitimate because the transfer of a human organ is to give life to another human. The Bible does not mention about that, but Psalm 34: 20 mentions “He keeps all their bones; not one of them will be broken.” Though this verse points to only bones of one’s body and nothing more, it also makes me question if the Christians of today are called to bury the dead bodies according to the traditional style, instead of cremation. It makes me question the real American thought about the cremation. If Christians performed cremation, what difference would there be between Hindus and Christians? The interesting juxtaposition is that India, though claims to be a secular country, has majority of Hindus and cremates its Hindu dead bodies, the Indian and Pakistani Christians follow the traditional Christian style of burial. For a Christian believer, no matter, Indian, or American needs to be attentive to God’s command. That is from where the Christian believer understands about God, God’s word and purpose of ritual of burial manifested through burial of the dead body. In this instance, the Christian scripture would point out