OCR GCSE Religious Studies Religion, philosophy and ethics themes overview quiz quiz

The Five Pillars of Islam

The Christian doctrine of the Trinity

Religion, peace and conflict

The Day of Judgement and afterlife

Describe two features of a named religious belief or practice, with no discussion or conclusion at all

A source analysis, where you read an unseen passage and explain only what it says about the topic

A multiple-choice question, where you simply pick the single correct answer from a list of four options

A statement followed by Discuss this statement, with a justified conclusion

It does not recognise divorce, granting only annulment

It actively encourages divorce and treats it as the normal way to end an unhappy marriage

It is exactly the same as mainstream Protestant teaching, which freely permits remarriage after divorce

It has no view at all on divorce, leaving the whole question entirely up to the individual couple

Everything that exists has a cause, so there must be a First Cause, which is the cosmological argument not the design one

The order and purpose in the universe point to a designer, God

Reported miracles, such as healings that break the laws of nature, prove beyond doubt that God exists

The amount of evil and suffering in the world shows that an all-loving, all-powerful God cannot exist

Three separate arguments that are used together to try to prove that God really does exist

Three different types of miracle that believers claim show God acting in the world around them

God is all powerful, God is all loving, yet evil exists

The Trinity, the Christian belief in one God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three persons in one

It must be fought in order to make a profit, gaining wealth, land or resources for the side that wins

It must use any and every weapon available, including those that kill civilians indiscriminately

It must be declared by a single private individual acting on their own, rather than by a proper authority

It must have a just cause and be a last resort

The belief that violence and war are always wrong

The belief that all wars are holy and that fighting is a religious duty commanded directly by God

Strong support for the use of weapons of mass destruction as the best way to keep the peace through fear

A type of prayer used by believers to ask God to bring an end to fighting and conflict in the world

They are far too expensive to build and maintain, and the money could be far better spent on the poor

They kill civilians indiscriminately and cause disproportionate harm

They are not powerful enough to end a war quickly, so they only prolong the fighting and the suffering

They are only ever used in self-defence, which makes their use perfectly acceptable under just war rules

By consulting sacred texts and trying to work out what God's will is for each situation they face

By asking religious leaders, such as priests or imams, to tell them what the right thing to do is

Using reason, empathy and the consequences for human wellbeing

They have no way of deciding right from wrong at all, since they reject any belief in God or scripture

They are exactly the same idea, so the two words can be used to mean precisely the same thing

Exclusivism is the view that rejects all religion completely and holds that no faith is true at all

Pluralism is the view that only one single religion is true, and that all of the others are simply false

Exclusivism holds only one faith is true; pluralism holds many are valid paths

Conversation and co-operation between different religions to build understanding

Converting the followers of other religions by force, pressuring them to give up their own faith

A type of worship in which the followers of several different religions pray together in one service

A government law that requires every religion in the country to teach exactly the same beliefs

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, repaying every wrong with an equal act of revenge

Forgive seventy-seven times (Matthew 18:22) and love your enemies

Never forgive serious crimes, since some wrongs are far too great ever to be pardoned by a Christian

Forgiveness is impossible, because once a person has been wronged the harm done can never be undone