“ WE ARE STEWARDS OF LIFE; WE MUST RESPECT AND CARE FOR OUR OWN LIVES AND THE

LIVES OF OTHERS.”

LESSON 4: THE ADOLESCENT AND LESSON 4: THE ADOLESCENT AND ANTI- LIFE ISSUESANTI- LIFE ISSUES

- A SPECIAL GIFT GIVEN BY GOD FROM THE MOMENT WE ARE CONCEIVED IN OUR MOTHER’S WOMB

- SACRED- WE ARE CREATED INTO GOD’S OWN

IMAGE AND LIKENESS- DIGNIFIED- INCARNATION

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- GOD ALONE IS THE ULTIMATE LORD AND MASTER OF LIFE. LIFE COMES FROM GOD AND BELONGS TO GOD.

- WE ARE STEWARDS OF LIFE, NOT MASTERS OF IT

- PRESENCE OF ANGER AND ENVY OF MAN- CONSEQUENCES OF ORIGINAL SIN

55thth commandment commandment

1. GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSINGGENOCIDE- GENOCIDE- THE DELIBERATE AND

SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF A RACIAL, POLITICAL OR CULTURAL GROUP.

ETHNIC CLEANSING- ETHNIC CLEANSING- THE ELIMINATION OF AN UNWANTED GROUP FROM THE SOCIETY, AS BY GENOCIDE OR FORCED MIGRATION.

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2. 2. TERRORISM, TORTURE, KIDNAPPING AND HOSTAGE TAKING

TERRORISM- TERRORISM- THREATENS, WOUNDS, AND KILLS INDISCRIMINATELY

TORTURE- TORTURE- USES PHYSICAL OR MORAL VIOLENCE

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3. 3. STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CLONINGSTEM CELLS- STEM CELLS- PRIMITIVE CELLS THAT

HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME MANY DIFFERENT CELLS

- CALLED “MASTER CELLS”

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1.EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS (ES CELLS)- 1.EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS (ES CELLS)- OBTAINED FROM EMBRYOS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED FROM IVF OR IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.

- TOTIPOTENT OR PLURIPOTENT2. ADULT STEM CELLS (AS CELLS)ADULT STEM CELLS (AS CELLS)- MULTIPOTENT OR PLURIPOTENT

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4. 4. STERILIZATIONTYPES OF STERILIZATIONTYPES OF STERILIZATION1. DIRECT STERILIZATION2. INDIRECT STERILIZATION

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5. DEATH PENALTY OR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT3 REASONS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT3 REASONS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT1. TO SET RIGHT THE DISORDER

CAUSED BY CRIMINAL OFFENSES2. TO CORRECT OFFENDER3. TO PRESERVE PUBLIC ORDER AND

PERSONAL SAFETY

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ANSWER PAGE 156- 157, LETTERS A AND B.

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