Explain how the beliefs you have outlined might be used by a Christian concerned about issues of prejudice and discrimination in society. In your answer refer to one or more types of prejudice listed in the specification.

Another way a person concerned about prejudice and discrimination could help stop it is to try to tackle it in their everyday lives, for example if they saw a person being racially abused in the street, they should help them out, especially if they are the same race as the abusers. I say this because if white people were racially abusing a black person, and another black person helped them, then both of them would get abused, and this might stop a black person from intervening. However if a white person helped a black person who was being abused, the other white people would see that not all white people hated black people and might change their ways. An example of where this happened was the parable of the Good Samaritan, where the stranger of a different race helped a man who was not helped by his own race.

Another example of discrimination is sexism. A Christian concerned about sexism in society could be an activist against it. They could set up a group against it and make more people oppose it. Another way a person could help stop sexism in society is to not do it themselves.

However, I don’t think that all Christians would feel the same way. I think that if a person saw another person being abused for something that they are (a black person saw another black person being abused because they were black) they would not intervene for rear that they would also be abused and might be more abused for trying to stop the abusers. Another reason that I think not al Christians would respond by trying to stop the discrimination is because they don’t think it is wrong. A person who did not do to church may not have heard any readings or gospels that condemn discrimination.

In conclusion, I think that a Christian concerned about discrimination and prejudice in society should try and not do it themselves, and they should try and stop people who do it. However, I think that not all Christians would respond in the same way mainly because of fear that they would be abused, but also because they don’t think it is wrong.