Explain what religious people might do to help the victims of war [6 marks]                                             Generally, religious people believe that you should care for other people in the world and that life is very sacred. They all believe that war is morally wrong and that you should especially help victims of war in order to help them live. Christians, like all other topics, refer to the bible when seeking guidance for what to do to help victims of the war. Matthew 5:38 – 48 states “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek let him slap the other cheek” helps Christians see that you should help other people no matter what the circumstances and do not take offence from other people but still love your enemies; in context to helping victims of war it is saying that we should help these people even if we don’t know them or if they regarded as our foe. A good
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example of where someone helped their enemy is in the parable of The Good Samaritan which is explained in Luke 10:25-37 is about a man who was attacked by robbers; he was left lying helplessly in the middle of the road and certain people walked past him. First a priest walked past and then a Levite and surprisingly none of these people helped the man but just walked on as if they had never noticed him on the floor. However, a Samaritan was walking past and went over to man and helped him and even paid an inn keeper to ...

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