What Is the 5th Commandment?

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 The commandment prohibits injury and direct attack to human life.

Life is Gods greatest gift to us, especially since He made us in His own image and likeness. Page 3

 Life is sacred so it should be respected.

God showed us the dignity of life when He allowed His Son to become man and share His life with us.

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 All of us have the responsibility to take care of our life and the life of others. We follow Jesus command to love others as ourselves when we

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Issues on
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Commandment

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Respect for Human Life Spiritual abuse include acts such as saying bad words and teasing, insulting, name-calling, bullying, and making fun of others.
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Conservation of Existing Life

Physical abuse Fighting Murder Kidnapping Terrorism torture

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a. The Duty to Conserve Ones Own Life

To protect ones life, each person is permitted to defend himself/herself when under attack even if it will cause death to the unjust aggressor. Legitimate self-defence is morally acceptable.
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b. Respect for the Life of Others

If you do not own your own life, you certainly cannot dispose the life of others.

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c. Capital Punishment
Evangelium Vitae, an encyclical, formally confirmed the churchs resistance to the use of death penalty.

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d. Abortion
Two Kinds: Spontaneous when it occurs naturally Induced when it is brought about through human intervention
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Meaning of Death
Euthanasia ending ones life or doing away with the handicapped and terminally ill.
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Two Kinds of Euthanasia

To forgo so called aggressive medical treatment
To forgo extraordinary means
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Respect for the Body

The human body must be treated with high respect and it should not be mutilated, disfigured or abused. Example: Sex Change/Sterilization, Plastic Surgery and Liposuction
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 Organ transplant is not accepted if the means of it not to promote or save life but for ones own personal needs.

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Cloning
It is gravely sinful and contrary to the moral law because it opposes the conjugal union of married couples in procreation. Example: Artificial insemination, vitro fertilization and use of frozen embryos
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Illicit Use of Drugs, Cigarettes and Alcohol

They damage the body They reduce a person to the level of an animal by impairing his ability to think clearly.
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