The document discusses various anti-life issues from a Catholic perspective. It defines genocide, ethnic cleansing, terrorism, torture, kidnapping and issues with stem cell research and cloning that threaten human life. It also addresses sterilization and debates around the death penalty. The overall message is that all human life is sacred from conception and we have a duty as stewards to respect and care for our own lives and the lives of others.

1. LESSON 4: THE ADOLESCENT
AND ANTI- LIFE ISSUES
“ WE ARE STEWARDS OF LIFE; WE
MUST RESPECT AND CARE FOR OUR
OWN LIVES AND THE LIVES OF
OTHERS.”

2. life
- 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

3. 5th commandment
- 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

4. Antilife issues
1. GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING
GENOCIDE- THE DELIBERATE AND
SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF A
RACIAL, POLITICAL OR CULTURAL
GROUP .
ETHNIC CLEANSING- THE ELIMINATION
OF AN UNWANTED GROUP FROM THE
SOCIETY, AS BY GENOCIDE OR
FORCED MIGRATION.

5. Antilife issues
2. TERRORISM, TORTURE, KIDNAPPING AND
HOSTAGE TAKING
TERRORISM- THREATENS, WOUNDS, AND
KILLS INDISCRIMINATELY
TORTURE- USES PHYSICAL OR MORAL
VIOLENCE

6. Antilife issues
3. STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CLONING
STEM CELLS- PRIMITIVE CELLS THAT
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
MANY DIFFERENT CELLS
- CALLED “ MASTER CELLS”

7. Antilife issues
1.EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS (ES CELLS)-
OBTAINED FROM EMBRYOS THAT HAVE
BEEN DEVELOPED FROM IVF OR IN VITRO
FERTILIZATION.
- TOTIPOTENT OR PLURIPOTENT
2. ADULT STEM CELLS (AS CELLS)
- MULTIPOTENT OR PLURIPOTENT

8. Antilife issues
4. STERILIZATION
TYPES OF STERILIZATION
1. DIRECT STERILIZATION
2. INDIRECT STERILIZATION

9. Antilife issues
5. DEATH PENALTY OR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
3 REASONS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
1. TO SET RIGHT THE DISORDER CAUSED
BY CRIMINAL OFFENSES
2. TO CORRECT OFFENDER
3. TO PRESERVE PUBLIC ORDER AND
PERSONAL SAFETY

10. Antilife issues
ANSWER P AGE 156-
157, LETTERS A
AND B.