OCR A-level Religious Studies Paper 3 Christian thought - 20th June 2025 [Exam Chat]

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Reply 40

pinkmangoes

im so cooked🙏

Reply 41

E6E

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by pinkmangoes

im so cooked🙏

same I'm dreading this paper so much

Reply 42

amycanpost

Why is this exam so late I do NOT have the motivation any moreeeee!!! Anyone else??? :’)

Reply 43

E6E

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by amycanpost

Why is this exam so late I do NOT have the motivation any moreeeee!!! Anyone else??? :’)

NO FR and the heat too

Reply 44

ilovebagels!!

the heat is killing me ugh and theres SO much content

Reply 45

ilovebagels!!

does anyone know when secularism last came up? :smile:

Reply 46

hunniexo

could i sack off christian moral principles?

Reply 47

luluLMH2006

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by hunniexo

could i sack off christian moral principles?

it came up last year so potentially to be honest, but you never know with ocr

Reply 48

luluLMH2006

does anyone have an idea of how they would write the essay question "Does God's judgement take place immediately after death or at the end of time?"

Reply 49

Graceybug

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by luluLMH2006

does anyone have an idea of how they would write the essay question "Does God's judgement take place immediately after death or at the end of time?"

Prob skip this one

Reply 50

arcticfunkies

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by ilovebagels!!

does anyone know when secularism last came up? :smile:

2020 i’m pretty sure, i hope it’s on the paper tbh

Reply 51

Aymzed

It’s not likely natural law will come up considering it came up twice in the last paper is it?

Reply 52

lucypol

probs gonna be up all night revising yay

Reply 53

amelia.ramp

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by luluLMH2006

does anyone have an idea of how they would write the essay question "Does God's judgement take place immediately after death or at the end of time?"

i think youd contrast catholicism and calvin (that theres particular and general judgement) with millenarianists who think theres one final judgement after christ rules for 1000 years, then refute this by saying catholics believe this is really the church enacting god's rule on earth. theres litch nothing on it in my text book i swr

Reply 54

amelia.ramp

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by Aymzed

It’s not likely natural law will come up considering it came up twice in the last paper is it?

not alone, but i think it can as part of natural theology v revealed or moral principles as heternomous ethics, tho u dont necesarrily hv to mention it

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Reply 55

lucypol

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by luluLMH2006

does anyone have an idea of how they would write the essay question "Does God's judgement take place immediately after death or at the end of time?"

in my textbook it brings up

PARTICULAR JUDGEMENT:

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irenaeus' final day of judgement before entering heaven (god's whole plan of the universe comes to its conclusion and time comes to an end)

before this they live in peaceful happiness
+some saints might be admitted into a fast track to heaven without having to wait
some bible passages support this

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calvin supported this too - dead are conscious either in peaceful bliss or pain depending on what god has chosen for them

FINAL JUDGEMENT:
otherwise known as last judgement - whole nations judges as well as every person in a final conclusion to all of creation

STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN OR HELL:

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rich man and lazarus - lazarus taken straight to heaven (BUT this is an illustrative story)

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many christian prayers refer to the deceased as though they are already in heaven

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luke's gospel 'truly i tell you, today you will be with me in paradise' (BUT in the original greek test there is no comma 'i tell you today you will be with me in heaven' = confusion as to whether or not it is immediate or not

idk if this is usefulll but it is all that is in my book
i would use these points and then say that there is ultimately no way of knowing and that christians have different views

Reply 56

lucypol

+i think the most popular view is that there is particular judgement rather than immediate judgement
so if i were to lean a specific way i would argue that the biblical implications of immediate judgement aren't convincing enough

Reply 57

FranceZO

I've got three subtopics I haven't done - Is hell eternal, Jesus as a wisdom teacher or political liberator, and faith as sufficient belief in God. How likely are these to come up? 😭 Might look over the first one at least just in case.

Reply 58

FranceZO

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by luluLMH2006

does anyone have an idea of how they would write the essay question "Does God's judgement take place immediately after death or at the end of time?"

I used parable of the sheep and the goats (end of time), rich man and Lazarus (particular) and millenarianism (end of time) although I think you could argue Hick's purgatory for particular as well.