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Define assisted suicide

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Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

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Define euthanasia

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The painless killing of a person who is dying from a painful disease

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Define immortality of the soul

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The idea that the soul lives in after the death of the body

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Define a near-death experience

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When someone who is about to die has an out of body experience

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Define non voluntary euthanasia

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Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have to have a good reason for thinking why they would want you to do so

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Define paranormal

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Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, e.g ghosts, mediums

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Define quality of life

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The idea that life must have some benefits and is worth living

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Define reincarnation

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The belief that after death souls are reborn into a new body

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Define ressurection

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The belief that after death the body stays in the grace until the end of the world when it is raised

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Define sanctity of life

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The belief that life is holy and belongs to God

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Define voluntary euthanasia

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Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death

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Define abortion

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The removal of a foetus from a womb before it can survive

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What do all Christians believe in with life after death

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There is an afterlife for those who believe in God

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What do Christians believe happens to the body after death

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It stays in the ground

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What do chrisitians believe happens to the soul after death

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It goes on to God for judgement

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After death what happens to those whom…

1) have been good
2) are unrepentant sinners

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1) go to heaven

2) go to hell

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What is purgatory and who believes in it

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Purgatory is when the souls of sinners are sent to be cleansed, Catholics believe in it

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What happens to good people in purgatory

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  • When the world ends Jesus will return to Earth to raise the dead,
  • God will make a new heaven and the souls still in purgatory will go to heaven
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What do Protestants believe about hell

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There is no hell

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What is immortality of the soul

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The idea that the souls live on after death

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Why do Protestants believe in life after death, name to reasons

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1) some Protestants think that the paranormal is evidence that their is an afterlife
2) Jesus told a thief on the cross that he would be in heaven that day

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Why do evangelical Christians believe in life after death, name 2 reasons

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1) Jesus’ body was raised from the dead
2) the creed (St Paul)

” I believe In the resurrection of the body and everlasting life “

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What is the creed, who wrote it

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Wrote by St Paul: “I believe in the resurrection of the body and everlasting life”

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Why do Roman Catholics believe in life after death, name 2 reasons

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1) the resurrection of Jesus
2) the creed which says Jesus ‘ is seated at the right hand of the father and will come again to judge the living and the dead’

25
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Who will God reward according to Christians

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Those who haves lived their lives accruing to his will

26
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Give the five reasons how belief in the afterlife affects Christian lives

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1) confession
2) praying
3) doing good work
4) putting the teachings of the bible and the church into action
5) dedicating their lives to God ( possibly through becoming a nurse etc.)

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Give 3 Christian response to how the belief in afterlife affects their lives

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1) “ we should try and live our lives within the guidelines of the bible and the Church because they will be judged by God”
2) “ the afterlife teaches us to repent and forgive “
3) “ heaven offers comfort when our loved ones die “

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What do Muslims believe in (life after death)

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Akhirah - this means life after death

29
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What is a main belief of Muslims

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Akhirah - life after death

30
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Where does the Angel of death take a persons soul to?

What does it mean

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Barzakh

The stage between when a person dies and when they face judgement

31
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What will Allah judge each individual on

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The way they have lived their lives

32
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What happens to the body on the day of judgement

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It is resurrected

33
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What does allah look at to decide whether they were good or bad

What happens if their name is on the right side of the book?

What happens if their name is on the left hand side of the book?

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1) A book which two angels open, this contains a record of what a person has done in their lifetime
2) they are sent to al’Jannah ( paradise)
3) they are sent to Jahannam ( hell)

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What is al’ Jannah

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Paradise

35
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What is Jahannam

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Hell

36
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What does Islam teach about good and evil

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Good will be rewarded and evil will be punished

37
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What does the Qur’an teach

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Gods judgement is final

38
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Why do Muslims believe in the afterlife give 2 reasons

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The Qur’an - it states that we have come from Allahabad and we must return from Allah

The teachings and practise of the prophet

39
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What effect does the belief of an afterlife have on a Muslim

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They try to be a good Muslim by following the teachings of the Qur’an as they know that there actions will be judged by allah

40
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Can a non religious person believe in life after death

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Some do

41
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Name the 3 non - religious reasons for belief in the afterlife

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1) near death experiences
2) paranormal activity
3) reincarnation

42
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Explain a near death experience

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Near death experiences are reported within patients pronounced dead for a short period of time. They describe leaving their bodies and seeing themselves outside their body

Sometimes people have reported seeing dead relatives or a bright life.

43
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What are ghosts thought to be

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The spirits of dead people who have not travelled to the next place

44
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Which religions believe in reincarnation

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Hindus and Sikhs

45
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Name 2 other reasons why people believe in a. Afterlife

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1) death is hard to deal with

2) it makes sense that those who have led good lives and should be rewarded and those who have not should be punished

46
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Name the 4 reasons why some people reject belief in an afterlife

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Evidence - there is non
Humans are mortal- when a person dies the body decays ,how can there be anything else
Science - science explains everything in our world
Religion is outdated - religion used to control people in the past

47
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What do we mean when we say humans are mortal

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When their body decays how can there be anything else

We live then we die

48
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What does science explain

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Everything in our world - we should not believe in things that aren’t scientifically proven

49
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What does it mean when we say religion is outdated

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Beliefs in heaven and hell are outdated and were used to control people and their behaviour in the past

50
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Some argue God isn’t real so what does it not make sense to believe in

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Life after death

51
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What about the bible which contains this information

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It’s not as relevant

52
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Mediums claim to be able to do what?

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Contact the dead

53
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What do some people think about mediums

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They are a scam

54
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Give the 4 other reasons why people believe in an afterlife

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The idea death is DIFFICULT to deal with

Belief in afterlife makes life fairer

Sometimes people feel their loved ones who have died are still with them

Makes sense that those who’s good are rewarded and those who have not should be punished

55
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What are the meetings called where mediums contact the dead

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Séances

56
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Give the 4 reasons under

Religion is outdated

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Belief in heaven and hell were used to control people’s action in the past

Non belief in God means it doesn’t make sense to believe in afterlife

The bible is not as relevant today

Religion offers no good evidence

57
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Give the 2 reasons under

Humans are mortal

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We live then die

When a person dies the body decays how can there be anything else

58
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Name the 2 reasons under

Evidence

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There is no evidence of an afterlife - no one has ever returned

Mediums and others who try to prove an afterlife are tricking people

59
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Name the reason under

Science

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Science explains everything in our world we should not believe in unscientific things

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