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Conversion

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When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.

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Miracle

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Something that seems to break the laws of science and makes you think only God could have done it.

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Numinous

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The feeling of the presence of something greater than you.

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Prayer

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An attempt to contact God, usually through words.

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Agnosticism

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Not being sure whether God exists.

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Atheism

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Believing that God doesn’t exist.

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Omnipotent

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The belief that God is all-powerful.

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Omni-benevolent

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The belief that God is all-good.

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Omniscient

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The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that will happen.

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Moral evil

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Actions done by humans which will cause suffering.

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Natural evil

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Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans.

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Free will

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The idea that humans beings are free to make their own choices.

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Paranormal

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Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes

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Immortality of the soul

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

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Resurrection

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The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of time when it is raised

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Near-death experience

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When somebody about to die has an out of body experience

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Reincarnation

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The belief that, after death, souls are reborn in to a new body

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Abortion

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

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Sanctity of life

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The belief that all life is holy and belongs to God

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Assisted suicide

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Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

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Euthanasia

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The painless killing of a person dying from a painful disease

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Non-voluntary euthanasia

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Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask but you have good reason for thinking that they would want you to do so e.g. turning off a life support machine

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Quality of life

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The belief that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living

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Voluntary euthanasia

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Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death

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Homosexuality

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Sexual attraction to the same sex

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Adultery

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A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner

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Cohabitation

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Living together without being married

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Faithfulness

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Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them

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Pre-marital sex

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Sex before marriage

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Promiscuity

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Having sex with a number of partners without commitment

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Procreation

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Making a new life

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Re-marriage

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Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

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Civil partnership

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A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a married couple

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Nuclear family

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A mother, father and children living together as a unit

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Re-constituated family

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Where two sets of children (step brothers and step sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other

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Contraception

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Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

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Community cohesion

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A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society

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Religious freedom

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The right to practice your religion and change your religion

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Discrimination

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Treating people less favourably because of their gender /class /ethnicity /colour /age /colour

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Prejudice

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Believing that some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them

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Sexism

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Discrimination against people because of their gender (being male or female)

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Ethnic minority

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A member of an ethic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group.

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Multi ethnic society

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Many different races and cultures living together in one society

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Racism

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The belief that some races are superior to others

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Racial harmony

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Different races/colours living together happily

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Multi-faith society

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Many different religions living together in one society

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Religious pluralism

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Accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist

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Interfaith marriage

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Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions.

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