Catholic Christianity Flashcards

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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 does not exist

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Conversion

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When your life is changed by giving yourself to God

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Free will

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The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices

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Miracle

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Something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it

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Moral evil

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Actions done by humans which 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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Numinous

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The feeling of the presence of something greater than yourself

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Omni-benevolent

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The belief that God is all-love

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Omnipotent

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The belief that God is all powerful

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Omniscient

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

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Prayer

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An attempt to contact God, usually through words

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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 the world when it is raised

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Near death experience

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When someone about to die has an out of body experience

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Paranormal

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

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Reincarnation

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

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Abortion

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The removal of the foetus from the uterus before it can survive

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Sanctity of life

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The belief that 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 someone dying from a painful disease

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Non-voluntary euthanasia

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

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Quality of life

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The idea 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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Adultry
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
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Civil partnership
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as husband and wife
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Cohabitation
Living together without getting married
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Contraception
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring
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Faithfulness
Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them
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Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to the same sex
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Nuclear family
Mother,father and children living as a unit
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Pre-martial sex
Sex before marriage
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Procreation
Making a new life
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Promiscuity
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment
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Re-constituted family
Where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
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Re-marriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
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Community cohesion
A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
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Discrimination
Treating people less favourable because of their ethnicity/gender/sexuality/age/class
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Ethnic minority
A member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group.
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Interfaith Marriages
Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions
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Multi-ethnic society
Many different races and cultures living together in one society
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Multi-faith society
Many different religion living together in one society
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Prejudice
Believing some people are in inferior or superior without even knowing them
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Racial harmony
Different races/colours living together happily
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Racism
The belief that some races are superior to others
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Religious Freedom
The right to practise your religion and change your religion
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Sexism
Discriminating against people because of their gender
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Religious pluralism
Accepting all religions as having a equal right to coexist