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Shhs Religious studies key words Flashcards

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Organ donation

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Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery

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Bible

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The holy book of christians

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Decalogue

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The ten commandments

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The church

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The community of church (with a small c means a christian place of worship

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Situation ethics

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The idea that christmans should base moral discisions on what is the most loving thing to do

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Human rights

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The rights and freedom to which everyone is entitled

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Democratic processes

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The ways in which citizens can take part in the goverment

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Golden rule

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The teaching of jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you

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Pressure group

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A group foamed to influence government policy on a particular issue

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Political party

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A group in which trys to be elected to be in power of a particular issue

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Electoral processes

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The way in which voting is organised

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Global warming

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The increase in temperature of the earth’s atmosphere (to be thought to be caused by green house effect

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Natural resources

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Naturally occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land which can be used by humans

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Conservation

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Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

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Creation

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The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created

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Environment

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The surroundings in which plant and animals live on and depend to live

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Stewardship

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Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation

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Artificial insemination

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Inserting semen into the uterus by artifical means

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Embryo

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A fertilised egg in its first 8 weeks of conception

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Infertility

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Not being able to have children

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IVF

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The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube

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Omniscient

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The belief that god knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen

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Prayer

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An attempt to contact god usually through words

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Social change

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The way in which society has changed and is changing (and also possible change in the future)

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Sexism

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Descriminating against people because of there gender

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Conflict resolution

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Bringing a fight or a conflict to a peaceful conclusion

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Religious pluralism

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Accepting all religions as havjng a equal right to coexist

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The united nations

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An international body set up to promote world peace and co-operation

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Religious freedom

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The right to practice your religion and change your religion

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World peace

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The ending of war throughout the whole world ( the basic aim of the united nation)

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Racism

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The belief that some religion are better than others

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Just war

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A war that is fought for the right reasons and in the right way

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Racial harmony

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Diffrent races/coulors living together happily

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Pacifism

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The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means

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Prejudice

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Believing that someone is superior without even meeting them

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Weapons of mass destruction

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Weapons that can destroy large areas and amounts of people

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Multi-ethnic society

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Many different races and cultures living together with in one society

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Bullyinng

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Frightening/intimidating someone weaker than yourself

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Interfaith marriages

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Marriage where husband and wife are from different religions

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Respect

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Treating a person or there feelings with consideration

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Ethnic minority

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A member of a ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the minority group

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Forgiveness

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Stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for something they have done

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Discrimination

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Treating someone less favourite because of there religion/race/gender/sexuality/age and class

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Reconciliation

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Bringinf together people who were opposed from eachother

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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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Aggression

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Attacking without being provoked

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Re-marriage

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Marrying again after being divorced from a different marriage

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Exploytation

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Taking advantage of a weaker group

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Re-constituted family

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Where two sets of children (step sisters and step brothers) come together to foam one family when thier divorced parents marry

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Crime

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An act against the law

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Promiscuity

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Having sex with a number of people without committing

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Judgement

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An act of judging people and thier actions

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Procreation

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Making new life

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Justice

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Due allocation or reward and punishment/the maintaince of what is right

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Pre-marrrital sex

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Sex before marriage

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Law

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Rules made by the parliament and enforced by the courts

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Nuclear family

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Mother, father and children living as a unit

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Capital punishment

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The death penalty for a crime or an offence

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Homosexuality

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Sexual attractions to those of the same sex

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Deterrence

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The idea that punishment should be of such a naturethat they will be put of commiting the crimes

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Faithfulness

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Staying with your marriage partner and only havjng sex with them

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Rehabilitation

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Restore of normal life

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Contraception

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Intentionally preventing from pregnancy from happening

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Reform

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The idea that punishments should try change criminals so they will not commit crimes again

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Cohabitation

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Living together without being married

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Retribution

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The idea that punishments should maje cfiminals pay for what they have done

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Civil partnerships

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A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same rights as husband and wife

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Sins

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An act against the will of god

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Adultery

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An sexual act between a married person and someone from the outside of that marriage

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Addiction

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A recurring composition to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects

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Voluntary euthanasia

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Ending life painlessly when someonein great pain asks for death

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Responsibility

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Being responsible for ones actions

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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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Agnosticism

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Not being sure weather god exists

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Non voluntary euthanasia

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Ending someones life painlessly when they and unable to ask but you have a good reason why theyd be thinking to do so

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Atheism

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Belief that god doesnt exist

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Euthanasia

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The painless killing of someone dying from a painfull disease

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Omnipotent

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The belief that god is all powerful

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Immortality of the soul

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The idea that the soul carries on after the body is dead

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Omni-benevolent

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The belief that god is all-loving

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Resurrection

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The belieg that after death the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when the body is then raised

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Numinous

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The feeling of the presence of something greater than you

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Near death experience

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When someone whos about to die has an out of body experience (one that cant be explained)

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Natural evil

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Things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

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Paranormal

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Unexplained things that are thought to be spiritual causes eg. Ghost /mediums

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Moral evil

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Actions done by humans that cause suffering

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Reincarnation

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

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Miracle

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Somethi g that seems to break the laws of science and makes you think of what could have done it

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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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Free will

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The belief that humans are able to make there own choices

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Sacitity of life

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The belief that life is holy and belongs to god

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Conversion

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When your life is changed by giving yourself to god

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Assisted suicide

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Providing a seriously ill person with the idea to comit suicide

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Surrogacy

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An arrangement whereby a women bears a child of behlaf of another women or when an egg is fertilised by the man through IVF and then implanted in the women uterus

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