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Unit 1 Key Words 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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Theism

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Believing that God does exist

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Prayer

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An attempt to contact God, usually through words

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Omnibenevolent

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The belief that God is good or kind

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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 that is going to happen

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

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Numinous

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The feeling or presence of something greater than you, e.g. in a Church or looking up at the stars

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Religious Experience

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An event where people feel that they have had direct contact with 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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Moral Evil

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Actions done by humans which cause suffering

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

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Heaven

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A place of paradise where God rules

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Hell

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A place of horrors where Satan rules

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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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Abortion

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

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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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An easy and gentle death

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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 they would you want you to do so, e.g. switching of a life support machine

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Voluntary euthanasia

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When someone dying in pain asks a doctor to end his/her life personally

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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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Purgatory

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A place Catholics believe you go to expiate sins before going to heaven

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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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Reincarnation

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

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Near death Experience (NDE)

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When someone about to die has an out of body experience

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Adultery

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An act of sexual intercourse 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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Marriage

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The condition of a man and woman legally united for the purpose of living together and, usually, having children

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Pre-martial sex

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Sex before marriage

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Promiscuity

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Having sex with a number of partner without commitment

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Homosexuality

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Sexual attraction to people of the same gender

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Annulment

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A declaration by the Church that a marriage never lawfully existed, this means the marriage is invalid and never truly existed.

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Re-marriage

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Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

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Extended family

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Children, parents and grandparents/aunts/ uncles living as a unit in close proximity

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Nuclear family

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Mother, father and children living as a unit

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Re-constituted family

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

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Celibate life

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One without sex

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Civil Partnership

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

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Contraception

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Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

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Procreation

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Making a new life

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Equality

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The state of everyone having equal rights regardless of gender/race/class

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Sexism

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

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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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Prejudice

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Believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them

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Discrimination

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Putting prejudice into practice and treating people less favourably because of their race/gender//class

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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 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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Religious freedom

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The right to practise your religion and change your religion

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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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Interfaith marriage

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Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions

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Ethnic Minority

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

GCSE RE keywords (34 decks)

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