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Unit 3 Key Words Flashcards

1
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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 the laws 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 that 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 you

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Omni-benevolent

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the belief that God is all-good

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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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Prayer

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an attempt to contact God usually through words

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13
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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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Euthansia

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the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease

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Immortality of the soul

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the idea that the soul live on after the death of the body

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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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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 want you to do so.

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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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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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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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Sanctity of life

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the belief that life is holy and belongs to God

24
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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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Adultery

A

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

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Civil partnership

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

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Cohabitation

A

living together without being married

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Contraception

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intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring

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Faithfulness

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staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them

30
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Homosexuality

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sexual attraction to the same sex

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Nuclear Family

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mother, father and children living together as a unit

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Pre-marital sex

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sex before marriage

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Procreation

A

making a new life

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Promiscuity

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having sex with a number of partners without commitment

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Re-constituted family

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where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other

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Re-marriage

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marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

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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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Discrimination

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

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Ethnic minority

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

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Interfaith marriages

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marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions

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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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Multi-faith society

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many different religions living together in one society

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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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Racial Harmony

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different races/colours living together happily

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Racism

A

the belief that some races are superior to others

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Religious freedom

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the right to practise your religion and change your religion

47
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Religious pluralism

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accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist

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Sexism

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

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