Unit 3 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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3
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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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6
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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 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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14
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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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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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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 eg 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 suffering in great pain asks for death

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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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Civil Partnership

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

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Cohabitation

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Living together without being married

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Contraception

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Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

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Faithfulness

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Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them

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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 as a unit

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Pre-martial Sex

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Sex before marriage

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Procreation

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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 much 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 some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them

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Racial Harmony

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Different race/colours living together happily

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Racism

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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

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Religious Pluralism

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Accepting all religions as having an equal right to co-exist

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Sexism

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