Year 11: Catholic Christianity Flashcards
(24 cards)
Atheism
Believing that God does not exist
Conversion
When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.
Free will
The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices.
Miracle
Something’s which seems to break a law of science and makes their own choices.
Moral evil
Actions done by humans which cause suffering.
Natural evil
Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans.
Numinous
The feeling of the presence of something greater than you.
Omni-benevolent
The belief that God is loving.
Omnipotent
The belief That God is all powerful
Omniscient
The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen.
Prayer
An attempt to contact God.
Agnosticism
Not being sure whether God exist.
Immortality of the soul
The idea that the soul lives on after death of the body.
Resurrection
The belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised.
Near death experience
When someone about to die has an out of boy experience
Paranormal
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g. Ghost, mediums.
Reincarnation
The belief that, after death, souls are reborn into a new body.
Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive.
Sanctity of life
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God.
Assisted suicide
Providing a seriously ill person which the means to commit suicide.
Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from painful disease.
Non-voluntary euthanasia
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.
Quality of life
The idea that the life must have some benefits for it to be worth living.
Voluntary euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death.
