Unit 3 Key Words

Question 1

Agnosticism

Answer 1

not being sure whether God exists

Question 2

Atheism

Answer 2

believing that God does not exist

Question 3

Conversion

Answer 3

when your life is changed by giving yourself to God

Question 4

Free Will

Answer 4

the idea that human beings are free to make their own choices

Question 5

Miracle

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Moral Evil

Answer 6

actions done by humans that cause suffering

Question 7

Natural Evil

Answer 7

things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

Question 8

Numinous

Answer 8

the feeling of the presence of something greater than you

Question 9

Omni-benevolent

Answer 9

the belief that God is all-good

Question 10

Omnipotent

Answer 10

the belief that God is all-powerful

Question 11

Omniscient

Answer 11

the belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen

Question 12

Prayer

Answer 12

an attempt to contact God usually through words

Question 13

Abortion

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Assisted suicide

Answer 14

providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

Question 15

Euthansia

Answer 15

the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease

Question 16

Immortality of the soul

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Near-death experience

Answer 17

when someone about to die has an out of body experience

Question 18

Non-voluntary euthanasia

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Paranormal

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Quality of life

Answer 20

the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living

Question 21

Reincarnation

Answer 21

the belief, that after death, souls are reborn in a new body

Question 22

Resurrection

Answer 22

the belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised

Question 23

Sanctity of life

Answer 23

the belief that life is holy and belongs to God

Question 24

Voluntary euthanasia

Answer 24

ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death

Question 25

Adultery

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Civil partnership

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Cohabitation

Answer 27

living together without being married

Question 28

Contraception

Answer 28

intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring

Question 29

Faithfulness

Answer 29

staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them

Question 30

Homosexuality

Answer 30

sexual attraction to the same sex

Question 31

Nuclear Family

Answer 31

mother, father and children living together as a unit

Question 32

Pre-marital sex

Answer 32

sex before marriage

Question 33

Procreation

Answer 33

making a new life

Question 34

Promiscuity

Answer 34

having sex with a number of partners without commitment

Question 35

Re-constituted family

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Re-marriage

Answer 36

marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

Question 37

Community cohesion

Answer 37

a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society

Question 38

Discrimination

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Ethnic minority

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Interfaith marriages

Answer 40

marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions

Question 41

Multi-ethnic society

Answer 41

many different races and cultures living together in one society

Question 42

Multi-faith society

Answer 42

many different religions living together in one society

Question 43

Prejudice

Answer 43

believing that some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them

Question 44

Racial Harmony

Answer 44

different races/colours living together happily

Question 45

Racism

Answer 45

the belief that some races are superior to others

Question 46

Religious freedom

Answer 46

the right to practise your religion and change your religion

Question 47

Religious pluralism

Answer 47

accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist

Question 48

Sexism

Answer 48

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