Year 11 Key Words Flashcards

(37 cards)

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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 death of the body

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Reincarnation

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The belief that after death the soul is reborn in a new body

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Conversion

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When your life is changed by giving yourself to God

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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

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

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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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Re- marriage

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Marrying again after being divorced

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Discrimination

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Treating people less favourably because of their gender/colour/age/class

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Prayer

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An attempt to contact God, usually through words

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12
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Abortion

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

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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 with only them

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15
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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 as a unit

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Pre-marital 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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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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Near death experience

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When someone who is about to die has a 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

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Ethnic minority

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A member of ethnic group which is much smaller than the majority group

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Interfaith marriages

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A marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions

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Multi-ethnic society
Many different races and cultures living together in one society
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Multi faith society
Many different religions living together in one society
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Prejudice
Believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them
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Racial harmony
Different races living together happily
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Religious freedom
The right to practise your region and change your religion
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Sexism
Discriminating against people because of their gender
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Resurrection
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
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God
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Civil partnership
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
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Omniscient
The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen
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Omnipotent
The belief that God is all powerful
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Promiscity
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment
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Community cohesion
Common vision And shared sense of belonging for all groups in society