Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
48 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
agnosticism
|
not being sure whether God exists
|
|
atheism
|
believing that God does not exist
|
|
conversion
|
when your life is changed by giving yourself to God
|
|
free will
|
the idea that humans are free to make their own choices
|
|
miracle
|
something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it
|
|
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 all-good
|
|
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,usually through words
|
|
abortion
|
the removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
|
|
assisted suicide
|
providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
|
|
euthanasia
|
the painless killing of someone dying of a painful disease
|
|
immortality of the soul
|
the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
|
|
near-death experience
|
when somebody about to die has an out of body experience
|
|
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
|
|
paranormal
|
unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual cause e.g ghosts,mediums
|
|
quality of life
|
the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
|
|
reincarnation
|
the belief that, after death, souls are reborn into a new body
|
|
resurrection
|
the belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world, when it is raised
|
|
sanctity of life
|
the belief that life is holy and belongs to God
|
|
voluntary euthanasia
|
ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
|
|
adultery
|
a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
|
|
civil partnership
|
a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
|
|
cohabitation
|
living together without being married
|
|
contraception
|
intentionally preventing a pregnancy from occurring
|
|
faithfulness
|
staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them
|
|
homosexuality
|
sexual attraction to the same sex
|
|
nuclear family
|
mother, father and children living as a unit
|
|
pre-marital sex
|
sex before marriage
|
|
procreation
|
making a new life
|
|
promiscuity
|
having sex with a number of partners without commitment
|
|
re-constituted family
|
where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
|
|
re-marriage
|
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
|
|
community cohesion
|
a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
|
|
discrimination
|
treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/gender/colour/sexuality/age/class
|
|
ethnic minority
|
a member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group
|
|
interfaith marriages
|
a marriage in which the husband and wife are from different religions
|
|
multi-ethnic society
|
many different races and cultures living together in one society
|
|
multi-faith society
|
many different religions living together in one society
|
|
prejudice
|
believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them
|
|
racial harmony
|
different races/colours living together happily
|
|
racism
|
the belief that some races are superior to others
|
|
religious freedom
|
the right to practise your religion and change your religion
|
|
religious pluralism
|
accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist
|
|
sexism
|
discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female)
|