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94 Cards in this Set
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what is agnosticism? |
not being sure whether God Exists |
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what is atheism? |
believing God exists |
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what is conversion? |
when your life is changed by giving it to God |
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What is free will? |
the idea that humans beings are free to make their own choices |
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what is a miracle? |
something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it |
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what is moral evil? |
actions done by humans which cause suffering |
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what is natural evil? |
things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans |
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what is omni-benevolent? |
the belief that God is all-good |
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what is omnipotent? |
the belief that God is all-powerful |
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what is omniscient? |
the belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen |
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what is a prayer? |
an attempt to contact God, usually through words |
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what is an abortion? |
the removal of the foetus from the womb before it can survive |
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what is assisted suicide? |
providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide |
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what is euthanasia? |
the painless killing os someone dying from a painful disease |
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what is immortality of the soul? |
the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body |
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what is a near-death experience? |
when someone about to die has an out of body experience |
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what is non-voluntary euthanasia? |
ending someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have a good reason for thinking they would want you to do so |
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what is the paranormal? |
unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g. ghosts, medium/ |
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what is the quality of life? |
the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living |
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what is reincarnation? |
the belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body |
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what is 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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what is the sanctity of life? |
the belief that ice is holy and belongs to God |
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what is voluntary euthanasia? |
ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death |
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what is adultery? |
a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their married partner |
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what is a civil partnership? |
a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife |
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what is cohabitation? |
living together without being married |
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what is contraception? |
intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring |
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what is faithfulness? |
staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them |
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what is homosexuality? |
sexual attraction to the same sex |
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what is a nuclear family? |
mother, father and children living as a unit |
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what is pre-martial sex? |
sex before marriage |
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what is procreation? |
making a new life |
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what is promiscuity? |
having sex with a number of partners without commitment |
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what is a re-constituted family? |
where two sets of children (stepbrothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents remarry each other |
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what is re-marriage? |
marrying again after being divorces from a previous marriage |
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what is community cohesion? |
a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society |
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what is discrimination? |
treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/gender/colour/sexuality/age/class |
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what is an ethnic minority? |
a ember of an ethnic group (race) which is smaller than the majority group |
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what is an interfaith marriage? |
marriage where husband and wife are from different religions |
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what is a multi-ethnic society? |
many different races and cultures living together in one society |
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what is a multi-faith society? |
many different religions living together in one society |
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what is prejudice? |
believing some people are inferior or superior without evening knowing them |
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what is racial harmony? |
different races/colours living together happily |
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what is racism? |
the belief that some races are superior to others |
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what is religious freedom |
the right to practise your religion and change your religion |
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what is religious pluralism? |
accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist |
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what is sexism? |
discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female) |
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what is the decalogue? 2 |
the ten commandments |
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what is a Church? 2 |
the community of christians |
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what is conscience?2 |
an inner thought or feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action |
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what is situation ethics?2 |
the idea that CHRISTIANS SHOULD BASE MORAL DECISIONS ON WHAT THE MOST LOVING THING TO DO |
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what is human rights?2 |
the rights and freedom to which everyone is entitled |
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what is the democratic processes?2 |
the ways in which all citizens ken take part in government (usually through elections) |
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what is an electoral processes?2 |
the ways in which voting is organised |
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what is a political party?2 |
a group which tries to be elected into power on ts policies |
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what is a pressure group?2 |
a group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue |
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what is the golden rule? |
the teaching of Jesus that you should treat others as you would like them to treat you |
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what is social change?2 |
the way in which society has changed and is changing |
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what is crime?2 |
an act against the law |
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what is judgement?2 |
the act of judging people and their actions |
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what is justice?2 |
due allocation of reward and punishment / the maintenance of what is right |
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what is law?2 |
rules made by parliament and enforceable by the courts |
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what is capital punishment?2 |
the death penalty for a crime or offence |
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what id deterrence?2 |
the idea that punishments should be of such a nature that they will put people of committing crimes |
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what is rehabilitation?2 |
restore to normal life |
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what is reform?2 |
the idea that punishment should try to change criminals so they will not commit crimes again |
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what is retribution?2 |
the idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they have done wrong |
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what is sin?2 |
an act against the will of God |
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what is addiction?2 |
a recurring compulsive to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects |
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what is responsibility?2 |
being responsible for one's action |
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What is Global Warming?2 |
the increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere (thought to be caused by the greenhouse effect) |
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What are natural resources?2 |
naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans |
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What is conservation?2 |
protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment |
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What is creation?2 |
the act of creating the universe which has been created |
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What is the environment?2 |
the surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend on |
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What is stewardship?2 |
looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation |
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What is artificial insemination?2 |
injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means |
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What is an embryo?2 |
a fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after conception |
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what is infertility?2 |
not being able to have children |
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what is in-vitro fertilisation (IVF)?2 |
the method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube |
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What is surrogacy?2 |
an arrangement whereby a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman or where an egg is donated and fertilised by the man through IVF and then implanted into the woman's uterus |
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What is an organ donation?2 |
giving organs to be used in transplant surgery |
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What is a conflict resolution?2 |
bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion |
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What is The United Nations?2 |
an international body set up to promote world peace and co-operation |
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What is world peace?2 |
the ending if war throughout the whole world (the basic aim of the United Nations) |
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What is aggression?2 |
attacking without being provoked |
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What is exploitation?2 |
taking advantage of a weaker group |
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What is a just war?2 |
a war that is thought for the right reasons and in a right way |
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What is pacifism?2 |
the belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means |
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What is a weapon of mass destruction?2 |
weapons which can destroy large areas and numbers of people |
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What is bullying?2 |
intimidating/frightening people weaker that yourself |
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What is respect?2 |
treating a person or their feelings with consideration |
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What is forgiveness?2 |
stopping blaming someone and or/pardoning them for what they have done wrong |
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What is reconciliation?2 |
bringing together people who were opposed to each other
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