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64 Cards in this Set
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What is immortality of the soul?
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The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body.
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What is resurrection?
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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 a near-death experience?
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When someone about to die has an out-of-body experience.
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What is paranormal?
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Unexplained things that are thought to have spiritual causes.
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What is reincarnation?
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The belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body.
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What is abortion?
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The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive.
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What is sanctity of life?
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The belief that life is holy and belongs to God.
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What is assisted suicide?
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Providing a seriously ill person with the person with the means to commit suicide.
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What is euthanasia?
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The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease.
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What is 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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What is voluntary euthanasia?
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Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death.
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What is quality of life?
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The idea that life must ahve some benefits for it to be worth living.
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What is a civil partnership?
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A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife.
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What is cohibitation?
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Living together without being married.
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What is homosexuality?
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Sexual attraction to people of the same sex.
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What is a nuclear family?
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Mother, Father and children living as a unit.
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What is a re-constituted family?
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Where two-sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.
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What is adultery?
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A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner.
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What is faithfulness?
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Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them.
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What is pre-marital sex?
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Sex before marriage
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What is promiscuity?
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Having sex with a number of partners without commitment.
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What is re-marriage?
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Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage, or after the death of a marriage partner.
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What is contraception?
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Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring.
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What is procreation?
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Making a new life.
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What is discrimination?
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Treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity, gender, colour, sexuality, age or class.
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What is prejudice?
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The belief that some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them.
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What is sexism?
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Discrimination against people because of their gender (being male or female)
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What is ethnic minority?
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A member of an ethnic group (race) that is smaller than the majority group.
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What is a multi-ethnic society?
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Where many different races and cultures live together in one society.
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What is racial harmony?
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Different races living together happily.
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What is racism?
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The belief that some races are superior to others.
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What is community cohesion?
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A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society.
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What is religious freedom?
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Where people have the right to practise their religion and change their religion.
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What is a multi-faith society?
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Where many different religious groups live together in one society.
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What is an interfaith marriage?
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Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions.
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What is religious pluralism?
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Accepting all religious as having an equal right to co-exist.
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What is racism?
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The belief that some races are superior to others.
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What is community cohesion?
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A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society.
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What is religious freedom?
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Where people have the right to practise their religion and change their religion.
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What is a multi-faith society?
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Where many different religious groups live together in one society.
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What is an interfaith marriage?
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Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions.
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What is religious pluralism?
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Accepting all religious as having an equal right to co-exist.
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What is voluntary euthanasia?
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Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death.
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What is quality of life?
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The idea that life must ahve some benefits for it to be worth living.
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What is a civil partnership?
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A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife.
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What is cohibitation?
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Living together without being married.
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What is homosexuality?
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Sexual attraction to people of the same sex.
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What is a nuclear family?
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Mother, Father and children living as a unit.
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What is a re-constituted family?
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Where two-sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.
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What is adultery?
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A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner.
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What is faithfulness?
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Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them.
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What is pre-marital sex?
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Sex before marriage
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What is agnosticism?
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Not being sure whether God exists.
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What is atheism?
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Believing that God does not exist.
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What is omni-benevolent?
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The belief that God is all-good.
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What is omnipotent?
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The belief that God is all-powerful.
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What is omniscient?
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The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen.
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What is a miracle?
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Something that seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it.
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What is a conversion?
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When your life is changed by giving yourself to God.
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What is numinous?
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The feeling of the presence of something greater than you.
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What is prayer?
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An attempt to contact God, usually through words.
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What is moral evil?
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Actions performed by humans that cause suffering.
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What is natural evil?
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Things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans.
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What is free will?
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The idea that humans beings are free to make their own choices.
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