Religious Studies Key Words 1

Not being sure whether God exists

Believing that god does not exist 

When your life is changed by giving yourself to God

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

Something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it

Actions done by humans which cause suffering

Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

(eg. earthquakes)

The feeling of the presence of something greater than you 

The belief that God is all-good

The belief that God is all-powerful

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

An attempt to contact God, usually through words

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

Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

A painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease

The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body

When someone about to die has an out of body experience 

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

Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes

(eg. ghosts, mediums)

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

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

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

The belief that life is holy and belongs to god

Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death