Believing in God

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Conversion
When your life is changed by giving yourself to God
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Miracle
Something which seems to break a law science and makes you think only God could have done it
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Numinous
The feeling of the presence of something greater than you
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Prayer
An attempt to contact God, usually through words
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Agnosticism
Not being sure whether God exist
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Atheism
Believing that God does not exist
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Free will
The idea that human being are free to make their own choice
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Moral evil
Actions done by human which cause suffering
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Natural evil
Thing which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans
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Omni-benevolent
The belief that God is all-good
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Omniptent
The belief that all-powerful
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Omisciest
The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen
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Abortion
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive
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Assisted
suicide providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
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Euthanasia
The painless killing of someone dying from a painful diseas
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Immortality of the soul
The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
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Near death experience
when someone about to die has an out of body experience
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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
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Paranormal
Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes eg ghost, mediuma
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Quality of life
The idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living
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Reincarnation
The belief that life after death, souls are reborn in a new body
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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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Voluntary euthanasia
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death
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Adultery
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
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Civil partership
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
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Cohabitation
Living together without being married
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Contraception
Intentionally preventing pregnancy
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Faithfulness
Staying with your partner and having sex only with them
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Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to the same sex
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Nuclear family
mother, father and children living as a unit
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Pre-martial sex
Sex before marriage
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Procreation
Making a new life
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Promiscuity
Having sex with a number if pertnes without commitment
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Re-constitutes
Where tow sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
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Community cohesion
A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
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Discrimination
treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity gender/ colour / sexuality/ age /class
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Ethnic minority
A member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group
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Interfaith marriages
Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religion
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Multi-ethnic society
Many different races and cultures 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 / colours living together happily
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Racism
The belief that some races are superior to pther
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Religious freedom
The right to practise your religion and change your reliogion
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Sexiam
Disciminating against people because of their gender ( being male or female)
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Card 2

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

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Miracle

Card 3

Front

The feeling of the presence of something greater than you

Back

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Card 4

Front

An attempt to contact God, usually through words

Back

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Card 5

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Not being sure whether God exist

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