GCSE RS key words

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Agnosticism
Not being sure whether God Exists
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Atheism
Believing that God does not exist
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Conversion
When your life is changed by giving yourself to God
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Free will
The idea that human beings are free to make their own decisions
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Miracle
Something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it.
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Moral evil
Actions done by humans which cause suffering
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Natural Evil
Things which cause suffering that have nothing to do with Humans
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Numinous
The felling of the presence of something greater than yourself
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Omni-benevolent
The belief that God is all-good
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Omni-potent
The belief that God is all powerful
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Omni-scient
The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that id going to happen
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Prayer
An attempt to contact God, usually through words.
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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 disease
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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, e.g ghosts and mediums
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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, 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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Believing that God does not exist

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Atheism

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When your life is changed by giving yourself to God

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Card 4

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

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Card 5

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

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