The idea that the universe originated in an explosion of light, matter and energy that created time and space
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Category Mistake
The reading of one literary form in the Bible as though it were another literary form
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Creationism
A literalist understanding of of the origins of the cosmos and human beings, as described in Genesis 1-2
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First Cause
That reality that caused everything to exist
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Fundamentalist
Someone who tends to read all the different books on the Bible in the same way
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Liberalist
Someone who reads the Bible word for word without interpretation
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Humanism
An approach which excludes notions of God and eternity from moral decisions
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Steady state
Galaxies form every now and then out of created matter and in which there is neither beginning nor end to reality
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Sanctity of life
Human life is a gift from God and belongs to God alone
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Utilitarianism
A measure of morality based on levels of happiness
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Eternal
Without beginning or end
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Free will
Humans can decide their own actions
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Dignity
Humans are worthy of respect
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Pro-Life
Attitudes that are anti-abortion
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Pro-choice
Attitudes that are pro-abortion
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Scripture
The inspired collection of writings called the Bible
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Evangelists
Authors of the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
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CAFOD
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development
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SVP
St Vincent de Paul Society
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Laudato Si
A letter by Pope Francis about responsibility for the environment
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Natural Selection
Also known as survival of the fittest. The process by which species with strong variations in their genes pass these on the next generation and weak ones die
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Love your neighbour as yourself
A teaching use does by Christians to remind them to live and God and love one another
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Good without God
The humanist belief that we should be a steward of the earth and respect others
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Speciesism
The view that humans are prejudiced in favour of their own species and that we discriminate against animal species
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Population control
The humanist belief in birth control programmes to protect the limited resources on the planet
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The common good
The catholic belief that every individual has a duty to contribute to the good of society, they should act justly and seek justice for others, especially the poor
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Social justice
The desire to achieve a just and fair society where everyone, regardless of their sex, age, race, religion or country of origin have access to the same basic provisions to live and can look forward to equal opportunities and human rights
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Inner faith dialogue
Means cooperative, constructive and positive engagement between people of different faiths and of no faiths to; promote mutual understanding, respect tolerance and harmony; identify common ground; engage in shared action for the common good of societ
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The reading of one literary form in the Bible as though it were another literary form
Back
Category Mistake
Card 3
Front
A literalist understanding of of the origins of the cosmos and human beings, as described in Genesis 1-2
Back
Card 4
Front
That reality that caused everything to exist
Back
Card 5
Front
Someone who tends to read all the different books on the Bible in the same way
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