RE Unit 8

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Bible
Holy book for Christians
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Church
The place of worship of Christians
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Conscience
An inner feeling of right or wrongness of an action
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The Decalogue
The Ten Commandments
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Democratic Processes
The way in which all citizens can take part in government
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Electoral Proesses
The way voting is organised
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The Golden Rule
Do unto other as you would have them do unto you
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Human Rights
The rights and freedoms all humans have
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Political Party
A group which tries to come into power through elections
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Pressure Group
A group formed that tried to influence government policy on certain issues
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Situation Ethics
The idea that Christians should not base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do
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Social Change
The ways in which society has/is/will change/ing
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Artificial Insemination
Injecting semen into the uterus by non natural means
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Conservation
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
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Creation
The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created
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Embryo
A fertilized egg in the first 8 weeks after conception
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Environment
The surroundings in which plants and animals live
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Global Warming
The increase in temperature of the earths atmosphere
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Infertiility
Not being able to have children
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IVF (in-vitro fertilization)
The methood of fertilizing a human egg in a test tube
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Natural Resources
Naturally occuring materials such as coal and oil
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Organ Donation
Giving organs to use in transplant surgery
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Stewardship
Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation and the belief that humans are resonsible for the earth
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Surrogacy
An arrangment where a woman bears a child on behalf of another infertile woman
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Aggression
Attacking without being provoked
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Bullying
Intimidating/Frightening people weaker than you
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Conflict Resolution
Brining a fight/war to a peaceful conclusion
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Exploitation
Taking advantage of a weaker group
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Forgiveness
Stopping blaming someone for what they've done wrong
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Just War
A war which is fought for the right reasons in a right way
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Pacifism
The belief that all wars should be ended peacefully
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Reconciliation
Bringing together people who were opposed to eachother
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Respect
Treating a person or their feelings with consideration
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The UN
An internatinal body set up to promote world peace and cooperation
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WMDs
Weapons whihc can destroy large areas of land or large amounts of people
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World peace
The ending of war throughout the whole world
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Addiction
A recurring compulsion to engage in an activity reguardless of its bad effects
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Capital punishment
The death penalty for a crime or offence
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Crime
An act against the law
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Deterrence
Idea that punishments should be so bad they deter others
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Judgement
The act of judging people and their actions
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Justice
Due allocation of reward/punishment for what is right
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Law
Rules made by parliment and enforced by courts
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Reform
The idea that punishments should try to change criminals so that they won't recommit
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Rehabilitaion
Restore to normal life
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Resposibility
Being responsible for ones actions
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Retribution
The idea that punishments should make criminals pay for what they've done wrong
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Sin
An act against God
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The place of worship of Christians

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Church

Card 3

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An inner feeling of right or wrongness of an action

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Card 4

Front

The Ten Commandments

Back

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Card 5

Front

The way in which all citizens can take part in government

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