RE flash cards 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesDefinitonsGCSEAQA Created by: mattelliot7Created on: 14-03-14 12:15 Agnosticism Not being sure whether God exist. 1 of 54 Atheism Believing that God does not exist. 2 of 54 Omni-benevolent The belief that God is all-good. 3 of 54 Omnipotent The belief that God is all-powerful. 4 of 54 Omniscient The belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen. 5 of 54 Miracle Something that seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it. 6 of 54 Conversion When your life is changed by giving yourself to God. 7 of 54 Numinous The feeling of the presence of something greater than you. 8 of 54 Prayer An attempt to contact God, usually through words. 9 of 54 Moral evil Actions performed by humans that cause suffering. 10 of 54 Natural evil Things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans. 11 of 54 Free will The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices. 12 of 54 Immortality of the soul The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body. 13 of 54 Resurrection The belief tat after death the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised. 14 of 54 Near-death experience When someone about to die has an out-of-body experience. 15 of 54 Paranormal Unexplained things that are thought to have spiritual causes. 16 of 54 Reincarnation The belief that after death souls are reborn in a new body. 17 of 54 Abortion The removel of a foetus from the womb before it can survive. 18 of 54 Bible The holy book of christians. 19 of 54 Chruch The community of christians. 20 of 54 Conscience An inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action. 21 of 54 Situation ethics The idea that christians should base moral deicsions on what is the most loving thing to do. 22 of 54 Social change The way in which society has changed and is changing. 23 of 54 Pressure group A group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue. 24 of 54 Human rights The rights and freedoms to which everyone is entitled. 25 of 54 The decalogue The ten commandments. 26 of 54 Democratic process The ways in which citizens can take part in government. 27 of 54 Electoral process The ways in which voting is organised. 28 of 54 Political party A group that tries to be elected into power on the basis of its policies. 29 of 54 The golden rule. Jesus teaching that you should treat other people as you would like them to treat you. 30 of 54 Global warming The increase in the temperature of the earths atmosphere. 31 of 54 Conservation Protecting and preserving natural resources and the enivroment. 32 of 54 Natural resources Naturally occuring materials, such as oil and fertile land which can be used by humans. 33 of 54 Creation The act of creating the universe or the universe which has been created. 34 of 54 Enviroment The surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend to live. 35 of 54 Stewardship Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation. 36 of 54 Artificial insemination Injecting semen into the uterus by artificial means. 37 of 54 Embryo A fertilised egg in the first eight weeks after concpetion. 38 of 54 Infertality Not being able to have children. 39 of 54 In-vitro fertilisation The method of fertilising a human egg in a test tube. 40 of 54 Surrogacy An arrangement where by a woman bears a child on behalf of another woman. 41 of 54 Organ donation Giving organs to be used in transplant surgery. 42 of 54 Aggression Attacking without being provoked. 43 of 54 Exploitation Taking adavantage of a weaker group. 44 of 54 Conflict resolution Bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion. 45 of 54 Reconciliation Bringing together people who were opposed to each other. 46 of 54 The united nation An international body sey up to promote world peace and co-operation. 47 of 54 Weopons of mass destruction Weopons which can destroy large areas and numbers of people. 48 of 54 Worlds peace The ending of war throughout the whole world. 49 of 54 Foregiveness Stopping blaming someone and/or pardoning them for what they have done wrong. 50 of 54 Just war A war that is fought for the right reasons and in a right way. 51 of 54 Pacificm The belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means. 52 of 54 Bullying Inimidating/frighteing people weaker than yourself. 53 of 54 Respect Treating a person or their feelings with consideration. 54 of 54
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