R.E keywords

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Agape
protective love, like a parent caring for, loving a child
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Bible
the Christian sacred text, holy book
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Chruch
the community of Christians (place of worship)
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Conscience
an inner feeling of the rightness or wrongness of an action
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The Decalogue
the ten commandments
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Democratic processes
the ways in which citizens can take part in government (usually through elections)
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Denomination
subgroup or tradition within Christianity, like the Church of England, Catholic, Orthodox, Jehovah's witnesses
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Electoral processes
the ways in which voting is organised
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Genetic engineering
changing an organism's gene structure (genetic modification). cloning, making an exact copy
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Golden rule
Jesus' teachings that you should teach other people as you would like them to treat you
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Human rights
the rights and freedom that everyone is entitled
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Immoral
doing that which is wrong or bad
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Moral
doing that which is right or good
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Political party
a group that tries to be elected into power on the basis of its policies, e.g Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrat
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Pressure group
a group formed to influence government policy on a particular issue
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Secularism
the belief that religious views should not be part of society
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Situation ethics
the idea that Christians should base moral decisions on what the most loving thing to do
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Social change
the way in which society has changed and is changing (future change)
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Theism
the belief in God and putting God's laws first
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Artificial insemination
injecting semen into the uterus by artificial 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 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 and on which they depend to live
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Global warming
the increase in the temperature of the earth's atmosphere (by green house gas)
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Infertility
not being able to have children
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In-vitro fertilisation
the method of fertilizing a human egg in a test tube
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Natural resources
naturally occurring materials, such as oil and fertile land, which can be used by humans
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Organ donation
giving organs to be used in transplant surgery
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Stewardship
looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation
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Surrogacy
an arrangement whereby a women bears a child on behalf of another women
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Aggression
attacking without being provoked
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Bullying
intimidating or frightening people weaker than yourself
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Conscientious objector
someone who believes it is morlly wrong to fight in war
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Conflict resolution
bringing a fight or struggle to a peaceful conclusion
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Defence
when protecting yourself from the harm of others
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EXploitation
taking advantage of a weaker group
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Forgiveness
stopping blaming someone and or pardoning them for what they have done wrong
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Jihad
to struggle. the greater jihad is to overcome evil within oneself, and the lesser is is to help those who are the victims of evils such as war and crime
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Just war
a war that is fought for the right reasons and in the right way
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Offence
when being nasty to others
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Pasifism
the belief that all disputes should be settled by peaceful means
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Reconiliation
bringing together people who were opposed to each other
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Repentance
being sorry and then gaining forgiveness
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Respect
treating a person or their feelings with consideration
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The United Nations
an international body set uop to promise world peace and numbers of people
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War
an armed conflict between two or more nations
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Weapons of mass destruction
weapons which can destroy large areas an numbers of people
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World peace
the ending of war throughout the whole world ( basic aim of the United Nations)
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Addiction
a recurring cumpulsion to engage in an activity regardless of its bad effects
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Captial punishment
rthe death penalty for a crime or offence
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Crime
an act against the law
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Deterrence
th idea the punishments should be of such a nature that they will put people off committing crimes
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Drug
any chemical that you take into your body to change your mood or the way you feel
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Judgement
the act of judging people and their actions
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Justice
the due allocation of reward and punishment. the maintenance of what is right
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Law
rules made by parliament and enforceable by the courts
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Reform
th idea that punishments should try to change crimnals so they will not commit crimes again
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Rehabilitation
to restore to normal life
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Responsility
being responsible for one's actions
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Retrribution
th idea that punishments should make crimnals pay for what they have done wrong
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Salvation
to be saved from hell and go to heavan
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Sin
an act against the will of god
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Card 2

Front

Bible

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the Christian sacred text, holy book

Card 3

Front

Chruch

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Card 4

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Conscience

Back

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Card 5

Front

The Decalogue

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