RE short couse key words

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Agnosticism
not being sure whether God exists
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Atheism
believing that God doesn't exist
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Theism
believing that God does exist
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Prayer
an attempt to contact God, usually through words
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Omnibenevolent
the belief that God is good or kind
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Omnipotent
the belief that God is all powerful
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Omniscient
the belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen
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Conversion
when your life is changed by giving yourself to God
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Miracle
something which seems to break the laws of science and makes you think that only God could have done it
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Numinous
the feeling or presence of something greater than you e.g. in a Church or looking up at the stars
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Religious experience
an event where people feel that they have had direct contact with God
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Free will
the idea that human beings are free to make their own choices
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Moral evil
actions done by humans which cause suffering
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Natural evil
things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans
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Paranormal
unexplained things which go against the laws of science
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Heaven
a place of paradice where you go after you die if you have lived a good life, ruled by God
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Hell
a place of horrors where you go after you die if you have lived a bad life, ruled by Satan
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Immortality of the soul
the idea that the soul lives on after the body dies
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Resurrection
the belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world (also know as the judgement day) when it is raised
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Abortion
the removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive on it's own
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Assisted suicide
providing a person with the means of commiting suicide
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Euthanasia
killing someone with their best intentions in mind
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Non-voluntary euthanasia
ending someones life with their best intensions in mind when they are unable to ask, but you must have good reasons for thinking they would want you to do so an example of this is turning off someones life support machine
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Voluntary euthanasia
when someone asks you to end their life
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Sanctity of life
the belief that life is holy and belongs to God, only he can bring it or take it away
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Purgatory
a place Catholics believe you must go to so you can work of your sins before going to heaven
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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 into a new body
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Near death experience
when someone about to die has an out of body experience
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Adultery
an act of sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their married person
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Cohabilitation
living together without being married
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Faithfulness
staying with your married partner and not cheating on them
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Marriage
the condition of a man and a woman legally united for the purpose of living together and, usually, having children
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Pre-marital sex
having sex before/ out of marriage
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Promiscuity
having sex with a number of partners without commitment
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Homosexuality
sexual attraction to people of the same gender
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Annulment
a declaration by the Church that a marriage never truly existed
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Civil partnership
a legal ceremony giving homosexual couples the same legal rights as husband and wife
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Contraception
intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring
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Procteation
the making of new life
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Equality
the state of everyone having equal rights regardless of their gender/ race/ class
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Sexism
discriminating against someone because of their gender
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Multi-ethnic society
many different cultures and races living together in one society
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Prejudice
believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them
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Discrimination
putting prejudice into practice and treating people less favourably because of their race/genter/colour/class
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Racism
the belief that some religions are better/ superior to others
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Racial harmony
different races/ colours living together happily
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Multi-faith society
many different religions living together in one society
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Religious pluralism
accepting that all religions have an equal right to coexist
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Religious freedom
the right to practise and change your religion
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Community cohesion
a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society
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Interfaith marriage
marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions
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Ethnic minority
a member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group
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Re-marriage
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
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Extended family
children, parents and grandparents/aunts/uncles living as a unit in close proximity
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Nuclear family
mother, father and children living as a unit
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Re-constituted family
where two sets of children (step brothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
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Celibate life
a life without sex
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Card 2

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Atheism

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believing that God doesn't exist

Card 3

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Theism

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Card 4

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Prayer

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Card 5

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Omnibenevolent

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