Religious Education Matters of Life and Death Key Words 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesLife and deathGCSEEdexcel Created by: IsabelCreated on: 12-05-13 10:43 Sanctity of Life The belief that all life is holy and a gift from God. 1 of 12 Abortion The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive. 2 of 12 Quality of Life The idea that life must have some benefits to be worth living. 3 of 12 Euthenasia The painless killing of someone who is dying from a painful disease. 4 of 12 Assisted Suicide Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide. 5 of 12 Non-voluntary Euthanasia Ending someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask but you have a good reason for thinking they would want you to do so. 6 of 12 Voluntary Euthanasia Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death. 7 of 12 Near Death Experience When someone who is about to die has an out of body experience. 8 of 12 Paranormal Unexplained things which are thought to have had a spiritual cause (e.g ghosts, mediums) 9 of 12 Reincarnation The belief that the soul is reborn after the death of the body. 10 of 12 Resurrection The belief that, after death, the body stays in the ground until the end of the world when it is raised. 11 of 12 Immortality of the Soul The belief that the soul lives on after the death of the body. 12 of 12
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