rs religion & life key words

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adultery
a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their married partner
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civil partnership
a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
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cohabition
living together without being married
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contraception
intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring
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faithfullness
only having sex with your married partner
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homosexuality
being sexually attracted to someone of the same sex
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nuclear family
mother father and children all living together
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pre-marital sex
having sex before marriage
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procreation
making a new life
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promiscuity
having sex with a number of people without commitment
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re-constituted family
where 2 sets of children (step) become one family when their divorced parents marry eachoter
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re-marriage
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
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abortion
the removal of a feotus from the womb before it can survive
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assisted suicide
providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide
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euthanasia
the painless killing of someone to end suffering
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immortality of the soul
the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body
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near death experiences
when someone whos about to die has a out of death experience
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non-voluntary euthanasia
ending someones life painlessly when they're unable to ask but you have a good reason for thinking they would want you to do so
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paranormal
unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes eg mediums, ghosts
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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 in a new body
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resurrection
the belief that after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
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sanctity of life
the belief that life is holy and belongs to God
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voluntary euthanasia
ending life painlessly when someone whos in great need asks for itq
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civil partnership

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a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife

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cohabition

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Card 4

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contraception

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Card 5

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faithfullness

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