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52 Cards in this Set
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Agnosticism |
Not being sure whether God exists. |
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Atheism |
Believing that God does not exist. |
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Omni-benevolent |
The belief that God is all-good. |
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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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Baptism |
The Christian rite of passage that welcomes a person into the Christian community and leads to belief in God. |
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Confirmation |
Where a young Christian makes the baptismal vows for his or herself and leads to belief in God. |
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Miracle |
Something that seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it. |
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Conversion |
When your life is changed by giving yourself to God. |
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Numinous |
The feeling of the presence of something greater than you. |
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Prayer |
An attempt to contact God, usually through words. |
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Design Argument |
The idea that the appearance of design and order in the universe leads to belief that God exists. |
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Causation Argument |
The idea that everything in the universe has a cause of being and the cause of the universe itself being must be God. |
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Moral Evil |
Actions performed by humans that cause suffering. |
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Natural Evil |
Things that cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans; they occur naturally. |
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Free Will |
The idea that human beings are free to make their own choices. |
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Immortality of the Soul |
The idea that the souls lives on after the death of the body - an after life. |
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Resurrection |
The belief that, after we death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised. |
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Near-death Experience |
When someone about to die has an out-of-body experience. |
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Paranormal |
Unexplained things that are thought to have spiritual causes. |
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Reincarnation |
The belief that, after death, the soul is reborn into another body. |
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Abortion |
The removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive. |
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Sanctity of Life |
The belief that life is holy and belongs to God. |
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Assisted Suicide |
Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide by themselves. |
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Euthanasia |
The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease. |
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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. |
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Voluntary Euthanasia |
Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death. |
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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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Civil Partnership |
A legal ceremony giving a same legal rights as a husband and wife. |
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Cohabitation |
Living together without being married. |
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Homosexuality |
Sexual attraction to people of the same sex. |
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Nuclear Family |
Mother, father and children living together as a unit. |
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Re-constituted Family |
Where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other. |
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Adultery |
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner. |
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Faithfulness |
Staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them. |
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Pre-marital Sex |
Sex before marriage. |
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Promiscuity |
Having sex with a number of partners without commitment. |
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Re-marriage |
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage, or after the death of a marriage partner. |
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Contraception |
Intentionally preventing a pregnancy from occurring. |
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Procreation |
Making a new life. |
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Discrimination |
Treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity, gender, colour, sexuality, age or class. |
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Prejudice |
The belief that some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them. |
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Sexism |
Discrimination against people because of their gender (being male or female). |
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Ethnic Minority |
A member of an ethnic group (race) that is smaller than the majority group. |
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Multi-ethnic Society |
Where many different races and cultures live together in one society. |
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Racial Harmony |
Different races living together happily. |
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Racism |
Discrimination against people because of their race (ethnicity). |
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Community Cohesion |
A common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society. |
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Multi-faith Society |
Where many different religious groups live together in one society. |
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Religious Freedom |
Where people have the right to practise their religion or change their religion if they wish. |
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Interfaith Marriage |
Marriage where a husband and wife are from different religions. |
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Religious Pluralism |
When religious people accept all religions and believe they have an equal right to co-exist. |