GCSE RE KEYWORDS life and death

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AFTERLIFE	life after death; the belief that existence continues after physical death
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY	ensuring that the demands placed on natural resources can be met without reducing capacity to allow all people and other species of animals, as well as plant life, to live well, now and in the future.+
EUTHANASIA	from Greek, eu ‘good’ + thanatos ‘death’. Sometimes referred to as ‘mercy killing. The act of killing or permitting the death of a person who is suffering from a serious illness.
EVOLUTION	the process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier. Less complex forms during the history of the earth.
ABORTION	when a pregnancy is ended so that it does not result in the birth of a child.
QUALITY OF LIFE	the extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable
SANCITITY OF LIFE	the belief that life is precious, or sacred. For many religious believers, only human life holds this special status,
SOUL	the spiritual aspect of a being; that which connects someone to God. The soul is often regarded as non- physical and as living on after physical death, in an afterlife.

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