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- 1Assisted SuicideHelping a seriously ill person to commit suicide
- 2Near Death ExperienceWhen someone about to die has an out of body experience
- 3ParanormalUnexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g. ghosts, mediums
- 4ReincarnationWhen souls, after death, are reborn in a new body
- 5ResurrectionWhen after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised
- 6Immortality of the soulThe idea that the soul lives on after death
- 7AdulteryA sexual act between a married person and someone other than their married partner
- 8Civil PartnershipA legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple similar legal rights as a husband and wife
- 9CohabitationLiving together without being married
- 10ContraceptionThe deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse.
- 11FaithfulnessStaying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them
- 12HomosexualitySexual attraction to the same sex
- 13Nuclear FamilyMother,father and children living as a unit
- 14Pre-martial sexHaving sex before marriage
- 15ProcreationTo Bring about a new life in the form of a child
- 16PromiscuityHaving sex with a number of partners without commitment
- 17Re-constituted familyWhere two sets of children (stepbrother/sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
- 18Re-marriageMarrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
- 19PrejudiceBelieve others are not as good as you without even knowing them
- 20Discriminationto put prejudice into action
- 21RacismTo discriminate against people because of their race or colour
- 22SexismTo discriminate because of gender, being male or female
- 23Multi-ethnicDifferent races and cultures living together:less chance of war as different races/ nationalities will get to understand each other and intermarry.
Helps society see all races have lots in common.
More progress as new people bring new ideas. - 24Multi-FaithDifferent regions living together: learn what religions have in common.
seeing other religions in action may make people more serious about their beliefs.
Help people understand each other's beliefs.
Encourage freedom and may discourage conflicts - 25Community CohesionCommunity cohesion refers to aspect of togetherness and bonding exhibits by members of a community, the "glue" that holds a community together. This might include features such as a sence of common belonging or cultural similarity
- 26Non-Voluntary EuthanasiaEnding someones life painlessly in their best interest when they are incapable of requesting death themselves
- 27NUMINOUSThe feeling you get when you are in a great cathedral or look up at the stars and feel there is something much greater than you.
- 28ConversionWhen your life is changed by giving yourself to God
- 29MiracleSomething which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only God could have done it.
- 30PrayerAn attempt to contact God, usually through words
- 31DesignWhen things are connected and seem to have a purpose, e.g. the eye is designed for seeing
- 32CausationThe idea that everything has been caused by something else
- 33AgnosticismNot being sure whether God exists
- 34AtheistBelieving that God does not exist
- 35Moral EvilActions done by humans which cause suffering
- 36Natural EvilThings like earthquakes and floods which cause suffering and have nothing to do with humans
- 37BenovolentThe belief that god is good/kind
- 38OmnipotentThe belief that God is all powerful/can do anything
- 39OmniscientThe belief that God knows everything that has happened and that is going to happen
- 40Sanctity of lifeThe belief that life is holy and comes from God
- 41AbortionThe removal of the fetus from the womb before it can survive
- 42Quality of lifeThe idea that life must feel like it is worth living
- 43EuthanasiaBringing about a premature but painless and gentle death
- 44Voluntary EuthanasiaEnding life painlessly when someone in great pain requests death
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