Matters of Life and death

Matters of Life and death

1. Sanctity of Life: the belief that life is holy and comes from God

2. Abortion: Termination of a pregnancy.

3. Quality of life: the idea life must feel like it it worth living

4. Euthanasia: bringing about a premature/painless death

   • To euthanize: intentional ending of a life
   • Voluntary euthanasia: requesting to die
   • Non-voluntary euthanasia: ending a life in someones best interest when they are incapable of requesting it themselves

5. Assisted suicide: helping someone who is seriously ill to commit suicide

6. Near death experience: when someone about to die has an out of body experience

7. Paranormal: unexplained things, thought to have spiritual causes

8. Reincarnation: when souls are born into a new body after death

9. Resurrection: when the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised

10. Immortality of the soul: the idea that the soul lives on after death