GCSE edexcel key words

ending a life painlessly when someone is great pain asks for it

sexual attraction to the same sex

the belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen

a sexual act between a married person and someone other that their marriage partner

believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them

sex before marriage

where two sets of children become one family when their divorced parents marry each other

when your life is changed by giving yourself to God

the belief that some races are superior to others

different races living together happily

making new life

a marriage in which the husband and wife are from different religions

living together without being married

the idea that humans are free to make their own choices

many different races and cultures living together in society

actions done by humans which causes suffering

when someone about to death has an out of body experience

unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes e.g. ghosts and mediums

believing that God does not exist

the belief that God is all-good and loving

many different religious living together in one society

a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society

ending a life painlessly when they can't ask but you have good reason for thinking they want it

the removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive

something that seems to break the law of science and makes you think God must have done it

discriminating against people because of their gender

things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

the right to practise your religion and change your religion

providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

the feeling of the presence of something greater than you

intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring

the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body

marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

the belief that after death a body stays in the grave until end of the world when it is raised

the belief that all life is holy and belongs to God

having sex with a number of partners without commitment

not being sure whether God exists

the belief that God is all powerful

the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living

staying with your marriage partner and having sex with only them

the painless killing of a person dying from a painful disease

accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist

the belief that, after death, souls are reborn into a new body

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

a member of an ethnic group which is much smaller than the majority group

an attempt to contact God usually through words

treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/gender/colour/sexuality/age or class

mother, father and children living as a unit