RS Key Words Book 1

A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a married couple

Believing God does not Exist

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

Marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions

Sexual Attraction to the same sex

The painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease

Many different races and cultures living together as one society

Feeling of the presence of something greater than yourself

Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death

Actions done by humans which cause suffering

The belief that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living

The idea that human beings are free to make their own decisions

Making a new life

Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

The belief that God is all-good

When someone about to die has an out-of-body experience

A member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group

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

Treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/class/gender/colour

2 sets of children become one family through their divorced parents marrying each other

Believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them

Having sex with a number of different partners without commitment

An attempt to contact God, usually through words

Mother, father, children, living together as a unit

Discriminating against someone because of their gender

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

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

Sex Before Marriage

Removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive by itself

Unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes, for example, ghosts and mediums

Many different religions living together in one society

Living together without being married

Not being sure whether God exists

Things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans

The belief that life is holy and belongs to God

Accepting that all religions have an equal right to co-exist

After death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it's raised

Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

Staying with your marriage partner and having sex with only them

Ending someone's life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason

When your Life is changed by God

An experience that makes the person having the experience feel the presence of God

The belief that God is all-powerful

Providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide

Something which breaks the laws of science and makes you think only God could have done it

The right to practice your religion and change your religion