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agnosticism |
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not being sure whether God exists |
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atheism |
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believing that God does not exist |
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conversion |
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when your life is changed by giving yourself to God |
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free will |
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the idea that human beings are free to make their own choices |
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miracle |
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something which seems to break a law of science and
makes you think only God could have done it |
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moral evil |
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actions done by humans which cause suffering |
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natural evil |
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things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans |
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numinous |
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the feeling of the presence of something greater than you |
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omni-benevolent |
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the belief that God is all-good |
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omnipotent |
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the belief that God is all-powerful |
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omniscient |
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the belief that God knows everything that has happened
and everything that is going to happen |
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prayer |
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an attempt to contact God, usually
through words |
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abortion |
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the removal of a foetus from the womb before it can
survive |
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assisted suicide |
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providing a seriously ill person with the means to
commit suicide |
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euthanasia |
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the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease |
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immortality of the soul |
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the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body |
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near-death experience |
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when someone about to die has an out of body experience |
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non-voluntary euthanasia |
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ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable
to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so |
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paranormal |
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unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual
causes eg ghosts, mediums |
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quality of life |
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the idea that life must have some benefits for it to
be worth living |
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Reincarnation |
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the belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a
new body |
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Resurrection |
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the belief that, after death, the body stays in the
grave until the end of the world when it is raised |
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sanctity of life |
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the belief that life is holy and
belongs to God |
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Adultery |
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a sexual act between a married person and someone
other than their marriage partner |
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Civil partnership |
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a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same
legal rights as a husband and wife |
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Cohabitation |
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living together without being married |
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Contraception |
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intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring |
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Faithfulness |
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staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them |
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Homosexuality |
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sexual attraction to the same sex |
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nuclear family |
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mother, father and children living as a unit |
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pre-marital sex |
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sex before marriage |
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Procreation |
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making a new life |
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Promiscuity |
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having sex with a number of partners without
commitment |
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re-constituted family |
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where two sets of children (stepbrothers and
stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other |
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re-marriage |
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marrying again after being divorced
from a previous marriage
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