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RS Keywords
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Afterlife | Continuation of existence after death |
| Animal Rights | The principal of treating animals fairly |
| Commonality (of all living beings) | All living creatures are part of the same process of development |
| Cyclical (view of human existence) | Time has no beginning or end and that the soul of human beings is reborn again and again |
| Determinism | Every event has a cause, which may also involve believing that humans beings cannot have free will, as their choices and actions are caused |
| Dominance (of human beings) | Human beings have been given the right to exercise control over all other living beings |
| Free will | The human will is free, so human beings can choose and act freely |
| Greed | An excessive desire for things, such as wealth and food, which bears no relation to actual needs |
| Human destiny | The future of human beings/ what happens to them when they die |
| Ignorance (in relation to wrongdoing) | Not knowing or understanding the difference between right and wrong, or what makes actions wrong |
| Immortality | The idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body |
| Judgement (by G-d) | The decision of G-d about the destiny of Human Beings |
| Law of cause and effect (in relation to human actions) | Every human action has an automatic consequence |
| Linear (view of human existence) | Time has a beginning and an end, and that human beings live only once on earth |
| Physicalism | The real world is nothing more than the physical world |
| Predestination (by G-d) | G-d has already decided the fate of human beings |
| Rebirth | The soul is reborn into another body |
| Resurrection | After death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised |
| Selfishness | Self-interest and concern with individual needs/wants which excludes considering those of others |
| Sin | Behavior which is against the law of G-d |
| Soul | The spiritual or non-material part of a person |
| Abortion | The removal of a fetus from the womb before it can survive |
| Agnosticism | Not being sure whether G-d exists |
| Atheism | The belief that G-d doesn't exist |
| Benevolent | Good will towards all beings |
| Causation | The system of causes and effects within the universe (suggests a first cause that started the process) |
| (Religion) conversation | An experience which changes a person`s whole outlook on life (and religious belief) |
| Design (of the world/universe by G-d) | When things within the universe appear to be connected in a way which suggests purpose and a designer |
| Designer (G-d as) | G-d is the designer of the world/universe, because it appears to have been designed |
| Euthanasia | An easy and gentle death, usually associated with release from an incurable disease |
| First cause (G-d as) | As everything has a cause, there must be a first cause of the world and that is G-d |
| Liberation | Being set free from the cycle of rebirth |
| Monotheism | Belief in one G-d |
| Moral evil | The actions of human beings which cause suffering |
| Natural evil | Natural features of the world which cause suffering, and which have nothing to do with human beings |
| (Religious) nurture | Being brought up to follow the teachings of and practices of a religion |
| Omnipotent | All powerful |
| Omniscient | Knows everything (past, present and future) |
| Only possible explanation | The existence of the world/universe requires an explanation, and the explanation is that G-d created it. |
| Polytheism | Belief in more than one G-d |
| Salvation | Being released from the limitations of human existence and sin to eternal life with G-d |
| Sanctity of life | The belief that life is holy and belongs to G-d |
| Adultery | A married person having sexual relations with someone other than their marriage partner |
| Celibacy | Remaining unmarried and having no sexual relationships |
| Civil partnership | A legal relationship between two people of the same sex, which gives the partners equal treatment with married couples in a wide range of areas |
| Cohabitation | Living together without being married |
| Contraception | A means of preventing a woman from becoming pregnant |
| Divorce | The legal ending of a marriage |
| Extended family | A number of different family relations, such as parents, children, grandparents, and other relations, living together as a unit or close to each other |
| Faithfulness (within marriage, a civil partnership or long-term relationship) | Staying only with the partner and having sexual relations only with that partner |
| Genetic engineering | Changing the basic structure of human life by medical means |
| Heterosexuality | Being attracted to people of the opposite gender to yourself |
| Homosexuality | Being attracted to people of the same gender to as yourself |
| Marriage | A man and woman who have been legally joined together |
| Nuclear Family | Mother, father and children living as a unit |
| Pre-marital sex | Having sexual relations before marriage |
| Promiscuity | Having sexual relations with a number of partners without any commitment |
| Reconstituted family | Children from different marriages becoming one family after their divorced parents marry each other |
| Remarriage | Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage |
| Rights of children | The principle of treating children fairly |
| Role (of men or women within marriage, a civil partnership, long-term relationship or within the family) | The part a person plays (in the particular relationship or in the family) |
| Status (of partners within marriage, a civil partner or long-term relationships) | The importance of one partner in relation to the other |
| Charity | Those who are wealthy giving money to the poor |
| Compassion | Feeling pity for the suffering of others, which makes one want to help them |
| Disability | A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person`s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities |
| Disability bias | Regarding and/or treating those with disability less favorably than others |
| Discrimination | Treating people less favorably than because of their race/gender/color/class/disability |
| Equal opportunities | All people being (legally) entitled to equal opportunities in relation to employment and provision of goods, facilities and services |
| Equal rights | All people being (legally) entitled to fair to fair and equal treatment |
| Equality before the law | A person`s right to fair and equal treatment and protection under the law |
| Exclusivism | The belief that only one religion is true and avoiding people who follow other religions |
| Freedom of opinion | A person`s right to hold any opinion they choose |
| Freedom of religion | A person`s right to follow, or not to follow, a religion |
| Gender bias | Regarding and/or treating either men or women more favorably |
| Human rights | The principle of treating all people fairly |
| Inclusivism | The belief that there is truth in all Religions and welcoming and working with other people, whatever their religion |
| Justice | Making sure that people have what is theirs by right |
| Multi-faith society | Different religions living together in one society |
| Multi-faith society | Many different races and cultures living together in one society |
| Pluralism | The belief that a multi-faith/multi-ethnic society is desirable |
| Prejudice | Believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them |
| Proselytisation | Trying to convert people to join a religion |
| Racial harmony | People of different races/colors living together peacefully and happily |
| Racism | The belief that some races are superior to others |
| Right to liberty | The right to be free, and to be able go about one`s lawful business without interference or restriction |
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