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What do the words Adultery, Divorce, Cohabitation and commitment mean?

Adultery = voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse
Divorce= to legally end a marriage
Cohabitation = to live together in a sex relationship without being married or in a civil partnership
Commitment =

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What do the words contraception, gender equality, responsibilities and roles mean?

contraception = methods used to prevent a woman from being pregnant during or following sexual intercourse
gender equality = people of all genders enjoying the same rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives
responsibilities = actions / duti

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What do the words afterlife, environmental sustainability and euthanasia mean?

afterlife = life after death; the belief that existence continues after physical death
environmental sustainability = ensuring that the demands placed on natural resources can be met without reducing capacity to allow all people and other species of anim

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What do the words evolution, abortion, quality of life, and sancity of life mean?

evolution = the process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier less complex forms during the history of the earth
Abortion = when a pregnancy is ended so that it doesn't result in the birth of a child
quality of

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What do the words soul, Good, evil and forgiveness mean?

soul = the spiritual aspect of a being ; that which connects someone to God. The soul is often regarded as non - physical and as living on after physical death in an afterlife.
Good =that which is considered morally right, beneficial and to our advantage

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What do the words freewill, justice, morality and punishment mean?

freewill = the ability to make choices voluntarily and independently. The belief that nothing is pre - determined.
Justice = fairness ; where everyone has equal
provisions and opportunity.
morality = principles and standards determining which actions ar

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what do the words sin, suffering and censorship mean?

sin = deliberate immoral action, breaking a religious or moral law.
Suffering = pain or distress caused by injury, illness or loss. It can be physical, emotional, psychological or spiritual.
censorship = the practice of suppressing and limiting access t

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what do the words discrimination, extremism and human rights mean?

discrimination = acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice.
extremism = believing in and supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
Human rights = the basic entitlements

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what do the words personal conviction, prejudice and relative poverty mean?

personal conviction = something a person strongly feels or believes in
prejudice = pre judging ; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause
relative poverty = a standard of poverty measured in relation to the standards of a society in which

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What do the words absolute poverty, and social justice mean?

absolute poverty = an acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic of their human needs
social justice = promoting a fair society by challenging injustice and valuing diversity. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to provi

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what are all the five family types?

nuclear family = consists of two parents and one of more children all living in the same house
extended = consists of a number of adults and children who are related living in the same house
single parent = one parent raises one or more children alone. Di

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what are the Christian beliefs on marriage?

the complete joining together of two people in a very special way. It is implied that the relationship becomes the most important human relationship for the couple who are married.
'the two will become one flesh'
the phrase from the marriage service 'wh

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What are the christian attitudes to adultery?

- marriage is sexually exclusive and should not be shared with anyone else
- the ten commandments forbids it - 'you shall not commit adultery'
- marriage is a sacrament - a gift from God - and adultery goes against this
- committing adultery destroys the

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