religion + life (theme B)

• abortion 


  deliberate ending of a pregnancy
• afterlife 


  belief about what happens to us after our body has died
• animal rights


  belief that animals should be treated with respect
• awe


  sense of wonderment, often linked to God being involved
• Big Bang theory 


  scientific theory about the origins of the universe, a huge explosion created the universe
• Charles Darwin 


  the man who proposed the theory of evolution (19th century)
• creation 


  belief that God created the universe from nothing (e.g. Genesis)
• conception


  point at which the sperm fertilises an egg to begin pregnancy
• conservation 


  the practice of protecting the natural environment and animal species
• dominion 


  belief that humans have been given control over the world
• euthanasia 


  mercy killing - ending the life of someone who is terminally ill or has degenerative illness
• voluntary euthanasia 


  when a person makes a conscious decision to end their life
• involuntary euthanasia 


  euthanasia performed without the person's consent
• active euthanasia 


  deliberate action to end the life of a patient (e.g. injected with a lethal dose of drug)
• passive euthanasia 


  intentionally letting a patient die by removing medical support to allow natural death (e.g. removing ventilator)
• evolution 


  scientific theory of the development of a species which compromises natural selection and survival of the fittest
• pro-life 


  anti-abortion and/or anti-euthanasia
• pro-choice 


  a woman's right to decide what happens to her own body, the right to have an abortion
• right to die 


  belief that a human has the right to end their own life
• stewardship 


  duty given by God to mankind to look after the world He created and all life within it