Issues of life and death

• Abortion


  When pregnancy is ended by the deliberate removal of the foetus from the womb so that the child is not born
• Evolution 


  The process by which different living creatures are believed to have developed from earlier, less complex forms, during the history of the Earth
• Afterlife


  Life after death. The belief that existence continues after physical death
• Quality of life


  The extent to which life is meaningful and pleasurable
• Sanctity of life


  The belief that life is precious/sacred because humans are made in God's image
• Soul


  The unseen spiritual aspect of a being. It is what connects humans with god.
• Euthanasia


  Greek. Assisting someone with suicide
• Environmental responsibility


  The duty upon human beings to respect, care for and preserve the natural environmental. Links with sustainability.
• Interpretation


  The ways people view passages from the holy books
• Literal


  Understanding something exactly as it is written
• Liberal


  Free thinking
• Natural selection


  The idea that species that flourish are those who are best suited to their enviroment
• Inteligent design


  The idea that certain features of life are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected cause such as natural selection
• Creationism (Life and death)


  The idea that all life was made by god, exactly as it is
• Global citizenship


  The idea that we should see ourselves as a part of a world community
• Bal tashchit


  Referred to in the Torah. Means do not destroy
• Tikkun olam 


  Means repair the world. Jews believe that it is important to work and make the world a better place for everyone
• Gemilut hasadim


  Means making acts of loving kindness. Emphasises the need to be charitable and caring for others.
• Situation ethics


  Judging the rightness or wrongness of an act on a case by case basis
• Sheol


  A place of darkness where the dead, both good and evil are sent
• Olam Ha-Ba 


  The afterlife. Means the world to come
• Messiah (Mashiach)


  The one who will be anointed as king to rule the world to come
• Rite


  A ritual or solemn ceremony