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Key terms and Spelling List - Year 7 Religion & Philosophy

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Beliefs	Things that people think are true.
Religion	The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
Atheist	Someone who believes there is/are no God/gods.
Philosophy	The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
Opinion	A view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
Objectivity	Objectivity is a noun that means a lack of bias, judgment, or prejudice. Making decisions based on evidence.
Subjectivity	Subjectivity refers to how someone's judgment is shaped by personal opinions and feelings instead of outside influences. Subjectivity is partially responsible for why one person loves an abstract painting while another person hates it.
Ethics	Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Theist	Belief in the existence of a God or gods.
Agnostic	A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.

Arguments for God's Existence

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Christianity	The religion based on the person and teachings of Jesus Christ, or its beliefs and practices.
Cosmological Argument	Everything has to come from something. You cannot make something out of nothing. Therefore there must have been a ‘First Cause’ that created the ‘something’ (the universe). That First Cause is God.
Origin	The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.
Concept	An abstract idea.
Miracle	An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency.
Design Argument	The argument that the world is too ordered and complicated to have occurred by chance, therefore it must have an intelligent designer, and this designer must be God.
Religious Experience	Some people claim that they have had a religious experience eg, a miracle (a fortuitous event believed to have been caused by divine intervention), a vision, or a particular prayer to God answered. Therefore God exists.
Religious Experience	Some people claim that they have had a religious experience eg, a miracle (a fortuitous event believed to have been caused by divine intervention), a vision, or a particular prayer to God answered. Therefore God exists.

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Shabbat	The Jewish holy day, starting at nightfall on Friday and lasting until nightfall on Saturday.
Pharoh	An Egyptian King.
Synagogue	The synagogue is the Jewish place of worship, but is also used as a place to study, and often as a community centre as well.
Judaism	Judaism originated in the Middle East over 3500 years ago Judaism was founded by Moses, although Jews trace their history back to Abraham. Jews believe that there is only one God with whom they have a covenant.
Torah	The Torah is the first part of the Jewish Bible. It is the central and most important document of Judaism and has been used by Jews through the ages. The Torah is written in Hebrew, the oldest of Jewish languages.
Ner Tamid	The everlasting light, it hangs over the Ark.
Menorah	Seven branched candle stick
The Siddur	This is the Jewish prayer book.

Prejudice and Discrimination

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Virtue	Virtue, by definition, is the moral excellence of a person. A morally excellent person has a character made-up of virtues valued as good.
Temperance	Temperance is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint. It is typically described in terms of what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing. This includes restraint from retaliation in the form of non-violence and forgiveness, restraint from
Stereotyping	Forming a fixed image in your mind about a person or people you don’t really know because of a characteristic like race or religion.
Prejudice	Prejudging somebody without really knowing them.
Dehumanisation	The act of making a human or group of humans seem less valuable than other people.
Ageism	Discrimination against young and old people simply because of their age.
Racism	Discrimination against people from another country or with different coloured skin.
Sexism	Discrimination against women or men simply because of their gender
Discrimination	Treating somebody differently simply because of their colour, age, sex or some similar reason.

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Bible	Is the holy book for Christians. The word Bible comes from the Greek word for book.
Scripture	The contents of the Bible are often referred to a scripture which means sacred writings.
The Old Testament	Contains stories, laws, songs, prophecies and history. This part contains 39 books and it prepares the world for Jesus.
The New Testament	Contains the stories about the life of Jesus and all teachings and letters from after Jesus was alive.
Gospels	The first four books of the New Testament are called the gospels, which means good news and these are about the life of Jesus.
Apocrypha	This is another part of the Bible that the Roman Catholics include. Most other Christians do not include this part.
Fundamentalists	Fundamentalists believe that the Bible is the word of God and it is all true.
Savior	Someone who saves.

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Allah	The Arabic name for God.
Quran	The holy book of Islam
Islam	’Islam’ can be translated either as ‘way of peace’ or ‘way of submission’. A Muslim, then, is ‘one who finds peace’ or ‘one who submits’.
Mosque	Muslim place of worship.
Hajj	The Hajj is a pilgrimage that Muslims make. They make the trip once in their lifetime as it is one of the 5 pillars.
Zakah	A Muslim has to donate 2 and a half % of their wages each year to those in need. Muslims are encouraged to give more to charity.