Theme A: Relationships and Families Flashcards
(27 cards)
Reasons against homosexuality
“Be fruitful and multiply” - Bible
“Must you lust after males and abandon the wives God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds” - Qur’an
“If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable” - Bible
Adam and Eve were made for each other by God as the ideal relationship
Reasons supporting homosexuality
“Who am I to judge?” - Pope Francis
“God created humans in his image” - Bible (everyone is created the way they are and nothing can be done about it, so everyone should be treated equally)
It is legal in the UK (a Christian country)
As long as there is love, nothing else matters
Reasons against sex before marriage
“The sexual act must take place exclusively within marriage. Outside of marriage it always constitutes a grave sin” - Catholic Church
“Let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste until God gives them means” - Qur’an
“If they cannot control themselves, they should marry” - Bible
Reasons supporting sex before marriage
Quakers believe it is acceptable in a loving relationship
Liberal Christians: Love is the supreme Christian principle, so as long as the couple are committed and truly love each other, nothing else matters
Reasons against sex outside of marriage
“You shall not commit adultery” - Ten Commandments (Bible)
“Anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart” - Bible
“Do not go anywhere near adultery; it is an outrage and an evil path” - Qur’an
Reason supporting sex outside of marriage
It is legal in the UK (morally wrong?)
Reasons against contraception
“Do not kill your children for fear of poverty” - Qur’an
“Do not take life, which God has made sacred” - Qur’an
(both apply to the morning-after pill, as it could kill a fertilised egg)
Catholics and Fundamentalist Christians believe that all sex should be for the purpose of making children (“Be fruitful and multiply” - Bible)
Reason supporting contraception
“God wishes to lighten your burdens” - Qur’an (family planning is therefore allowed
Liberal Christians allow it
Family may not be able to support a child
Sex for the purpose of love and pleasure - “Clothe yourselves with compassion” - Bible
Christianity - Purpose of marriage
Marriage was one of God’s gifts at creation
Catholics believe marriage is a sacrament, a lifelong union blessed by God
To share the pleasures of sex
Physical intimacy expresses love
Marriage is a spiritual bond of trust that reflects God’s love
To have children in a stable environment and raise them in the way God wants
“A man leaves his father and mother and is invited to his wife to become one flesh” - Bible
Islam - Purpose of marriage
Marriage is the foundation of family life
Social contract that brings 2 families together and impacts the whole commmunity
Both partners keep their own rights as equals within the marriage under God
True sexual fulfilment
“There is no institution in Islam more beloved and deared [to God] than marriage” - Hadith
“A man completes half his religious responsibilities when he marries” - Hadith
Reason against cohabitation
Catholics and Muslims are against it as sex should only be in marriage
Reasons for cohabitation
Weddings are expensive
To trial the relationship to decide whether to marry or not (This is allowed by the Church of England)
Love is the only thing that matters according to Liberal Christians and Quakers
Reasons against divorce
Catholics believe marraige is a sacrament and so can never be broken, as binding promises are made to God and each other to be together till death (however, Catholics allow annulment, which is when the marriage is set aside as if it never happened)
“Marry and do not divorce; the throne of Allah shakes due to divorce” - Hadith
“Until death do us apart” - Christian marriage vows
“For the Lord God of Israel says that he hates divorce” - Bible
“Anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery” - Bib
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“What God has joined together, man cannot separate” - Bible
“Divorce is the most detestable from all lawful things” - Hadith
Reasons supporting divorce
“Anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery” - Bible (can divorce if partner is sexually immoral)
Divorce is discouraged by most Christians, but they also believe it can be done asd a last resort as it is sometimes the lesser of 2 evils
Muslims see divorce as a last resort, and the couple should work hard to fix their issues to avoid it
When divorcing, man states “I divorce you” 3 times in front of witnesses (woman says it if man refuses). Then he waits 3 months to ensure his wife isn’t pregnant, and to try and fix their issues
Remarriage is allowed after this 3 month period
“Love’s decisions are made situationally” - Joseph Fletcher, Situational Ethics
Reasons against remarriage
Catholics do not recognise divorce so remarriage is not allowed (marriage after annulment is allowed as there is technically no first marriage)
“Anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery” - Bible
Reasons supporting remarriage
Many Anglican vicars and Quakers allow remarriage
Islam permits remarriage 3 months after divorce
Role of children in family
“He who is good to his parents, blessings be upon him” - Hadith
“Do good to your parents” - Qur’an
“Honour your father and your mother” - Bible
Children must be brought up in faith: “Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” - Bible
“For every tree there is a fruit and the fruit of the heart is the child” - Hadith
Children are a blessing from God
Helping and protecting family
“Anyone who does not provide for his family is worse than an unbeliver” - Bible
“A husband is a guardian of his family” - Hadith
“A lady is a guardian of her husband’s house” - Hadith
Procreation
“Be fruitful and multiply” - Bible
“For every tree there is a fruit and the fruit of the heart is the child” - Hadith
Treatment of children
“Be kind to your children and perfect their manners” - Hadith
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” - Bible
Educating children in a faith
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” - Bible
Role of men in family
Work and provide for wife and children
Take responsibility for major decisions
Protect the family
“Anyone who does not provide for his family is worse than an unbeliver” - Bible
“Fathers, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord” - Bible
“A husband is a guardian of his family” - Hadith
Role of women in family
Look after the home
Raise children (in faith) - “Bring them [children] up in the training and instruction of the Lord” - Bible
Make household decisions
“A lady is a guardian of her husband’s house” - Hadith
Reasons against polygamy (having more than one partner at the same time)
It is illegal in the UK
“Each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband” - Bible
“Anyone who looks at another woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart” - Bible
“You shall not commit adultery” - Ten Commandments (Bible)
