Theme A: Relationships and families(part 1)
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- Created on: 10-05-18 20:24
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- Sex, Marriage and Divorce
- Human Sexuality
- homosexualityis when two people of the same sex are in a relationship
- arguments for
- many bible laws that wouldn't be accepted now e.g. capital punishment
- Christians believe "everyone is created in God's image" so no one has a right to condemn them
- "to condemn someone on the grounds of their sexual behaviour is a denial of God's creation"
- arguments against
- If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death. (Leviticus 20:13).
- "Be fruitful and multiply"- Catholics believe sex is purely for procreation
- arguments for
- heterosexuality is when two people of the opposite sex are in a relationship
- Polygamy is the act of having more than one relationship
- "you shall not commit adultery"
- homosexualityis when two people of the same sex are in a relationship
- Sexual Relationships Outside Of Marriage
- Cohabitation is the state of living together and having a sexual relationship without being married.
- Christian views
- Celibacy: "Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion."
- Muslim views
- Let no man be in privacy with a woman who he is not married to, or Satan will be the third.
- Contraception and family planning
- Christian views
- Protestant churches (eg, the Anglican Church and the Methodist Church) now see the use of contraception within marriage as a responsible way of planning a family.
- RC:The only form of contraception permitted is the ‘rhythm method’ where intercourse takes place at a time when the woman is least fertile
- Muslim views
- "You should not kill your children for fear of want"
- Christian views
- Marriage
- Nature and purpose
- 1. Bible readings on the nature of Christian marriage
- 2. an exchange of vows
- 3. exchange of rings- represent eternity
- 4. prayers asking for God's blessing for the marriage
- Sacrament= an important Christian ceremony. It is a lifelong commitment
- Nature and purpose
- Divorce
- reasons for divorce
- abuse
- adultery
- arguments for divorce
- C of E : "it must be a last resort" after everything else has been tried to save the marriage
- arguments against divorce
- what God has joined together, let no one separate.
- till death us do part,according to God’s holy law;and this is my solemn vow.
- But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- reasons for divorce
- Human Sexuality
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