Christian quotes for themes Flashcards
Sexual relationships
Genesis 1:28 and 2:24-man and woman should be united together and ‘increase in number’
Homosexuality
Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable
Sex before marriage and adultery
Flee from sexual immorality
Contraception (against) (2)
sanctity of life
don’t spill the seed’
‘be fruitful and increase in number’
Marriage
be fruitful and increase in number
Divorce (for)
Love thy neighbour
Divorce (against)
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her
Nature of Families
‘Honour your mother and father’
Gender equality (for)
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female for you are all one in Christ Jesus
Gender equality (against)
Literal interpretation of genesis 3:16
Creation of the World
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
Value of the world
Genesis 2:15 (when God puts Adam into the Garden of Eden to ‘work it and take care of it’)
Abuse of the World
God made the world and have the duty of stewardship to humans
Use of Animals
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you
Human life
Sanctity of Life
The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it
Abortion (against)
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you
Thou shall not kill
Abortion (for)
love thy neighbour
Death and the afterlife
Parable of Sheep and Goat
Violent protest and terrorism
Thou shall not kill
Revenge
eye for eye, tooth for tooth
Causes of war
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil (Greed)
If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, tur to them the other cheek also
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sanctity of life
Thou shall not kill
Holy war
‘All who draw the word die by the sword’
Just war theory
Thomas Aquinas 6 conditions and 3 rules
Pacifism (for)
Blessed are the peacemakers
Victims of war
Good Samaritan
Love thy neighbour
Attitudes to Law Breakers
For I was in prison and you came to visit me
Aims of punishment (retribution)
An eye for an eye
Aims of punishment (reformation)
love thy neighbour
Different types of crime
Hate crime: Love thy neighbour
Theft: Thou shall not steal
Murder: Thou shall not kill
Suffering
Love thy neighbour
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat
Treatment of Criminals
Treat other how you would like to be treated
Forgiveness
Forgive our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us
Capital punishment (for)
Sanctity of life
Love thy neighbour
Capital punishment (against)
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth
