Marriage And Family:divorce

Question 1

Marriage for life

Answer 1

• Christians believe that is divorce is needed to end a marriage,the couple should have tried everything possible to reconcile
• if one half of the couple dies,the other half is free to remarry

Question 2

What catholic christians believe :

Answer 2

• divorce isn’t recognised because marriage is for life
• jesus said divorce is wrong
• marriage is a sacrament and divorce would break the promises made with god
• remarriage isn’t accepted.if a divorced person remarried,the ceremony wouldn’t be held in a Catholic Church
• legal separation is allowed

Question 3

What Protestant Christians believe:

Answer 3

• divorce is not to be encouraged
• divorce must be acceptable as uk law allows it
• people can make mistakes and god is ready to forgive sins
• it’s up to the individual minister to decide whether a couple is allowed to remarry in their church

Question 4

Humanist and atheist views:

Answer 4

• humanists believe breakdown of family marriage can cause problems within family,but accept divorce is sometimes necessary.dont associate marriage with religion,so don’t feel any promises to any sort of god are broken
• Athiests have similar views.may adopt situation ethics