Marriage and the family

Question 1

Which SOWAA shows divorce is not allowed?

Answer 1

“_Let no one seperate_”

Question 2

Which SOWAA shows the concequences of divorcing and marrying someone else

Answer 2

“_Anyone who disvorces his wife and marries another commits adultery_”

Question 3

What do athiests and humanists find positive about marrage? (4 points)

Answer 3

1. A stable legal and financial baking
2. More social acceptance
3. More stable home
4. Public ritual to declare and celebrate love

Question 4

What percentage of marriages were between cohabiting couples?

Answer 4

70%

Question 5

What is the response of Roman Catholic and Conservative Protestant towards non-religious attitudes on marriage and cohabitation?

Answer 5

They condemn the non religious attitude and they insist that Christians should refrain from having sex until they have had a Christian marriage.

Question 6

What is the response of liberal Protestant towards non-religious attitudes on marriage and cohabitation?

Answer 6

Liberal Protestant Churches have accepted that couples may live together before marriage, but they expect couples to marry when starting a family. The Churches would only accept a sexual relationship between two people committed to a long-term relationship.

Question 7

What is the response of under 40 chruchgoers towards non-religious attitudes on marriage and cohabitation?

Answer 7

Research published in 2014 showed that in the USA, 61% of Christians would have sex before marriage and 56% thought it appropriate to move in with someone after dating for six months. A survey by Professor Linda Woodhead into British Catholic attitudes found 80% of Catholics in favour of premarital sex and 90% accepting of cohabitation.

Question 8

What is extramarital sex?

Answer 8

It is when a married person has sex with someone other than their partner, or when a person who isn’t married has sex with someone who is married.

Question 9

Sex is a …… from god.

Answer 9

Sex is a _gift_ from god.

Question 10

What is promiscuity?

Answer 10

It is having multiple partners

Question 11

What is the Christian teaching of sex outside of marriage? (5 points)

Answer 11

1. The Bible says that fornications sinful and Christians should follow the teachings of the Bible.
2. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that premarital sex is wrong.
3. All Christians are against adultery because it breaks the wedding vows to be faithful to each other
4. Christians are also against adultery because it is condemned in the Ten Commandments, which all Christians should follow.
5. Adultery is condemned by Jesus in the Gospels, and all Christians should follow the teachings of Jesus.

Question 12

Do liberal Christians believe that sex before marriage as sinful?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

What percentage of young Christians ignore the Church’s teaching and have premarital sex?

Answer 13

80%

Question 14

What certian limits makes premarital sex acceptable for athiests and humanists? (6 points)

Answer 14

1. Sex must be consensual sex
2. Sex must be between people ‘of age’. Paedophilia is regarded as wrong regardless of religious teachings.
3. A sexual partner ought ideally to be single or separated from their partner. Non-religious people find cheating on a partner offensive.
4. No payment should be involved in sex – there is still a stigma attached to prostitution.
5. Sex should involve a degree of stability. High levels of promiscuity are frowned upon.
6. Sex ought to be safe; given the risk of disease and pregnancy, barrier methods of contraception should be used.

Question 15

What are Humanist and Athiests’s attitudes on homosexuality? (5 points)

Answer 15

1. The various changes in the laws on homosexuality have made it easier to be openly homosexual and have made society more aware and accepting of homosexuality.
2. Medical research has shown that homosexuality is most likely to be caused by genetic and hormonal factors when a baby develops.
3. As society began to recognise homosexuality as an acceptable orientation, more institutions began to grant equal status and rights for homosexual couples.
4. The increased openess of gay celebrities has led to a greater acceptance of all gay people.
5. The work of such organisations as Stonewall changed many people’s attitudes and led to a greater acceptance of equal rights for homosexuals.

Question 16

What is the catholic attitudes towards homosexuality and why?

Answer 16

Catholics believe that being a homosexual is not a sin but that homosexual sexual relationships are sinful. The Church does not accept same sex marriage, but is less opposed to civil partnerships. However, the Church also teaches that it is sinful to harass homosexuals or attack their behaviour. This is because:
1. The Bible condemns homosexual sexual activity.
2. It is the tradition of the Church that sexual activity should be creative and it is not possible for homosexual couples to have sex with a creative purpose.
3. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that marriage is for a man and a woman to join as one and to raise a family.
4. The Church teaches that people cannot help their sexual orientation but they can control their sexual activity. Therefore, discriminating against people because of their sexual orientation is wrong.
5. The Bible teaches that everyone has human dignity because they are made in the image of God.

Question 17

What is the Evangelical Protestant attitudes towards homosexuality and why?

Answer 17

Many Evangelical Protestants believe that homosexuality is a sin. They believe that there should be no homosexual Christians and some hold
special prayer meetings to give homosexuals the power of the Spirit to change their sexual preference. This is because:
1. They believe that the Bible is the direct Word of God, and the Bible condemns homosexuality in some passages of both the Old and New Testaments.
2. They believe that the salvation of Christ can remove all sins, including homosexuality.
3. They believe that homosexuality is sinful because all the Churches have taught it in the past, even though some now say homosexuality is acceptable.

Question 18

What statement did the Evangelical Alliance make towards homophobia?

Answer 18

“_At the same time we utterly repudiate homophobia and call upon Churches to welcome those of a homosexual orientation as they would welcome any other person._”

Question 19

What was the official response of the Roman Catholic Church and the conservative Protestant Churches to non-religious attitudes to same-sex marriage?

Answer 19

They condemn the non-religious attitude and to insist that Christian homosexuals should refrain from having sex and that same-sex marriages should not be legal.

Question 20

What was the official response of the Roman Catholic Church and the conservative Protestant Churches to non-religious attitudes to same-sex marriage?

Question 21

What was the official response of the liberal Protestant Churches to non-religious attitudes to same-sex marriage?

Answer 21

They welcome homosexuals into the Church and to allow gay clergy to become bishops. Quakers in Britain give homosexuals completely equal rights and celebrate same-sex marriages with a religious service. Some liberal Churches still insist that gay clergy should refrain from sexual activities.

Question 22

What is a nuclear family? And how much percentage does it make up?

Answer 22

It is nuclear family is one where mother, father and children are living together as a unit. It makes of 60% of all families.

Question 23

In the UK 2013, what percentage of families are a single parent family?

Answer 23

25%

Question 24

What percentage of marriages end in divorce?

Answer 24

42%

Question 25

What percentage of cohabitation lasts for more than 10 years?

Answer 25

4%

Question 26

What is the percentage of children in poverty with single and double parent families?

Answer 26

Single parent family - 41%
Double parent family - 23%

Question 27

What precentage of single parents are women? What issue can that cause (appraisal)

Answer 27

91% so children lack paternal role model.

Question 28

Which act allowed same-sex marriage have the same rights as opposite sex marriage?

Answer 28

Civil Partnerships Act 2004

Question 29

Which act made discrminating against same-sex couples illigal?

Answer 29

Equality Act 2010

Question 30

What is an extended family?

Answer 30

An extended family is one where three generations (parents, children and grandparents) are living in the same house or one where parents, children, grandparents, aunts and uncles live in close proximity and have frequent contact with and reliance on each other. The families are usually called multigenerational families.

Question 31

What percentage of families are are extended families?

Answer 31

1%

Question 32

What are blended families?

Answer 32

A blended family is when two separate families are joined together when parents decide to marry or cohabit (sometimes called step-families or reconstituted families).

Question 33

What is the importance of the family in Christianity? (5 points)

Answer 33

1. The family is the place where children are introduced to the faith through baptism and then taken to worship
2. The family has the basic task of bringing up children safely and securely until they are mature enough to look after themselves
3. The family has a duty of instilling moral values into the children so that they become good responsible citizens
4. Children have a duty to look after their parents when their parents are too old. “_Honor your father and your mother_”
5. Christian teaching on divorce makes it clear that Christian parents should stay together.

Question 34

What do non-religious people see the purpose of family as? (3 points)

Answer 34

1. To bring up children safely and securely.
2. To pass on moral values.
3. To provide emotional and financial support.

Question 35

What is the parish?

Answer 35

The parish is an area round a local church.

Question 36

What is a diocese?

Answer 36

A diocese is a collection of parishes under the jurisdiction of a bishop.

Question 37

What are parish priests called in the Church of England?

Answer 37

Vicar

Question 38

How to parishes help families? (5 points)

Answer 38

1. Many churches run Sunday Schools where children can learn about the Christian faith.
2. Parishes also help families through rites of passage. When a child is brought for baptism, the priest meets the family before the sacrament and gives advice to the parents
3. Catholic parishes run classes to prepare children for First Confession and First Communion.
4. Most parish clergy spend some time reminding parents of the importance of the family and of the importance of keeping their marriage vows.
5. Many Churches run toddler groups and Messy Church to help parents with young children to socialise.

Question 39

Why do parishes try to help families? (2 points)

Answer 39

1. They have a duty to help children baptised or dedicated in the church.
2. The Church teaches that one of the main purposes of Christian marriage is to have children and bring them up in a secure and loving Christian environment, and it must be the responsibility of the parish to assist in that task.

Question 40

Why do people try control the number of children? (3 points)

Answer 40

1. For the health of the mother (maternal health)
2. To avoid the risk of not having enough food for the existing family members.
3. To maintain a good standard of living for the family unit.

Question 41

What is natural family planning?

Answer 41

It is the most common form of contraception. It is when the couple have sex with the woman is most infertile and least likely to be preganant. It doesn’t stop STDs.

Question 41

What is natural family planning?

Answer 41

It is the most common form of contraception. It is when the couple have sex with the woman is most infertile and least likely to be preganant. It doesn’t stop STDs.

Question 42

What is the catholic attitudes towards contraceptions?

Answer 42

No artifitial contraceptions as sex has a unitive purpose and a creative purpose. Artificial contraceptions would be going against God’s intentions. Some contraceptives have abortifacient effects and so are against the teaching of the Church

Question 43

What is the non-catholic attitudes towards contraceptions? Why?

Answer 43

They allow contraceptions as long as it is to control size of family, not to stop having children all together. This is because:
1. Maternal health is preserved and it raises the standard of living of children as families are smaller.
2. God created sex for enjoyment and to cement the bonds of marriage.
3. There is nothing in the Bible that forbids the use of contraception
4. Non-Catholic Christians believe that it is better to combat HIV/AIDS by using condoms rather than by expecting everyone to follow Christian rules about sex and marriage.

Question 44

What are the Christian responses to non-religious attitudes to contraception?

Answer 44

Potestants and orthodox Chritians agree with the non-religious attitudes. However, catholics churches continue to issue statements to Catholic couples that they must only use natural methods of contraception.

Question 45

Which SOWAA shown my Jesus to show no one should divorce?

Answer 45

“_let no one seperate_”

Question 46

What are the catholic attitudes for divorce and remarriage? Why?

Answer 46

The Catholic Church does not allow religious divorce or remarriage. Catholic marriage is a sacrament and the exchange of vows means that the only way a marriage between baptised Catholics can be dissolved is by the death of one of the partners or if the marriage is annulled. This is because:
1. In Mark’s Gospel Jesus taught that divorce is wrong and Christians should follow the teachings of Jesus.
2. The couple have made a covenant with God in the sacrament of marriage and that covenant cannot be broken by any earthly power.
3. The Church teaches very clearly in the Catechism that a marriage cannot be dissolved and so religious divorce is impossible.

Question 47

What is a civil divorce?

Answer 47

A divorce according to the law of the country but not the Church.

Question 48

What is Annulment?

Answer 48

A declaration by the Church that a marriage was never a true marriage and so the partners are free to marry.

Question 49

What does Consummate mean?

Answer 49

Complete a marriage through sexual intercourse.

Question 50

What are the non-catholic attitudes for divorce and remarriage? Why?

Answer 50

Most non-Catholic Churches think that divorce is wrong, but allow it if the marriage has broken down. Most of these Churches allow divorced people to remarry. This is because:
* Jesus allowed divorce in Matthew 19:9 for a partner’s adultery.
* Christians are allowed forgiveness and a new chance if they confess their sins and are truly repentant. This belief in forgiveness should apply to divorce and remarriage. So a couple should have another chance at marriage as long as they are determined to make it work the second time.

Question 51

What are the athiest and humanists attitudes for divorce and remarriage?

Answer 51

• All married couples should have the right to divorce if they feel the marriage has failed.
• Divorce should make sure that the spouses are treated equally in the financial arrangements.
• Divorce should make sure that any children are well provided for.
• Any divorced person should be treated as a single person and so have the right to remarry if they so wish.

Question 52

Advantages of divorce for athiests and humanists. (4 points)

Answer 52

1. It brings domestic peace and emotional security as it removes the conflict between the spouses.
2. It gives opportunities for the spouses to gain personal fulfilment as they are not being forced to stay in a relationship they hate.
3. It ends children’s exposure to damaging parental conflict since research shows it is unhealthy for children to be around parents who fight and criticise each other.
4. It gives a chance for fresh starts for the spouses and opportunities for new, better relationships.

Question 53

Disadvantages of divorce for athiests and humanists. (4 points)

Answer 53

1. It is expensive – apart from the legal costs, divorce usually means selling the family home as it is costlier for two people to live separately than live together and so a family’s standard of living is often lowered
2. It can hurt children as they are forced to choose between parents and may have to select which one to live with.
3. It hurts family relatives as they can often lose contact with the children if their relation is not awarded custody.
4. It causes stress as it forces new relationships and new living situations.

Question 54

What does genesis 1 show about the status of men compared to women?

Answer 54

They are equal because they were created at the same time and were both created in the image of God.

Question 55

What does genesis 2-3 show about the status of men compared to women?

Answer 55

Woman was created after man and out of man’s rib, therefore, woman is subordinate to man. These chapters also explain that evil came into the world because woman persuaded man to give in to the temptation of the Devil and eat the fruit of the tree which God had forbidden. “_With painful labour you will give birth to children_” “**through painful toil you will eat of it**”

Question 56

What does St Paul say about the equality of men and women?

Answer 56

“_Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church_”

Question 57

What are the Evangelical Protestant attitudes to equal roles of men and women in the family? What is this attitude based on?

Answer 57

Many Evangelical Protestants teach that men and women have separate and different roles. It is the role of women to bring up children and run a Christian home. It is the role of men to provide for the family and lead the family in religion. Many such Protestant Christians believe women should dress simply and keep their heads covered in church. Men must love their wives as themselves, but only men can be church leaders and teachers. This attitude is based on:
* the teaching of Genesis 2 about Adam being created first.
* the disciples of Jesus being men.
* the teaching of St Paul in Ephesians about the husband being the head of the wife.
* the teachings of St Paul in Corinthians 11:3–10 about women’s appearance.

Question 58

What are the Liberal Protestant attitudes to equal roles of men and women in the family? What is this attitude based on?

Answer 58

Many Protestant Churches now accept that men and women are equal, and should have equal roles in life and the family. This attitude is based on:
* the teachings of Genesis 1 that male and female were created at the
same time and equally.
* the teaching of St Paul in Galatians that in Christ there is neither male nor female.

Question 59

What are the Catholics attitudes to equal roles of men and women in the family? What is this attitude based on?

Answer 59

The Catholic Church teaches that men and women should have equal roles in life and the family.
On the basis of Genesis 1:27, the Church teaches that men and women have equal status in the sight of God. In the new Roman Catholic marriage service, the priest says: ‘_May her husband put his trust in her and recognise that she is his equal and the heir with him to the life of grace_.’ In most Catholic families the husband and wife have equal roles.

Question 60

What are the Athiests attitudes to equal roles of men and women in the family? What is this attitude reasoned with?

Answer 60

They believe that men and woman should have equal roles in the family. This is reasoned with:
* Social and industrial developments in the 1950s and 1960s led to the need for more women workers and for married women to provide a second income.
* The work of the suffragette and feminist movements to gain equal voting and political rights for women showed the men in authority that women were no longer prepared to be treated as second-class citizens.

Question 61

What is the evangalical protestant teachings about gender prejudice and
discrimination?

Answer 61

Evangelical Protestants teach that men and women have separate and different roles and so cannot have equal rights in religion. They also believe that women should not speak in church, should not teach and must submit to their husbands. It is the role of men to provide for the family and to lead the family in religion. Men must love their wives as themselves, but only men can be Church leaders and teachers. They do not see this as discrimination because it is what God ordained in the New Testament, which they believe is the final Word of God.

Question 62

What is the catholic church teachings about gender prejudice and
discrimination?

Answer 62

The Catholic Church is against gender prejudice and discrimination because it teaches that men and women should have equal roles in life and equal rights in society, since Genesis 1:27 teaches that God created men and women at the same time and both in the image of God. Furthermore, it is the teaching of the Catholic Catechism that men and women are equal, and should have equal rights in life and society, and Catholics should follow the teachings of the Catechism. Women are able to study and teach in theological colleges, be extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.

Question 63

What is the liberal protestant teachings about gender prejudice and discrimination?

Answer 63

Liberal Protestant Churches believe not only that men and women should have equal roles in the family but also that they should have totally equal rights in life and in the Church. They have women ministers, priests and bishops because:
* the creation story in Genesis 1 says that God created male and female at the same time and of equal status.
* the letters of Paul teach that in Christ there is neither male nor female and therefore men and women should have equal rights.
* the evidence from the Gospels shows that Jesus treated women as his equals.
* there is some evidence that there were women priests in the early Church

Question 64

What is the athiests attitudes about gender prejudice and discrimination?

Answer 64

Most atheists believe that men and women are equal and should have equal rights. Athiests believe that it is wrong for religion to be able to discriminate against women and that refusing to ordain women or have women leaders should be made illegal.