Marriage & the family

Question 1

Teachings of the church about marriage

Answer 1

• Couple can have a longlife relationship of love, companionship & faith
• Couple can have the support & comfort & enjoy sex
• So that christian can be brough up in a christain family
• A way to show couple their love for each other

Question 2

Humanists & atheist attitudes to marriage

Answer 2

Humanists believe that sex & marriage are matters for inviduals decisions. It is up to them whether they live together without marrying

Question 3

Christians response to non-religious attitudes to marriage & cohabitation

Answer 3

Roman catholic & conservative protestant dissapprove the non- religious atttitude & insist that christains shoudl refrain from having sex until married
Liberal protestant accept couples may live together but to expect couples to marry when starting a family

Question 4

Christains teachings about the nature & importance of sexual relationship

Answer 4

Christains teaches that sex is a gift from god to be enjoyed

Question 5

Christains teachings about & attitudes towards relationship outside marriage

Answer 5

The bible says premartial sex is sinful

• Catholic church teaches that premarital sex is wrong
• All christains are against adultery

Question 6

Humanists & athiests attitudes to sexual marriage

Answer 6

They do not disagree with sex ebfore marriage
Premartial sex is acceptable only if the sex is between people of age
-No payment should be involved
Sex ought to be safe

Question 7

Christain attitudes to same-sex relationships

Answer 7

Catholic attitude: Being homosexual is not a sin & are sinful. They ask to live without any sexual activity
- Bible teaches that everyone has human dignity
Protestant attitude: believe homosexuality is a sin & that there should be no homosexual christians
-Believe that the bible is the direct word of gd
-Believe that the salvation of christ can remove all sins
Liberal atttitude: Lifelong homosexual relationships are acceptable & they are welcomed
-They feel that the major christain belief in love & acceptance means that homosexuals must be accepted

Question 8

Purpose & importance of the family

Answer 8

Christains believe that the family was created by god
christain marriage is to have chlidren bring them up ina secure & loving christain enviroment
-Family is the place where children are introduced to the baptism
-Family has a duty of instilling moral values
-Children have a duty to look after their parents

Question 9

Different christain attitudes to the family

Answer 9

Some christains beleive that the purpose of the family is to provide love & security, make sure children are educated
-Other christians believe it is not the duty of children to obey their parents. A christian family should encourage children to develop their own ideas

Question 10

Support for the family in the local

What is parish?

Answer 10

An area round a local church

Question 11

How the parish tries to help?

Answer 11

Parish try to help families because they have a duty to help baptised or dedicated in the church. They help through rites of passage

Question 12

Why the parish tries to help families?

Answer 12

-Have a duty to help children baptised in the church

Church teaches that main puposes of christians marriage is to have children

Question 13

Why support from the church is important?

Answer 13

• Raising children means taking them to church
• Teaching children about chirstainity requires knwoledge & expertise
• Christains believe in the power of prayer

Question 14

Humanists & atheist attitude to contarception

Answer 14

They are in favour of contraception cause they assess the rights & wrongs of birth control by looking at its consequences. They argue that contraception prevents unwanted children from being born , improves material & emotional standard of living in families & prevents stds

Question 15

Christains responses to non-religious attitudes to contraception?

Answer 15

Protestant & orthodox agree with the non-religious attitudes to contraception,it is only roman catholic church which has repsonded to them

Question 16

Catholic attitude to divorce?

Answer 16

Do not allow religious religious divorce or re-marriage catholic marriage is a sacrament. But do allow for the legal seperationof spouses
They have this attitude because jesus taught that divorce is wrong & christains should follow the teaching sof jesus
The couple have made a covenant with god

Question 17

Attitude to non-catholic christains

Answer 17

They think divorce is wrong but allow is marriage has broken dow. *Jesus allowed divorce in Matthew
-They beleive that there are certain situations where christains must choose the lesser of two evils if the marriage has really broken down than th effects of the couple not divorcing would be greater evil than evil of divorce itself.

Question 18

Humanists & atheist attitudes to divorce & marriage

Answer 18

Atheists do not believe in divorce so they regard marriage as a purely human & legal institution. Some atheist do not believe in marriage & could cohabit.
-All marriage couples should have the right to divorce

Question 19

Christains attitudes to equal roles of men & women in the family?

Answer 19

• Evangelical protestant teacht that men & women have seperate & different roles. It is the role of women to bring up children & run a christain home. It is the role of men to provide the family & lead the family in religion.
• Liberal protestant accept that men & women are equal & should have equal roles in life & the family
• Catholic teaches that mean & women should have equal roles

Question 20

Atheist & humanist attitude to equal roles of men & women

Answer 20

Atheist would tend to have the same attitude to

Question 21

Gender prejudice & discrimination

Christain teachings?

Answer 21

Evangelical protestant teach that men & women have seperate & different roles & so cannot have equal rights , also beleive that women should not speak in church, role of men to provide for the family & to lead it.

• Catholic church: They are against prejudice & discrimiantion cause it teaches that men & women should have equal rights.
• Liberal protestant: They beleive not only that men & women should have equal roles in the family btu also that they should have totally equal rights

Question 22

Atheist & humanists attitudes to gender prejudice & discrimination

Answer 22

Most atheists attitudes & humanists believe that men & women are equal & should have equal rights

• Humanists are against sexism
• Humanists believe it wrong to discriminate