Marriage & the family Flashcards
Teachings of the church about marriage
- 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
Humanists & atheist attitudes to marriage
Humanists believe that sex & marriage are matters for inviduals decisions. It is up to them whether they live together without marrying
Christians response to non-religious attitudes to marriage & cohabitation
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
Christains teachings about the nature & importance of sexual relationship
Christains teaches that sex is a gift from god to be enjoyed
Christains teachings about & attitudes towards relationship outside marriage
The bible says premartial sex is sinful
- Catholic church teaches that premarital sex is wrong
- All christains are against adultery
Humanists & athiests attitudes to sexual marriage
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
Christain attitudes to same-sex relationships
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
Purpose & importance of the family
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
Different christain attitudes to the family
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
Support for the family in the local
What is parish?
An area round a local church
How the parish tries to help?
Parish try to help families because they have a duty to help baptised or dedicated in the church. They help through rites of passage
Why the parish tries to help families?
-Have a duty to help children baptised in the church
Church teaches that main puposes of christians marriage is to have children
Why support from the church is important?
- Raising children means taking them to church
- Teaching children about chirstainity requires knwoledge & expertise
- Christains believe in the power of prayer
Humanists & atheist attitude to contarception
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
Christains responses to non-religious attitudes to contraception?
Protestant & orthodox agree with the non-religious attitudes to contraception,it is only roman catholic church which has repsonded to them
Catholic attitude to divorce?
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
Attitude to non-catholic christains
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.
Humanists & atheist attitudes to divorce & marriage
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
Christains attitudes to equal roles of men & women in the family?
- 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
Atheist & humanist attitude to equal roles of men & women
Atheist would tend to have the same attitude to
Gender prejudice & discrimination
Christain teachings?
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
Atheist & humanists attitudes to gender prejudice & discrimination
Most atheists attitudes & humanists believe that men & women are equal & should have equal rights
- Humanists are against sexism
- Humanists believe it wrong to discriminate
