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Personal And Family Issues Flashcards

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Hetero sexual

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Sexually or romantically attracted to the other gender

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Homosexual

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Attracted to people of the same gender

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Celibacy

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Staying away from marriage or sexual relationships

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Chastity

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Refraining from sex

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Civil partnership

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Legal relationship recognised between 2 people who are related to each other

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What does the bible think about sexuality?

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  1. Bible refers to male and female as ‘natural relations’ and homosexual relations contrary to human nature
  2. Corinthians 6:9 states that people who practise homosexuality will not inherit God’s kingdom
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What are the reasons for pre-marital sex

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These relationships include:
1. The desire to make their partner feel loved
2. To have a baby together
3. To gain acceptance with another person or approval from others

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Reasons why Christians think sex should be kept for marriage?

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Prevents unwanted pregnancy outside of marriage
Lessons the risk of sexually transmitted infections
Keep yourself holy and pure for marriage

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Why are people single?

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Haven’t found the right person
Too young
You could be a priest or a nun
Divorce

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Reason for being single

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Independence - freedom
Cheaper - financial benefit
Focus on career

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Reasons against being single

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Isolation/lonely
No intimacy
Unable to have a family

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Different types of family units

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Nuclear
Extended
Single parent

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Why is a family unit important?

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Protection
Support
Care
Values
Identity

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Why do people get married?

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Enjoy the company
Want to show their commitment
Provide a stable family in which to have children

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Wedding ceremony stages

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Introduction and declaration of purpose
The vows
Exchange of rings
Warning

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Causes of divorce

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Addiction - person could pay more attention to addiction
Career - they could be apart for a while and fall out of love
Violence - people could be living in fear of what could happen to them

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Top 5 reasons for divorce in NI

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Lack of commitment
Infidelity affairs
Conflict
Got married too young
Financial issues

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What services do Relate NI and Accord NI provide?

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Relate - Adult relationship counselling
Family counselling
Safety in relationships
According to- marriage counselling
Relationships counselling for couples
Marriage education for couples

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What in the Bible says that marriage is sacred?

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Genesis 24 - That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh

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What does the Bible say about marriage being exclusive?

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Exodus 20:14 - Thou shalt not commit adultery

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What does the Bible say about marriage being permanent

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Mark 10:9 - what therefore God has joined together, let not man separate

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What does the Bible say about marriage being life-giving

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Genesis 1:28 - be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it

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Arguments for the Christian teaching of marriage being outdated

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  1. You can still create life without being married
  2. Marriage can not be sacred as people can easily get divorced
  3. Society has changed - same sex marriage is legal in UK
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Arguments against saying that the Christian teaching of marriage is outdated

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  1. Teaching of faithfulness is still relevant as you should still not cheat on your partner
  2. Bible is relevant-teaching in eternal
  3. Marriage vows still made “Till death do us part”
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Main arguments in favour of homosexuality

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  1. They are simply following their natural instincts. This is how God created them
  2. Some people believe that Saint Paul’s comments were about male prostitutes and not homosexuality
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Arguments against homosexuality

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  1. God made male and female according to the Book of Genesis to complete each other to procreate
  2. Homosexual practise is forbidden in the book of Leviticus “If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them have committed an abomination”

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