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Important qualities for Christians when looking for love

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• wants a partner that also prioritises Jesus
• don’t like any explicit behaviour (before marriage)
• they believe if they ask then God will give them the right partner
• wants another Christian partner

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What is a sacrament?

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An outward sign of an inward change change that involves God’s blessing, e.g. marriage, baptism

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Christian wedding traditions

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• Biblical readings during service
• Usually takes place at a church
• Make vows of faithfulness to their partner
• Bride wears white to show she is pure
• Prayers said to ask for God’s blessing
• Given rings to symbolise eternity

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Purpose of vows during a Christian wedding

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Reflect commitment and faith, promise is a promise to God too - therefore, dislike divorce because it breaks the promise to God

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How many people have a religious wedding?

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Halved over the last 20 years

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Teachings about Christian weddings

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• phrase used in services - ‘what God has joined together, let no man put asunder’ - means marriage is a lifelong service and should not be undone
• church teaches that marriage is a ‘gift of God in creation’ - marriage mirrors the relationship between Jesus and his church as the Church cannot exist without Jesus (‘for better or for worse’)
• ‘but at the beginning of creation, God made then male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother to be United to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’ - Mark 10:6-8

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Christian beliefs about marriage

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• basis for creating an environment children can be born into
• not having children goes purpose of marriage
• lifelong commitment
• divine bond blessed by God

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What is premarital sex?

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• Sex that takes place before marriage

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What is chastity?

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Choosing not to have sex before marriage - sex as a gift for married couples

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Responsibility

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Actions or duties you are expected to carry out

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Celibacy

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The decision not to have sex, to remain celibate e.g. monks to a vow of celibacy

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Purpose

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The purpose of sex is to procreate and to express love between a married couple

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Maturity definition

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Being able to understand the emotional value of sex and responsibilities that come with it.

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Promiscuity definition

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Having more than one sexual partner

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Commitment

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A sense of dedication and obligation to someone or something, e.g. marriage partner

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Christian attitudes to sex/marriage (1950s)

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• 65% of people married in a church
• if born out of wedlock, referred to as a ‘bastard’ - outcast from society, stigma
• save sex for marriage (usually married by 25)
• Christian teachings believe that pre-marital sex is wrong because it goes against the message of the Ten Commandments (thou shall not commit adultery)
• ‘a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife and they become one flesh’ - Adam and Eve were created for each other because ‘it is not good for man to be alone’

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Purpose of sex

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• unitive and creative
• marriage also - why they come hand in hand
• believes God created sex for the joy and pleasure and bond of a marriage
• couple is united in love/faith
• cannot be separated (believed in Catholicism)

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Christian attitudes to sex/marriage (2010s)

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• 2010 - only 35% have church weddings
• 2010s - 97% have pre-marital sex
• 80% have more than one sexual partner (promiscuous)
• 2010s - most marriages at 32

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Adultery definition

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Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse

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Divorce definition

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• to legally end a marriage

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Cohabitation definition

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To live together in a sexual relationship, without being married, or in a civil partnership

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Contraception definition

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Methods used to prevent a woman from becoming pregnant during or following sexual intercourse

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Gender equality definition

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People of all genders enjoying the same rights and opportunities in all aspects of their lives

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Roles definition

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Position, status or function of a person in society, as well as the characteristics and social behaviour expected of them

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Roman Catholics attitudes towards contraception

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• Against contraception because separates unitive and creative purposes of sex
• Contraception leads to sexual promiscuity , which lead to other problems (e.g. STI, broken families, unwanted children)
• Believes artificial contraception is morally wrong
• Believes it is like an early abortion (morally worth£
• Catholics for choice - agree with contraception - however most disagree

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C of E attitudes towards contraception

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• Believe contraception can be used responsibly
• Believe sex can be just unitive, doesn’t have to be joined to creativity all the time
• Bible doesn’t forbid use of contraception, so it is an issue of conscience and interpretation
• Artificial contraception can reduce spread of STIs, like HIV and AIDS

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What is contraception?

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A method used to prevent a couple from becoming pregnant, during or after sex. They may be natural or artificial

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Beliefs about the pill

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• taken orally, this releases hormones into the woman’s blood stream to prevent ovulation
• teaching which supports this - Christians believe that God gave us free will to use our conscience and decide what is right
• teaching to oppose - Roman Catholics believe you should not interfere with what is natural

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Attitudes to the coil

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• Fitted into the woman’s womb to prevent a fertilised egg form attaching to the lining of the womb. It can also release hormones to prevent ovulation
• Teaching to support - Christians believe that God gave us free will, intelligence and creativity to use their conscience to decide what is right
• Teaching to oppose - Roman Catholics believe that you should not interfere with what is natural

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Attitudes to the rhythm method

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• A couple work out the most and least fertile days of the woman’s menstrual cycle
• teaching to support - Roman Catholics believe that you should not interfere with what is natural and creates children.
• teaching to oppose - Christians believe that God gave us free will, intelligence and creativity to use their conscience to decide what is right

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Attitudes about condoms

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• Placed over a man’s penis to stop any sperm from the entering the woman
• supports - sex is an expression of love between a husband and wife - C of E believe this because sex is a gift of God
• opposes - Roman Catholics believe that every sperm is sacred and contraception is a moral issue/seen as wrong by Catholic Church.

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Attitudes about sterilisation

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Oppose - Roman Catholics believe the main point of sex is procreation

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What is meant by roles?

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Position, status or function of a person in society, as well as the characteristics and social behaviour expected of them

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Leviticus and same sex relationships

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• banned
• having sex with a man if you are a man - both put to death

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Protestant view towards sex before marriage

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• believe in chastity
• believe sex is a sacred act blessed by God and should be reserved for a marriage
• ‘your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit’ - see casual sex as wrong
• so some take a vow of chastity

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What is the humanist view towards sex before marriage?

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• think is unrealistic to wait until after marriage
• fact to support - not everyone can afford to get married today, which might influence them to feel they do not need a legal ceremony to show their commitment to their partner
• more realistic in a secular society

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Heterosexuals definition

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A person who is attracted to people of the opposite sex to themselves

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Homosexual definition

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A person who is attracted to people of the same sex

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Homophobia definition

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When someone discriminates against people because of their sexuality

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Why do people have different attitudes towards sexuality?

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• your own sexuality
• schools
• up-bringing
• preachers and protesters
• political influence
• environment/country
• lack of education or understanding
• influence of media
• TV
• social groups

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Catholic Attitudes towards same-sex marriage - bible teachings and quotes

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• Homosexual practise is forbidden in the book of Leviticus, ‘If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death’
• saint paul’s letters in the bible, condemns homosexuality as unrighteousness and claims men who practise it will not inherit God’s Kingdom
• Catholics prohibit same-sex marriage because they believe sexual relations should only exist between a man and a woman - homosexuality is against Natural Law

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Anglican attitudes to same sex marriage

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• Does not believe they should take place in a church, however dime clergyman may perform blessings

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Quotes against same sex marriage

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• God made Adam and Eve to ‘go forth and multiply’
• ‘law is made for lawbreakers and rebels - for those practising homosexuality’ - Timothy

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Quotes supporting homosexuality

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• ‘Jesus showed love, compassion and kindness to those around him’ - New Testament
• ‘To reject someone on the ground of their sexual behaviour is a denial of God’s creation’

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Types of families

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• nuclear - a mother, father and children
• single parent - one parent with children (due to separation)
• same sex - parents of the same sex

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