Relationships

Question 1

Important qualities for Christians when looking for love

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

What is a sacrament?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Christian wedding traditions

Answer 3

• 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

Question 4

Purpose of vows during a Christian wedding

Answer 4

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

Question 5

How many people have a religious wedding?

Answer 5

Halved over the last 20 years

Question 6

Teachings about Christian weddings

Answer 6

• 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

Question 7

Christian beliefs about marriage

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is premarital sex?

Answer 8

• Sex that takes place before marriage

Question 9

What is chastity?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Responsibility

Answer 10

Actions or duties you are expected to carry out

Question 11

Celibacy

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Purpose

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Maturity definition

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Promiscuity definition

Answer 14

Having more than one sexual partner

Question 15

Commitment

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Christian attitudes to sex/marriage (1950s)

Answer 16

• 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’

Question 17

Purpose of sex

Answer 17

• 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)

Question 18

Christian attitudes to sex/marriage (2010s)

Answer 18

• 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

Question 19

Adultery definition

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Divorce definition

Answer 20

• to legally end a marriage

Question 21

Cohabitation definition

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Contraception definition

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Gender equality definition

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Roles definition

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Roman Catholics attitudes towards contraception

Answer 25

• 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

Question 26

C of E attitudes towards contraception

Answer 26

• 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

Question 27

What is contraception?

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Beliefs about the pill

Answer 28

• 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

Question 29

Attitudes to the coil

Answer 29

• 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

Question 30

Attitudes to the rhythm method

Answer 30

• 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

Question 31

Attitudes about condoms

Answer 31

• 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.

Question 32

Attitudes about sterilisation

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What is meant by roles?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Leviticus and same sex relationships

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Protestant view towards sex before marriage

Answer 35

• 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

Question 36

What is the humanist view towards sex before marriage?

Answer 36

• 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

Question 37

Heterosexuals definition

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Homosexual definition

Answer 38

A person who is attracted to people of the same sex

Question 39

Homophobia definition

Answer 39

When someone discriminates against people because of their sexuality

Question 40

Why do people have different attitudes towards sexuality?

Answer 40

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

Question 41

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

Answer 41

• 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

Question 42

Anglican attitudes to same sex marriage

Answer 42

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

Question 43

Quotes against same sex marriage

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Quotes supporting homosexuality

Answer 44

• ‘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’

Question 45

Types of families

Answer 45

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