relationships and families quotes Flashcards
same gender relationships (5)
CHRISTIANITY - “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman: That is detestable” Leviteus 18:22
CHRISTIANITY - “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” Galations 3:28 (NIV)
CHRISTIANITY - A man and woman should be united together and “increase in number”
ISLAM - “Must you, unlike (other) people, lust after males and abandon the wives that God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds” Qur’an 26:165-166
HINDUISM - “I am equal towards all living beings. No one is hated, and no one is beloved” - Krishna’s statement in gita
sex before and outside marriage (5)
CHRISTIANITY - “Every sexual act must be within the framework of marriage” - Casti Connubii
CHRISTIANITY - Jesus forgave a woman who was caught in adultery and ordered her to “go now and leave your life of sin” John 8:1-11
CHRISTIANITY - “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’ but I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” Matthew 5:27-8 (NIV)
ISLAM - “The only way to protect all within society is to maintain a society where only a man and his wife share the act of sex” - Abdul Wahid Hamid, ‘Islam: The Natural Way’
ISLAM - “And do not go anywhere near adultery: it is an outrage and an evil path” - Qur’an 17:32
contraception (3)
CHRISTIANITY - “Every sexual act should have the possibility of creating new life” Humanae Vitae
CHRISTIANITY - “The Conference agrees that the other methods may be used, provided that this is done in the light of Christian principle” Lambeth Conference
ISLAM - “Do not kill your children for fear of poverty - we shall provide for them and for you - killing them is a great sin.” Qur’an 17:31
marriage (6)
CHRISTIANITY - “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh” Genesis 2:24 (NIV)
CHRISTIANITY - “The Church sees marriage between a man and a woman as central to the stability and health of human society.” House of Bishops of the General Synod of the Church of England
CHRISTIANITY - “God blessed them and said to them be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it” Genesis 1:28
ISLAM - “There is no institution in Islam more beloved and dearer to God than marriage.” Hadith
ISLAM - “If a man gives his daughter in marriage while she is averse to it, then such marriage is invalid” Hadith
HINDUISM - “Marriage is a sacrament” Gita
divorce and re-marriage (3)
CHRISTIANITY - “He answered, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery” Mark 10:11-12 (NIV)
ISLAM - “Divorced women shall also have maintenance as is considered fair: this is a duty for those who are mindful of God”
HINDUISM - “If a man can find a suitable and understanding wife and a woman can find a suitable and understanding husband, both are fortunate indeed” Dharmananda Maha Nayaka Thera
families (6)
CHRISTIANITY - “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” I Timothy 5:8 (NIV)
CHRISTIANITY - “Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.” Proverbs 23:27
CHRISTIANITY - “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.” Proverbs 127:3 (NIV)
ISLAM - “Heaven is under the feet of the mothers” Hadith
ISLAM - “Honour your children and perfect their manners” Hadith
ISLAM - “He who is good to his parents, blessings be upon him” Hadith
gender equality
CHRISTIANITY - “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” Galatians 3:28 (NIV)
ISLAM - “People we created you all from a single man and a single woman and made you into races and tribes so that you should recognise one another” Qur’an 49:13
HINDUISM - “A woman should never be independent” Law of Manu
HINDUISM - “Devi Chandrika easily cut into pieces the men.. with no strain on her face” Devi Mahat Yam
BUDDHISM - “If a man denies the possibility of enlightenment of woman, then his own enlightenment is impossible” Lotus sutra
