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Section 3 - Marriage And Family Life Flashcards

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Adultery

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A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their married partner

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Civil partnership

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A ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a straight couple

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Cohabitation

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Living together without being married

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Contraception

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Intentionally preventing pregnancy from happening

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Contract

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The legal document of marriage

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Faithfulness

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Staying with your married partner and only having sex with them

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Homosexuality

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Attraction to the same sex

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Nuclear family

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Mother, father and children living as a unit

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Pre-martial sex

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Sex before married

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Procreation

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Making a new life

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Promiscuity

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Having sex with multiple partners with no commitment

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Re-constituted family

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Where 2 sets of children become married because their parents marry each other.

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Re-marriage

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Marrying again after a divorce

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What were the traditional attitudes towards marriage and family?

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  • Until 1960’s, only have sex once married
  • Most people married young in a church
  • Marriage was expected to last for life
  • Usually made up of husband, wife and children
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Give five ways of how relationships have changed since the 1960s

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  • Sex before marriage is common
  • Most marriages don’t take place in a church
  • Divorce is accepted as a normal part of life
  • Homosexuality is as equal as heterosexuality
  • Most couples cohabit before marriage.
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What are the reasons for cohabitation and marriage attitudes being changed?

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  • Effective contraception -> safer to have sex before marriage
  • Less people go to church -> not encouraged to wait.
  • Celebs and media -> cohabitation is acceptable
  • Media shows sex outside marriage is normal
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What are the reasons for divorce attitudes being changed?

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  • New laws -> Divorce easier and cheaper
  • More women are financially independent and can support themselves
  • Equality laws encourages women to stand up for themselves
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What are the reasons for family life attitudes being changed

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  • Increased divorce -> Increased re-marriage
  • Working mums use grandparents to help with childcare
  • Acceptance of unmarried mothers means more single parent families
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What are the reasons for the homosexuality attitudes to being changed?

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  • Law changes -> easier to be openly homo
  • Science suggests it’s normal
  • Society is more aware due to the media and gay celebs -> led to greater acceptance
  • People accept the equality and rights of them
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What attitude to most Christians have to sex outside of marriage?

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Most Christians believe sex before marriage is wrong and that sex should only happen in a marriage

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Why do most Christians have this attitude to sex outside of marriage?

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  • Bible teaches fornication is wrong
  • Evangelicals interpret this literally
  • Church leaders say that SBM is a sin
  • Catholic catechism States SBM is a sin
  • A purpose of it is procreation, so the children should be born into married families
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What is your attitude that some liberal Protestants have towards sex outside of marriage

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Some liberals tolerate sex before marriage

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Why do some liberal Protestants have this attitude to tolerating sex before marriage

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They tolerate it AS LONG AS:

  • The couple love each other
  • In a long term relationship
  • Have the intention to get married
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Why do you some liberal Protestants have this attitude to sex before marriage?

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  • Jesus taught love is the most important thing
  • Don’t interpret the bible literally
  • believe that the Church should adapt to modern attitudes towards cohabitation
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What is the attitude that all Christians have towards adultery?

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It is wrong

  • Jesus condemned it in the gospels
  • Clearly condemned in the bible
  • Condemned in the Decalogue
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What is the attitude that Hindus have towards sex outside of marriage

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Sex before marriage is wrong

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Why do Hindus have this attitude towards sex before marriage?

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  • Sex isn’t allowed at the student Ashrama. This will prevent the person from moksha
  • Hindu scriptures say sex should only happen in a marriage
  • Sex is for the procreation of children
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What is the attitude that Hindus have towards adultery and why?

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It is wrong

  • Adultery is betrayal of ones dharma
  • Harms the family -> bad for children as they learn to be good Hindus in a family
  • Brings bad karma
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What is the attitude towards divorce that Roman Catholics have?

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They never allow divorce or remarriage. They do allow civil divorce, but believe that they are married in they eyes of God so cannot re marry

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Why do Roman Catholics have this attitude towards divorce?

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  • Marriage of baptised Catholics can only be ended death
  • Jesus and the catechism taught it was wrong
  • Marriage is a covenant with God
  • Re-marriage would be adultery and bigamy
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What is the attitude that most non Catholics have towards divorce?

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Think it’s wrong but allow it if it has broken down or one of the couple have committed adultery

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Why do most non-Catholics have this attitude towards divorce

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  • Jesus allowed it in cases of adultery
  • Could be lesser of 2 evils
  • Divorced couples need to be given another chance at marriage (forgiveness + Christianity)
  • Love is the highest virtue
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What is the attitude is that all Hindus have towards divorced couples

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All divorced couples can remarry

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What is the attitude that traditional Hindus have towards divorce

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Should be no divorce unless the couple are childless after 15 years and there is cruelty

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Why do traditional Hindus have this attitude towards divorce

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  • Teaching of laws of Manu
  • Likely to harm families
  • It is the families duty to have children
  • Violence is against ahimsa
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What is the attitude that most of the Hindus have towards divorce

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Allow it if the marriage has broken down

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Why do most of the Hindus have this attitude towards divorce

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  • Laws of manu are out of date
  • Some gurus and swamis say its acceptable
  • Marriage is an agreement, not a sacrament
  • Living in hatred brings bad karma -> divorce becomes necessary to gain moksha
  • Could be lesser of 2 evils
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What is the non religious attitude towards divorce

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Would prefer it’s intended for life. Most approve of divorce in cases of marriage breakdown but think it shouldn’t be too easy

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Why do you non-religious people have this attitude towards divorce

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  • If no love left in a marriage, suffering is caused to the whole family
  • Laws need to be in place in order to be free
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What is the attitude Christians have towards family life

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It is important because:

  • Main purpose of Christians is to raise a family so they can become good Christians
  • Family was created by God as the basis of society
  • Divorce leads to family breakdown
  • With no family -> hard to learn what’s right + wrong
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What is the attitude Hindus have towards family life

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Important because:

  • Won’t achieve moksha
  • Family life is central to nirvana
  • Created by God as basis of society
  • Only place children should be raised
  • Importance is shown in the Hindu scriptures
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What do Roman Catholics believe about homosexuality?

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  • Being homosexual isn’t a sin
  • Homosexual activity is sinful
  • Church will help them with the difficulty
  • Oppose homophobia
43
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Why do Roman Catholics have this attitude to homosexuality

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  • Bible against homosexual activity
  • It isn’t procreational
  • homophobia is sinful
44
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What is the evangelical protestant attitude towards homophobia?

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  • Homosexuality is a sin
  • Homophobia is wrong
  • Homos can be changed by power of Holy Spirit
45
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Why do evangelical protestant have this attitude

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  • Bible teaches it is a sin -> interpret literally
  • Salvation in Christ removes all sins
  • Churches used to teach it’s a sin
46
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What is the attitude liberal Protestants have towards homosexuality

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  • Welcome them into the church and they don’t require them to change at all. Some provide civil partnership blessings
47
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Why do liberal Protestants have this attitude towards homosexuality

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  • Bible teachings out of date
  • Don’t interpret literally
  • Love and acceptance is central to Christianity
  • Christians encouraged to be open and honest
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What is the attitude most Hindus have towards homosexuality

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They disapprove of it

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Why do most Hindus have this attitude towards homosexuality

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  • Against laws of Manu
  • They can’t raise a family
  • Can’t be householders -> can’t gain moksha
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What is the attitude that some Hindus have towards homosexuals

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They should be treated the same as straight couples

51
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Why do some Hindus have this attitude towards homosexuality

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  • Calvings of homosexual acts in the temples - Other ways of gaining moksha than householder
  • Science suggests it’s normal -> must have been given by God
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What is the Roman Catholic attitude to contraception

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It is never justified.

  • Allow natural family planning
  • Taught about responsible parenthood
53
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Why do Roman Catholics have this attitude towards contraception

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  • Pope Pius XI condemned all forms
  • Only natural contraception is allowed
  • Teaching of the catechism
  • Must be unitive and procreative
54
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What is the Protestant attitude to contraception

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That all forms of contraception are permissible

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Why do you Protestants have this attitude to wards contraception

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  • Christianity is about love and justice
  • Sex must be unitive, not always procreative
  • Nothing in the bible forbids it
  • Condoms can combat std’s
56
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What are the three attitudes that Hindus have towards contraception

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A few - against all forms
Some - only accept certain forms (pill and sterilisation)
Most - accept all as good

57
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Why are a few Hindus against any form of contraception?

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  • Big families-> part of householder Ashrama
  • Sex must be procreative
  • Some contraception causes early abortion - against ahimsa
58
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Why do you some Hindus only accept certain forms of contraception

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  • Some kill sperm and is against ahimsa

- Against abortion

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Why do most Hindus accept all forms of contraception is good

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  • Shouldn’t have to cope with large family
  • Soul can’t be affected
  • Contraception isn’t violence so isnt against ahimsa

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