SEXUAL ETHICS Flashcards
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What is premarital sex?
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Sex before marriage
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Rates of cohabitation since 1960s
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1960s- fewer than 1 in 20 UK couples cohabitated
Today- half of couples (can occur as a long-lasting alternative to marriage, with or without children)
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How do Christians traditionally view sex before/outside of marriage?
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- As a sin because mainstream christian understanding of sex places it in context of a bond of marriage between 2 people- sex in any other circumstance is wrong
- Premarital sex indicates a lack of moral discipline and poses threat to institutions of marriage and family
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Adrian Thatcher
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- Argues that Christians who believe all pre-ceremonial sex is immoral have wrongly assumed that the ceremony is a requirement of marriage
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