Sexual Relationships Flashcards
Christian attitudes
Fornication is wrong
Christian attitudes
Sex within marriage is for uniting the couple as one flesh and also a healing process
Christian attitudes
Creating children with a stable relationship
Christian attitudes
Adultery is wrong because it breaks the 7th commandment “do not commit adultery”
Sex before marriage quote
“Flee from sexual immortality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body”
Natural contraception
Calendar method- predict fertile period
Withdrawal- withdraw
Artificial methods
Barrier method- condoms or cap
Hormonal methods- the pill
Intrauterine- such as the coil
Catholic view on contraception
They only allow natural methods as the purpose of sex is reproduction and artificial goes against this
Catholic view on contraception
It is up to God whether you have a child or not so interfering with Gods plan would be wrong.
Christian view on contraception
They say that it stops overpopulation and if a child is wanted however it encourages casual sex which is wrong
Protestant view on contraception
They allow both as it doesn’t have it be about procreation, it has the value to bring people closer together
Christian attitudes
There should be no sex before marriage because St Paul taught that the body is a temple for the soul and casual sex damages your body and mind
