sexual teachings out of date

Question 1

No longer relevant due to..

Answer 1

context changing. The bible was written by evangelists who saw what the world needed to be taught. e.g. homosexual acts were becoming an issue because it devalued marriage. However in this world we know that being gay is natural and part of genetic makeup

Question 2

Homosexuality

Answer 2

irrelevant: same sex marriage is legal in many countries e.g. uk, republic of ireland and all states in the US.

Anglican church priests are allowed to be gay e.g. Gene Robinson

Gay clergy are allowed to marry, as long as they take a vow of chastity

Question 3

Premarital sex

Answer 3

irrelevant
No longer a taboo topic: in british attitude surgery: 1983 28% thought was wrong, however now days only 11% think it is wrong

Question 4

cohabitation

Answer 4

irrelevant
In the bible it suggests that only those married should live together- however DAS 8/10 people live together before marriage- statistically less people get divorces

Question 5

Many don’t get married

Answer 5

the number of people choosing not to get married has more than halved since 1983- showing that context has changed- people value relationships without the title of marriage

Question 6

Pope Francis Humanum conference Rome 2014

Answer 6

‘the complimentarily of man and women is the root of marriage and family’- 55% of catholics do not think that gay relationships are wrong and 80% of non religious people also do not think it is wrong- pope francis is out of date?

Question 7

‘go fourth and multiply’ genesis

Answer 7

many people do not want to have children/ need to- out of context- church no longer needs to keep itself going by creating many christian babies

Question 8

contraception

Answer 8

effective contraception did not exist in ancient time- out of date?

Question 9

Adultery

Answer 9

BSA, over the past 30 years attitudes haven’t changed 8/10

Proverbs 6 ‘but a man who commits adultery lacks judgement’- women at the well John 4

hebrews ‘marriage should be honoured by all’

Question 10

essence of marriage

Answer 10

remains the same and does reflect christian values- love (eors and agape’

1 corinthians ‘love is patients, love is kind, it does not envy, love is proud’

Question 11

vows

Answer 11

most people believe that vows are still valid and relevant and are accepted e.g. stay together in sickness and health, for richer and poorer, to stay together until death

Question 12

pope francis 2015

Answer 12

‘when the stable and fruitful covenant between man and a women is devalued by society, it is a loss for everyone’