Test 3

Question 1

1. What does community cohesion mean?

Answer 1

Living together without being married

Question 2

2. Name two attitudes people had to marriage 50 years ago that have now changed?

Answer 2

Most people only had sex in marriage and they married in church

Question 3

3. Give four attitudes that many people hold today about relationships and marriage.

Answer 3

Most people have sex before they marry.
Fewer people marry, cohabiting is acceptable, less marriages take place in church.
The change in law has lead homosexual sex being treated the same as heterosexual sex.
Since 2004 homosexual couples can have a civil partnership.

Question 4

4. Why have attitudes changed? Give two influences.

Answer 4

Influence on tv

Global world

Question 5

5. Define pre-marital sex.

Answer 5

Sex before marriage

Question 6

6. Why do most Christian’s believe sex before marriage is wrong?

Answer 6

The bible only allows for sex between marriage partners.
Promiscuity makes a person vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases.
Loving sexual relations between untie a married couple.

Question 7

7. She do some liberal christians believe sex before marriage is alright?

Answer 7

As long as the couple love each other, are in a long term relationship and intend to marry eventually.

Question 8

8. What is another word for extra marital sex?

Answer 8

Adultery

Question 9

9. Why do all Christians believe this is wrong?

Answer 9

It breaks the wedding vows. It breaks one of the 10 Commandments.

Question 10

10. What are the four purposes of marriage in Christianity?

Answer 10

So that a couple can live a long relationship of love and faithfulness.
So that a couple can have the support and comfort each other.
For the procreation of children.

Question 11

11. Name two ways in which wedding ceremony symbolises these beliefs.

Answer 11

The exchange of rings symbolises the unending agreement of marriage.
The couple exchange powers that promise a lifelong exclusive commitment to each other.

Question 12

12. Why do more people get divorced these days

Answer 12

Divorce is cheaper and easier, and woman have gained more of a equal life.

Question 13

13. What do you Catholics believe about divorce?

Answer 13

There can be no divorce because marriage is a sacrament in which the couple promised to stay together until death

Question 14

14. Define the word sacrament.

Answer 14

And outward sign of an inward blessing

Question 15

15. What do Roman Catholics allow if it can be shown that the marriage never really existed?

Answer 15

Annulments

Question 16

16. Give one reason why the Roman Catholic Church does not allow divorce?

Answer 16

Jesus banned divorce in Marks Gospel

Question 17

17. What do you most protestant Christians think about divorce?

Answer 17

Disapprove of divorce but believe that if the marriage goes wrong and there is no chance of bringing the couple back together and divorce can be permitted.

Question 18

18. Why do non-Catholic Christians allow divorce?

Answer 18

God is always prepared to forgive sins if people are determined to live a new life in Matthews Gospel Jesus allows divorce for adultery

Question 19

19. Why do Christians have these different views on divorce?

Answer 19

They interpret the Bible differently and disagree about whether marriage is a sacrament.

Question 20

20. What is a nuclear family?

Answer 20

Mother, father and children living as a unit.

Question 21

21. What is a re-constituted family?

Answer 21

With two sets of children become one family when they divorced parents marry Each other.

Question 22

22. Give two teachings about Christian family life.

Answer 22

Christian children should respect their parents as they are instructed in the fourth commandment and in Paul’s teaching.
Christian parents should follow Paul’s teachings and treat their children well

Question 23

23. Name one reason why family life is important in Christianity.

Answer 23

They believe that the family was created by God as the basic unit of society and then the place in which children should be brought up without the family society it would collapse.

Question 24

24. Give three ways in which the church helps with the bringing of children

Answer 24

Church marriage and family guidance committees.
ministers and priests acting as from the counsellors.
family services.

Question 25

25. When was the law finalised to treat homosexual sex in the same way as heterosexual sex?

Answer 25

2003

Question 26

26. It is still impossible in Britain to marry someone of the same sex and is very difficult for same sex couples to adopt. True or false?

Answer 26

False

Question 27

27. Why do many evangelical Christian think that homosexuality is a sin?

Answer 27

The bible condemns homosexuality- the evangelical belief that being born again in Christ can remove all sins.

Question 28

28. What do Roman Catholics think about homosexuality?

Answer 28

Been a homosexual is not a sin but homosexual activity is a sin.

Question 29

29. What does celibate mean?

Answer 29

Living without sexual unit.

Question 30

30. What are the two reasons for the Roman Catholic view?

Answer 30

The teachings of The bible which condemn homosexuality-the tradition of the church.

Question 31

31. Which Christian denomination believes that the lifelong homosexual relationships are acceptable and homosexuals should be welcomed to church, but homosexual relationships cannot be holds a Christian marriage ministers priests may have a homosexual orientation but must not take part in homosexual sex?

Answer 31

Protestant.

Question 32

32. Give one reason why they believe this.

Answer 32

The teachings of the bible need to re-interpreting in the light of the modern life- the Christian belief in love and acceptance means that homosexuals must be accepted

Question 33

33. What do liberal Protestants believe?

Answer 33

There should be complete equality for homosexuals provided that the sexual relationship is a stable one and the partners are faithful to each other.

Question 34

34. Give two reasons why the change in attitudes about homosexuality causes problems for some Christians.

Answer 34

The greater the acceptance of homosexuality causes problems for those Christians who believe Homosexuality is a sin because the law and society do not allow them to treat homosexuals differently. Teaching about equal rights for homosexuals in school can cause problems in Christian families were homosexual is regarded as a sin.

Question 35

35. What does contraception mean?

Answer 35

Preventing conception from occurring.

Question 36

36. Name three main types of contraception.

Answer 36

Condom pill sterilisation

Question 37

37. Why do non-Catholic Christians believe that contraception is allowed? give two reasons.

Answer 37

It can limit family size. | god created sex for enjoyment and cement the bonds of the marriage not just for procreation.

Question 38

38. Which denomination believes using artificial methods of contraception is going against gods intentions?

Answer 38

Catholics

Question 39

39. Give two reasons why they hold this view.

Answer 39

Every act of intercourse must be open to new life. | A number of popes have condemned it.

Question 40

40. What is the only kind of contraception Catholics allow?

Answer 40

Natural i.e. the rhythm method.

Question 41

41. Give two ways in which the Produces of hidden lives portrayed the issue of family life.

Answer 41

The producers focused on the making of the families look eccentric and out of touch with the modern attitudes to family life. they did this by contrasting modern children's lives with them by showing them at Bible study on Friday night waking up early to do chores before being homeschooled and discussing how they're not allowed to date and only have sex once married. they also used very old fashioned bible verses.

Question 42

42. How could they have made the program fair Christians.

Answer 42

They could have also included modern Christian family.