Theme A - Relationship and Families Flashcards
Religious beliefs about contraception.
Islam
- Agree - ‘‘God wishes to lighten your burden’’- Qu’ran
- Disagree - ‘‘This is my path leading straight so follow it’’ - Allah expects muslims to follow his will, contraception prevents the will of Allah from taking place.
Christianity
- Agree - ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’ - so long as not rooted in hatred.
- Disagree - ‘‘Be fruitful and multiply’’ + sanctity of life - Bible»_space;some contraceptions kill.
Religious beliefs about sexual relationships before marriage.
Muslims
- Agree ‘‘God wishes to lighten your burden’’ - Qu’ran, some may not have money to get married, especially nowadays in COLC, muslims believe that because Allah is merciful and just (Adalat), he understands. - Some may prefer to cohabit.
- Disagree - ‘‘Do not go anywhere near adultery: it is an outrage’’ - Qu’ran
Christians
- Agree - ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’ Bible, so long as consent is involved, it is okay.
- Disagree - ‘‘Flee from sexual immorality’’.
LINK - Sex is sacred, a gift from God.
- Many religions believe that it affects spirituality. eg Buddhists.
Religious beliefs about homosexual marriages.
Islam
- Agree ‘‘Marry those who are single among you’’ - Hadith
- Disagree ‘‘You are exceeding all bounds’’ (if homosexual) - Qu’ran
Christianity
- Agree ‘‘Love thy neighbour’’ or ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’ - Bible
- Disagree ‘‘Flee from sexual immorality’’ + Sodom and Gomorrah Story in Bible ‘‘Do onto others as you wish them to do onto you’’ - Bible (may not BE, but can tolerate, compassion).
Atheist - Support - human sexuality isn’t a choice.
Religious beliefs about contraception and family planning.
Muslims
- Agree - ‘‘God wishes to lighten your burden’’
- Disagree - ‘‘Do not go anywhere near adultery’’, contraception may promote adultery and sex outside marriage is seen as a sin.
Christians
- Agree - ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’
- Disagree ‘‘Be fruitful and multiply’’
Religious beliefs about the nature and purpose of families.
- Procreation
- Stability
- Educating children in a faith
The purpose of families is for procreation:
- Muslim - agree ‘‘The fruit of the heart is the child’’ Hadith
- Christians - agree ‘‘Be fruitful and multiply’’
The purpose for families is stability
- Muslim - agree ‘‘God wishes to lighten your burden’’ Quran
- Christians - agree ‘‘Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, especially their households is an unbeliever’’ - Bible
The purpose for families is too educate children in the faith
- Muslim - agree ‘‘This is my path leading straight so follow it’’ - Qu’ran AND ‘‘Honour your children and perfect their manners’’ - Hadith
- Christians - ‘‘Raise up a child in the way they should go and when they are old they shall not depart from it’’
Religious beliefs about
cohabitation.
12 marker - 4 and against
Muslims
- Agree ‘‘Allah wishes to lighten your burden’’.
- Disagree ‘‘Marriage is the most dear and beloved institution’’
Christians
- Agree ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’
- Disagree ‘‘Flee from sexual immorality’’
Religions beliefs about divorce and remarriage.
DIVORCE
Muslims
- Agree; ‘‘Allah wishes to lighten your burden’’
- Disagree; ‘‘There is no institution more beloved and dear than marriage’’ - Hadith
Christians
- Agree; ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’
- Disagree; ‘‘A man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one’’
REMARRIAGE
Muslims
- Agree; ‘‘Allah wishes to lighten your burden’’ - Quran OR ‘‘There is no institution more beloved and dear than marriage’’ - Hadith
- Disagree - ‘‘This is my path leading straight so follow it’’
Christians
- Agree, ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’
- Disagree, ‘‘Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her’’
Religious beliefs about the role of parents and children in the family.
Role of Parents
- Educate children in faith
- Provide stability for children
Role of children
- Respect parents
- Look after parents when old (use scriptures linking to purpose of family and also - honour your mother and father/love thy neighbour, listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old’’.
Contemporary views on polygamy.
Islam
- Agree ‘‘Allah wishes to lighten your burden’’ (1 point)
- Disagree ‘‘Marriage is the most beloved and dear institution’ which occurs only between two muslims, not more than that.
Christianity
- Agree ‘‘Do the most loving thing’’ (point 2
- Disagree ‘‘Two become one’’ (emphasis on two) (point 3)
- Disagree ‘‘Each man should have one wife’’ (point 4)
Religious views on gender inequality:
- Roles of men and women in the family from 2 religious perspectives and atheist view.
Muslims
- Agree with equality ‘‘Heaven is under the feet of the mothers’’ - Hadith OR ‘‘We created you from a single man and a single woman’’
- Disagree ‘‘This is my path leading straight so follow it’’ Allah suggests that women are the supporters/assistants of their husbands. - this is his will and they should ‘‘follow it’’
Christians
- Agree with equality ‘‘Love thy neighbour’’
- Disagree - ‘The Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man’’
So
- women as leaders
- women must listen to men - Allah’s will
- Both equal
- men as source of life for women
- Women cannot be Imams or priests.
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Religious views on gender discrimination and prejudice - give 2 examples.
For both christianity and islam, gender discrimination/prejudice is a sin:
- Christians - ‘‘Love thy neighbour’’
- Muslims - ‘‘We created your from a single man and a single woman’’ - Hadith
Examples of discrimination and prejudice
- Pay/wages
- Women assumed to be physically weaker
- Employment - women may have a lower rate of being employed bc of maternity and child-birth
Reasons for divorce;
- Financial instability
- Abuse
- Immaturity
- Inability to have children
- Addiction
