Theme A - Relationships and family quotes Flashcards
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Christianity: homosexual relationships
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- ‘Love thy neighbour as thyself’ - Bible
- ‘Increase in number’ - Bible
- ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable’ - Bible
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Islam: homosexual relationships
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- ‘And as for the two of you men who are guilty of lewdness, punish them both’ - Qu’ran
- ‘You are approaching the men out of desire instead of the women! Indeed, you are transgressing people!’ - Qur’an
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Christianity: purpose of marriage
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- ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh’ - Genesis
- ‘God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it’ - Genesis
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Islam: purpose of marriage
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‘There is no institution in Islam more beloved and dearer [to God] than marriage’ - Hadith
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Christianity: sex before marriage
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- ‘Every sexual act must be within the framework of marriage’ - Bible
- ‘Whoever sins sexually, sins against the body’ - Bible
- ‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price’ - Bible
- ‘Love thy neighbour as thyself’ - Bible
- ‘Be fruitful and multiply’ - Bible
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Islam: sex before marriage
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- ‘The women and man guilty of Zina (fornication), flog each one of them with a hundred stripes’ - Qur’an
- ‘Do not come close to Zina. Verify it is a great sin, and an evil way.’ - Qur’an
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Christianity: sex outside marriage
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- ‘Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.’ - 1 Corinthians
- ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ - 10 Commandments
- ‘You have heard that it was said, ‘you shall not commit adultery.’ but I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.’ - Bible
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Islam: sex outside marriage
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- ‘The only way to protect all within society is to maintain a society where only a man and his wife share the act of sex. - Abdul Wahid Hamid
- ‘A man should not stay with a woman in seclusion unless he is Dhu-Mahram (relative)’ - Hadith
- ‘And do not go anywhere near adultery: it is an outrage, and an evil path.’ - Qur’an
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Christianity: divorce and remarriage
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- ‘Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery’ - Bible
- ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness,’ - Bible
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Islam: divorce and remarriage
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- ‘Hateful to Allah’ - Hadith
- ‘When any of you intend to divorce a woman… the period of waiting shall be three months.’ - Qur’an
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Christianity: nature of families
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‘Here one learns endurance and the joy of work… love, generosity - and even repeated - forgiveness.’ - Catechism
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Islam: nature of families
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- ‘Heaven is under the feet of the mothers’ - Hadith
- ‘Your Lord has commanded that you should worship none but Him, and that you be kind to your parents. If either or both of them reach old age with you, say no word that shows impatience with them, and do not be harsh with them, but speak to them respectfully’ - Qur’an
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Christianity: purpose of families
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- ‘Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her.’ - Bible
- ‘Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.’ - Bible
- ‘Children are the heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.’ - Bible
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Islam: purpose of families
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- ‘For every tree there is a fruit and the fruit of the heart is the child.’ - Hadith
- ‘Honour your children and perfect their manners.’ - Hadith
- ‘It is one of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents.’ - Hadith
- ‘Lower your wing in humility towards [your parents] in kindness and say, ‘Lord, have mercy on them, just as they cared for me when I was little.’ - Qur’an
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Christianity: contraception and family planning
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- ‘Every sexual act should have the possibility of creating new life’ - Humanae Vitae
- ‘The conference agrees that other methods may be used, provided that this is done in the light of Christian principles’ - Lambeth Conference
