Theme A: Relationships & Family Flashcards
Nature of families
-reflect the family of god
-provide a stable basis for a society
-expand the religious community
-blessing from God
Purpose of families for believers/non-believers
Believers:
-to follow God’s command and procreate
-to raise children in a faith
Non/believers:
-to fulfill the desire of having children
-to show support and love to family members
-to educate children
Reasons for divorce
-cheating spouse
-desertation
-abuse
-fallen out of love
Christian views on divorce
Catholics disapprove:
-when vows are said, promises are made both to ones spouse and God- the vows have sanctity and it seen as a sin to break something holy
Quakers approve:
-Jesus allowed divorce for adultery
-god forgives sin
Muslim views on divorce
Allowed
Before divorce, muslim couples attempt reconciliation and if that fails they divorce
christian views for homosexuality
-Jesus treated everyone the same
-love is the most important thing in a relationship
-treat everyone equally
Christian - ‘man was made in God’s image’
‘Love thy neighbour’
‘love is patient, love is kind’
christian quotes against homosexuality
-Goes against God’s wishes to procreate
‘do not lie with a man as one does a woman, that is detestable’
‘Be fruitful and multiply’
‘flee from sexual immorality’
define chastity
not having sex till marriage
define gender bias
favoritising one gender over another
define procreation
producing offspring
nuclear family
parents and children
extended family
relatives of one family living together
define polygamy
having more than one wife or husband at the same time
pros and cons of living with extended families
pros:
never boring
get closer with relatives
cons:
busy
arguments
christian quotes against gender equality
‘ i permit no woman to teach or have authority over a man’
‘The husband is head of the wife just as Christ is head of the Church’
‘Wives be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord’
christian quotes for gender equality
‘love thy neighbour as thyself’
‘In the image of God he created them; male and female’
‘you are all one in the Christ Jesus’
‘love is patient, love is kind’
reasons for gender equality
-god made everyone equal
-holy books encourage being loving and equal
-jesus died for everyone
reasons against gender equality
-Disciples were all male
-roman catholic church does not allow women to be priests
-men are physically stronger
-Prophets were all male
muslim quotes for gender equality
‘heaven is under the feet of mothers’ HADITH
‘Allah is kind’
‘people are equal like teeth of a comb’
HADITH
muslim quotes for marriage
‘there is no institution in Islam more beloved to Allah than marriage’
‘Marry those amongst you who are single, for God will develop their moral traits through marriage’
‘we created you in pairs’