Units 11 & 12: Religion, relationships and conflict (Paper 2 Section B) Flashcards
Genesis 1:28 (multiply):
“Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it”
The nature and purpose of sexual love(3):
- Sex should be within marriage
- Sex should be unitive
- Sex should be open to creating new life
Pope John Paul II teachings on marital sex(4):
- Unites a couple in self giving and love
- Brings two people into a communion of persons
- Shows commitment, mutual love and respect
- Leads to greater intimacy
- Gives the possibility of creating new life
Pope John Paul II teachings on extramarital sex (5):
- Is a form of exploitation for personal pleasure
- Can make people selfish, caring only for themselves and not their marriage partner
- Is a sin and distorts God’s original plan for humans
- Breaks the marriage vows and shows no commitment to the spouse
- Can lead to people looking at others as sex objects with no value or dignity
Criticisms of Pope John Paul II
- He never got married or had sex
- unexperienced in these matters
- Is not a woman/ doesn’t know pain of birth
Catholic church:premarital sex (4):
- against it
- Sex is meant to be total commitment between a couple
- It is meant to be the final step of bringing a couple together
- virginity is meant to be a gift to your partner
Premarital sex: contrasting views
- Church of England understand it is harder to keep virginity in this day and age. However saving it for marriage is still the ideal
Adultery: catholic church(4):
- Sin
- Against the 10 commandments
- Breaks physical ans spiritual bond between a couple
- Is an act of betrayal
Adultery: opposing view
- Some people are able to forgive adultery
- Arranged marriages
- Websites available for adultery
Homosexuality: Catholic Church(2):
- The church doesn’t agree because two people of the same gender cannot biologically make a child
- Sex between two of the same sex is a waste of potential life (sin of Onan)
Homosexuality: opposing views (3):
- Same sex marriages ere legalized in England and Wales in 2014
- There are straight couples that can’t biologically conceive a child
- Same sex couples deserve equal rights
Contraception: Catholic church(4):
- Catholics are against artificial contraceptives
- Waste of potential life
- Sin of Onan
- Humans are playing God
Contraception: opposing views(4):
- Artificial contraception is more reliable than natural methods
- Overpopulation is already an issue
- quality of life v quantity of life
- Mother could die giving birth( doctrine of double effect)
Cohabitation(definition):
When two people in a relationship live together but have not made any formal agreement
Marriage promises(3):
- They are made after the consent is given in a marriage ceremony
- Takes place in public so the couple are ready to declare love in front of other people
- The full names are used to ensure that there can be no doubt about who is making the commitment
Traditional family man(2):
- Disciplinarian
- They bring home the money
Traditional family woman(3):
- Stay at home
- cleaning and cooking
- care about appearance
Traditional catholic view on genders(3):
- Some Christians interpret genesis 2 as men being superior as eve was made from adam’s rib
- Men are priests, bishops and popes as eve is blamed for eating the apple first
- Jesus was a man