Relationships + family quotes

Cards (25)

  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Role of family members- providing for relatives
    "whoever does not provide for relatives and especially family members has denied the faith and is an unbeliever"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Role of family members- children obey parents
    "Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord"
  • [ISLAM]
    Role of family- kind to family
    "your Lord has commanded...that you be kind to your parents"
  • [ISLAM]
    Role of family members- sin
    "It is one of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Role of men + women- equality
    "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female for you are all one in Jesus Christ"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Role of men + women- equality, image
    "In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Men + women equal partners
    "husbands must give honour to their wives. She may be weaker than you but she is your equal partner"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Women's role- birth
    "with painful labour you will give birth to your children...your husband...will rule over you"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Women submit to husbands
    No women can be church leaders
    "As the Church submits to Christ...wives should submit...to their husbands"
  • [ISLAM]
    Men + women created equally
    x2
    "People, we created you all from a single man and woman"
    "each of you is equal to the other"
  • [ISLAM]
    HADITH- mother
    "heaven is under the feet of mothers"
  • [ISLAM]
    Polygamy
    "if you fear you cannot be equitable [to them] then marry only one"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Marriage- Anglican church, hetero marriage, essential for stable society
    (part of marriage service)
    "The church sees marriage between a man and woman as central to stability and health of human society"
  • [ISLAM]
    HADITH- sex, sins wiped
    "when a man approaches his wife, he is guarded by 2 angels and at that moment he is like a warrior fighting for the causes of God. When he has intercourse with her, his sins fall away like leaves of a tree in autumn"
  • [ISLAM]
    Forced marriage- invalid
    "If a man gives his daughter in marriage while she is averse to it then such a marriage is invalid"
  • [ISLAM]
    Contraception- man is weak
    "God wishes to lighten your burden; man was created weak"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Contraception- life
    "every sexual act should have the possibility of creating new life"
  • [ISLAM]
    Abortion
    "do not kill your children...killing them is a great sin"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    CATHOLIC CHURCH- sex only in marriage
    No fornication
    "every sexual act must be in the framework of marriage"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    Adultery- 10 commandments
    "You shall not commit adultery"
  • [ISLAM]
    Adultery
    "Do not go anywhere near adultery: it is an outrage and an evil path"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    CONSERVATIVE- marriage is a lifelong sacrament
    "no human being must then separate what God has joined together"
  • [CHRISTIANITY]
    LIBERAL- divorce + remarriage allowed if adultery occurs
    "any man who divorces his wife for any reason other than her unfaithfulness, commits adultery if he marries another woman"
  • [ISLAM]
    Divorce- waiting period
    "when any of you intend to divorce women...the period of waiting shall be 3 months"
  • [ISLAM]
    Divorce- supporting ex wife
    "divorced women shall also have their maintenance as is considered fair: this is a duty for those who are mindful of God"