Theme A - Relationships + Families

• gender discrimination

  • you are all 1 in christ (bible)
  • wives should submit to their husbands in everything (bible)
  • people are equal as the teeth of a comb (Hadith)
  • for men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned (Quran)
• against homosexuality

  • a denial of Gods creation (bible)
  • men who practise homosexuality ... will not inherit the kingdom of God (bible)
  • must you ... lust after males and abandon the wives that Allah has created for you (Quran)
• for homosexuality

  • agape
  • 'made in Gods creation
  • hypocrisy
• premarital sex

  • your body is a temple of the holy spirit (bible)
  • God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality (bible)
  • outside marriage it always constitutes a grave sin (catechism of the catholic church)
  • excusable if just an expression of love for committed couples intending in marrige
• adultery

  • you shall not commit adultery (10 commandments)
  • jesus forgave a women caught in adultery : neither do i condemn you (bible)
  • do not go anywhere near adultery : it is an outrage and an evil path (Quran)
• anti contraception

  • God killed onan who allowed his 'seed to spill on the ground' (bible)
  • offspring a reward from him (bible)
  • every sexual act should have the possibility of creating new life (humanae vitae 1968)
  • do not kill your children for fear of poverty ... killing them is a great sin (Quran)
• for contraception

  • isnt explicitly condemned in the bible
  • 'the plans of the diligent lead to profit' (bible)
  • God wishes to lighten your burden ; man was created weak (Quran)
• marriage in christianity

  • marriage is the right place to enjoy sex + raise children in faith + provide lifelong support and companionship
  • 'a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife and they become one flesh' (bible)
  • 'husbands, love your wives, just as christ loved the church and gave himself up for her' (bible)
• marriage in islam

  • there is no institution in Islam more beloved and dearer (to Allah) than marriage (Hadith)
  • 'He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them' (Quran)
• divorce + remarrige

  • 'for i hate divorce' says the Lord (bible)
  • anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. and if she divorces her husband and marries another man she commits adultery (bible)
  • if a man marries a woman becomes displeasing to him ... he writes her a certificate of divorce (bible)
• nature of families

  • follow example of the holy family (joseph + mary + jesus)
  • love one another (bible)
  • honour your father and mother (bible)
  • bring them up well and guide them to what God would want (bible)
  • be good to your parents (Quran)
  • do not sever the bond of kinship (Quran)
• the purpose of families

  • honour your children and perfect their manners (Hadith)
  • start children off on the way they should go (bible)