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• Sex before marriage


  Having sex before marriage
• Sex outside marriage


  Includes adultery and cheating
• Homosexuality


  When a man and another man get together
• Heterosexuality


  When a man and a woman get together
• Contraception


  Method used to stop pregnancy
• Family planning


  Controlling how many children you have and when
• Marriage


  Legal contract and binding between two people to be a couple
• Christianity's attitude towards sex and relationships


  • Heterosexual relationships within marriage are the ideal
  • Some Christians are against homosexuality, others say nothing wrong with it
• Buddhism's attitude towards sex and relationships


  • Any and all sexual activity and relationships must avoid harm
• Christian teachings on sex and relationships

  • Thou shall not commit adultery
  • Flee from sexual immorality
  • Be fruitful and multiply
  • Do not have sexual relationships with a man as one does with a woman
• Buddhist teachings on sex and relationships

  • Abstain from sexual misconduct
  • Loving-kindness and compassion
  • Sexuality is fully acknowledged and regarded compassionately without the need to indulge in actions which lead to suffering
• British society is generally fine with homosexuality, sex before marriage, and contraception
• Contrasting religious beliefs about contraception, family planning, sex before marriage, and homosexuality


  Very different points of view
• Artificial contraception


  Contraception used to prevent pregnancy
• Christian attitudes towards contraception

  • Catholics say sex is for procreation, so contraception is wrong
  • Anglicans say sex is for bonding and can use contraception
• Buddhist attitudes towards contraception

  • Most Buddhists say artificial contraception is perfectly okay
  • Some Buddhists may say it goes against the first precept of not taking human life
• Marriage


  • A gift from God, a covenant made in the eyes of God (Christianity)
  • A civil ceremony and social contract (Buddhism)
• Reasons for divorce


  • Lack of communication
  • Domestic abuse
  • Adultery
  • Work pressure
  • Growing apart
  • Inability to have children
• 40% of marriages in the UK end in divorce
• Buddhist teachings on divorce

  • Generally disapproved of as it can fracture the well-being of the community
  • But can be acceptable if attachment and suffering are involved
• Christian teachings on divorce

  • Some say it's never right, others say it's the lesser of two evils and the most compassionate thing to do
• Nuclear family


  Man, woman, and child
• Extended family


  Includes grandparents
• Same-sex family


  Homosexual couple raising a child
• Polygamous family


  One father with multiple wives
• Role of parents


  • Teach right from wrong
  • Love, care, and protect children
  • Instill morals and values
  • Educate about religion
• Role of children


  • Support and care for parents when old
  • Love and respect parents
• Purpose of families (Christianity)

  • Have children, procreate
• Purpose of families (Buddhism)


  • No set rule to have children, but if you do then educate them in traditions
• Traditional gender roles


  • Men go to work, women stay home
  • Supported by some Christian and Buddhist teachings
• Contemporary gender roles


  • Less easily defined, more equality
• Christian teaching on gender equality

  • There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus
• Buddhist teaching on gender equality


  • Men and women are equal in their ability to achieve enlightenment
• Most people in the UK are against gender discrimination, but it still occurs